Trinidad vs Norris @ 154?

Terry Norris?

 

Norris takes him to school, too skilled to get caught with that hook

 

Norris should be able to box circles around him. If he gets caught though, it's lights out.

 

Tito destroys him

 

A prime Norris could conceivably fight a very disciplined fight and outbox Trinidad to win a UD, or even stop him. But I'd pick Trinidad to get to Norris and stop him.

If we are talking about when they were supposed to fight, in 1997/98, then it's no contest. Tito easily. Norris declined pretty quickly (he attributed it to losing some desire and taking too much punishment in the gym). The Norris who lost to Keith Mullings in 1997 was a shell of what he had been just a couple years earlier.

 

Tito was awesome but he was molded for welterweight. On a pound for pound basis I rate him higher than Norris, but physically this is not a good match for Felix.

 

I think Norris could outslick him for a decision. Tito, of course, has a puncher's chance, but he is too methodical. I know Simon Brown destroyed Norris in one of their fights and Julian Jackson did the same, but if Norris fights smart and doesn't go toe to toe, he can win a UD

 

I don't think the weight really matters. Norris was fairly small for 154, he made 150.5 for the Meldrick Taylor fight and looked fine physically, and Trinidad was a pretty big welterweight. Trinidad had a brief but impressive stay at 154 in 2000 (he also fought Troy Waters there back in 1997 and was planning to move up then, but stayed to chase big money fights with Oscar, Pernell, and even the cancelled fight with Quartey).

I may be in the minority but I actually thought Trinidad peaked very early, in the mid 90s, because he was a more patient boxer who wasn't in love with his power, and less plodding. For instance, the Oba Carr fight in 1994. After Carr dropped him in the 2nd, Trinidad just slowly broke him down. Excellent placement of punches, not loading up on bombs but certainly throwing with damaging power, gettiing to Carr whether he was fighting on the front foot and pressing him or simply boxing in the middle of the ring.

 

True. I'm not 100% certain who would win or what the deciding factor would be. But I think being the natural Jr. Middle is still something that would favor Norris.

 

It almost happened and it would have been huge. Trinidad would have been the favorite at that time.

Both had power and neither man was the most durable fighter I've ever seen. Norris was faster, much faster. They both beat good fighters.

Trinidad was down at least 7 times and more than half of those knockdowns came in the 2nd round. Hopkins was the only fighter who stopped Trinidad, all of the other fighters who were able to drop Trinidad lost... knocking him down wasn't always a good thing.

Norris was stopped 4 times but 2 of these losses were at the end of his career. The other 2 losses were to Julian Jackson LKOby2 and Simon Brown LKOby4. Jackson was one the hardest punching fighters ever, no doubt, and I do believe Norris improved after this fight. Brown had good power and caught Norris with a good shot, Norris won the rematch.

Norris stopped Maurice Blocker in the 2nd round, Trinidad pulled that same trick 4 months later. In '93 Norris stopped Troy Waters in the 3rd round, Trinidad stopped Waters in the 1st round 4 years later.

Anything can happen but I'll take Norris by close decision. I do think both men would go down.

 

I think this sums it up well.

 

I think Trinidad would in fact catch him and hurt him. Norris was clearly the better boxer.

 

Trinidad by knockout. Noris was fast, had pop and footwork and could box and fight, but at the end of the day Tito catches up with him and blasts him out with unbelievable power that Noris' chin simply could not absorb.

 

Norris outboxes Tito for some rounds, then gets clipped... and I think you know what happens from there.

Tito KO 6.