Felix Trinidad vs Kelly Pavlik at 160

Tito by ko,Pavlik isnt busy enough to keep Tito off of him,and his confidence is shaky,a bad thing against Trinidad,Pavlik beat a paper champion in Taylor,who was softened up by Hopkins,Trinidad beat a very good champion in Joppy who had 8 title defenses,before Tito had him doing the bunny hop like Forman had Fraizer.Tito still had skull rattling power at 160,it was at 168 where he really had problems,knowone would have been beaten Hopkins at that time,Tito was fine at 160.

 

I forgot how good of a champ Joppy was at the time.

 

Why? People put WAY too much emphasis on weight. Tito via UD

 

Who d'you like in Joppy vs. Hagler and Joppy vs. Monzon? :huh

 

The same fighters if you had said Pavlik vs hagler & Pavlik vs Monzon

 

Too much emphasis is put on weight in this fight. The FACT is that Tito, even at 160... is a bigger puncher then Pavlik, quicker, more accuate, better aresenal, better defense if you can believe that... and is simply just a better fighter. Tito KO's Pavlik.

 

You are spot on.

 

I have Trinidad KO Jermain Taylor too.

 

I said Tito before Saturday, and before Pavlik lost to Hopkins. No one who stands in front of Tito, with no defense like Pavlik has, is gonna survive.

 

It's boxers that give Pavlik most trouble, not come-forward fighters. Unfortunately, Trinidad was a special fighter and had ****ing grenades in them gloves.

 

wow how did more people vote for Tito? Prime Kelly would KO Tito EASILY.

 

Tito's relative power also dropped precipitously as he went up in weight. He'd still be a bomber but NOT a one-punch KO artist like he was at 147. Couple this with the fact that he'd have to close such a gap to land anything of substance and you've got a likely Pavlik victory by late KO.

 

Maybe cause most realize that Tito was the better fighter. Felix will one day be in the HOF, and Kelly will be in there polishing the inductees shoes.