Pavlik from the Taylor fight vs Trinidad from the Joppy fight

Dangerous fight for both men but Trinidad gets dropped early and rebounds to stop Pavlik late.

 

WAR TITO! This would have been a toe to toe action fight from the opening bell!

 

Would have been a supremely exciting fight.

 

Taylor, Pavlik, Abraham were winnable fight for TRINIDAD..even a comebacking one....but Papa Trinidad/Team Trinidad were a bit to brave or dumb putting him with WINKY WRIGHT....

First comeback fight against a human punching bag...2nd fight against one of the better defensive fighter around...:NotThink:

 

Yep, that was a horrific piece of matchmaking. Trinidad didn't need Winky at all. (let alone a comebacking Tito)

Not quite sure what the thinking was there. I assume they figured Tito was bigger and Winky would just clam up and let Trinidad go to work all night.

 

Agreed! Horrible matchmaking.

 

I don't know how you guys feel, but I don't think Trinidad would've ever found a way to beat Wright, not even at the height of his career.

 

Wright is like the guy who does the "cheap move" over and over in a fighting game. If you're a smart player and have some experience, you can find a way to deal with the cheap move and thus defeat your opponent (which is why I picked Hopkins over Wright with 0 hesitation). Unfortunately for Tito, he had the ring IQ of a brick. Any version of Trinidad gets completely shut out by Wright.

 

Monday morning quarterbacking.

Winky had beaten Shane twice and although he had good defense, he wasn't a mover and so it was reasonable to assume that Tito would just beat on him until he got through that defense.

Nevertheless fuck Winky Wright....he prevented Mosley-Trinidad from happening!

 

Agreed! Tito vs Mosley would have been another true classic. So many fights Tito could have been matched up against that were winnable.

 

I disagree. A prime Version of Tito was a very good Boxer/Puncher. It wasn't until late in his career that he fell in love with his power. I cant say for sure he beats Winky even at his peak, its simply a very bad style match up. It wouldn't have been a shutout, though.

 

Trinidad was always in love with his power and was never much of a boxer... He just didn't face stiff enough competition at that time to illustrate it.

Trinidad never beats Winky wright

 

Trinidad-Mosley would've happened around 2003-04. I very much doubt it would be a classic at that point in their respective careers. Trinidad was done a full two years prior against Hopkins & would never re-capture his former glory, while Mosley was at one of the lowest points of his career (performance-wise), getting a gift over De La Hoya & a boxing lesson --- twice over --- from Wright.