How good was Felix ''Tito'' Trinidad ?!

An offensive machine. Beautiful technique, stunning power in both hands, and a great combination puncher.

It isn't hyperbole to say I think he was one of the most aesthetically pleasing and entertaining fighters of his generation.

Other posters can expand on his flaws, but he didn't have great feet. Most of the knockdowns he suffered seemed to be balance related rather than punch resistance issues.

 

He is vastly underrated by many at welterweight, a division in which he never last a fight ...

 

I agree with this.

I think his path to victory against a Thomas Hearns at 147lbs, for example, is fairly obvious and not insurmountable by any means.

 

He could be outboxed but NO ONE ever out punched him. He was an entertaining ass beater with power in both hands, and great condition.

 

A savage wrecking machine of a fighter who also had a never back down mindset. Good stamina, accurate puncher and crushing power in both hands along with having a devastating left hook. As most have already said his slower footwork was his weakness and also sometimes off balance, which made him more vulnerable to getting outboxed. He was also a good technical boxer puncher at 147 but seemed to fall more in love with his power and became more one dimensional as he moved up.

One of the most entertaining fighters of his era.

 

He's as well-roundedly good h2h as you can ask for a welterweight to be without them being historically great in any one department.

 

Do you not think Trinidad was one of the hardest hitting Welterweights of all time, mate? The only three guys at Welter to go the distance with him once he became champion were Camacho, Hoya, and Whitaker, three guys who don't get knocked out.

I would argue that in terms of two-fisted, one punch power, he's historically great at 147.

 

That's fair. I was thinking his power was on the bubble in between very good and great, with some distance between himself and Hearns & the Sugar Rays (and maybe Curry). I was also lumping in Jackson and Norris as potentially blocking him out from a top 5 but that was my brain going more welter-adjacent; looking strictly at 147lbs, yeah, he probably is right up there around the very top.

 

Hugely entertaining!

 

There's presently a thread circulating in General about DLH being asked whose punches felt hardest to him. Quartey was his nomination, and I recall in past interviews that he put Mosley close behind. Tito would then be third in his personal experience (which further informed my initial reticence to call him a historically great puncher, as there was some contemporary debate about whether he was even the hardest of his own welterweight era) - but that could be sour grapes over the result, much akin to PBF citing DeMarcus Corley as his trickiest fight rather than what may seem the more obvious answer, JLC.

 

Sorry, meant to say at best third, although I can't say as I recall Osc ever giving him even that much credit.

 

Obviously only DLH will know whether he is being sincere or not by naming Quartey and not Trinidad, but it's worth noting a couple of things. Firstly, Trinidad didn't connect nearly as well or as consistently as Quartey did in their respective fights with DLH. Secondly, it's not unusual for fighters to be dishonest when answering questions like this. Pacquiao said DLH had the fastest feet of all his opponents, for example.

Speaking of Quartey, I really need to watch more of him.