Tito Trinidad Tickets

Felix "Tito" Trinidad the former three-division champion lost a 12-round unanimous decision to former four-division champion Roy Jones Jr in front of thousands of "Tito" chanting Puerto Rican fans on January 19, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Jones proved too big and too fast for Trinidad who was down in rounds 7 and 10. The fight took place at a catchweight of 170 lbs, ten pounds heavier than Trinidad had ever fought and five pounds less than Jones fought in his last bout. This was Trinidad's first fight since his second retirement May 14, 2005 when he lost to Winky Wright whose peek-a-boo style and sharp quick right jabs virtually shutout Tito. In his fight with Jones, Tito fought much better than anyone expected but couldn't break through Jones' guard.

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Felix "Tito" Trinidad

(42-3-0, 35 KOs)

Tito Trinidad, hugely popular in his country is considered to be the greatest boxer to come from Puerto Rico. He started boxing when he was twelve, trained by his Dad former featherweight boxer Felix "El Diablito" Trinidad Sr. In 1990 at the age of 17 and only 57 amateur fights Tito turned pro instead of going to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona after the Puerto Rican amateur boxing federation president wanted him to vacate his 126 weight class so another boxer could go.

Trinidad, a skillful boxer and powerful puncher who can bang has fought and beat tough opponents throughout his professional career including Hector Camacho, Yori "Boy" Campas, Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker, a controversial win over Oscar De La Hoya, former Olympic gold medalist David Reid, Fernando Vargas, William Joppy and Ricardo Mayorga. Trinidad's only losses were to Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright.

Trinidad's hands being juiced? Bernard Hopkins team complained to officials on September 29, 2001 that Trinidad's left hand was wrapped before they got there to watch the taping. Hopkins trainer said Trinidad's left hand was heavy and demanded that his father be made to unwrap and rewrap them again. Felix Trinidad Sr responded that he does place a lot of gauze on the hand of all his fighters, but not an excess amount of tape. Opponents of Trinidad later claimed that Trinidad's fashion of hand wrapping gave him the equivalent of brass knuckles and that made his left hook even more devastating.

Regarding Jones-Trinidad, on August 13, 2007 Don King announced We just made this fight. It's a fight made in boxing heaven. King went on to say This is going to be one of the most thrilling events we've seen in boxing in many, many decades....