Trinidad knocks him into next year... That erstwhile point guard with gloves may have been good enough to "beat" an old, risk-averse negative creep (who could've beaten him if he'd just gone after him, he had him looking like a deer in headlights when he bothered to start fighting) but Trinidad would go after him and with his power, Taylor is getting stopped as sure as Hut likes cider
Let's be very clear.... there's a HUGE difference between the Hopkins that beat Tito and the Hopkins that "lost" two razor close fights with Taylor. The 2001 Hopkins woulda beaten the dog shit out of Taylor.