Felix Trinidad in today’s middleweight (160lbs) division (Poll added)

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Devon, Jun 26, 2025.

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How does he do?

  1. Is the best of the division

    64.3%
  2. Becomes a champion, but not the best

    35.7%
  3. Doesn’t become champion, but is a contender

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    0.0%
  4. Not even on the scene

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Adames, Sheeraz, Alimkhanuly and whoever else, how would he do?
     
  2. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Beats everyone but Janibek
     
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  3. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Is Jani the goat?
     
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  4. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cuts through them all, Janibek has the best chance but he's not Bernard Hopkins.
     
  5. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm looking up and down the top ten middleweights right now and all I'm seeing are brutally KOd fighters vs Trinidad
     
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  6. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tito would be Undisputed today
     
  7. Ike

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    I think that today Tito in middleweight would be a champion but not the best in the category (the same thing he was when he fought in middleweight in the early 2000s). That time the Puerto Rican champion found an insurmountable obstacle in Bernard Hopkins and today I think it would be the same for him with Alimkhanuly. The Kazakh is a fighter difficult to read, southpaw, versatile, able to box both inside and outside and with an excellent jab, too much for a strong but one-dimensional boxer like Trinidad in my opinion.
     
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  8. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    Just realised that prime Tito vs Lara at 154 is a really good fantasy fight.
     
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  9. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    I cant wait for people to finally realize how limited Janibek is.
     
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  10. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It’s a great matchup, Trinidad has the power to end it at any time, but I get the feeling that if he boxes negatively, he’s all wrong for Trinidad, lateral movement, long, stiffening punches down the middle, head and body, feinting and not allowing Trinidad to get set.
     
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  11. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In regard to this, I’d probably pick him against everyone, but Janibek Alimkhanuly, I’m not picking Alimkhanuly, I’m simply reserving judgement.
     
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