"I think Hopkins ruined Pavlik and I know he ruined Trinidad" Lou DiBella

IMHO Trinidad ruined Reid, Vargas, Joppy, and convinced the shell of Sweet Pea to retire. He was a career wrecker in his own right.

 

He didnt make Mosley look good at all!

 

If Hopkins sent Pavlik a Christmas card he would be to scared to open it.

 

Only the Golden Boy and Tito looked good , Forrest , Vargas, Six Heads, Spinks and sugar defo didsnt look good be it winnin or losing. Mayorga game as ****.

 

Everything you say is funny with that avatar. I'm just hearing Leon Black saying it.

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Wow...one hell of an in depth analysis my man and spot on. I too agree that Mayorga was hell for ANYONE at 147. He's not quite the crude. clumsy, inept oaf people made him out to be. The Trinidad beating changed the monster that he was(and the move up in weight too) This guy must have been a nightmare in a street fight. If he has anything left and goes through with his proposed new career in MMA, some cats are gonna get seriously hurt when he catches them with those tiny gloves.

 

Yes Hopkins DID ruin Trinidad, if not physically then obviously mentally. Trinidad had one fight after the Hopkins fight like nearly one year later then took off for two years. Mentally Trinidad was hurt and hurt big time, with all the hype leading up to the fight and how Hopkins threw the Puerto Rican flag Trinidad obviously went in the fight, as he admitted, with the mentality that he OWES his people this victory and in classic fashion. Trinidad barely won one round and got KO'd for the first time in his career in the 12th round. If people can't see how that ruined him mentally then these people must be blind. If he wasn't ruined why he did leave the sport for as long as he did after the loss?, why does he STILL keep bringing up a rematch with Hopkins in almost every single interview where he's asked about future plans when he was active?, even during his fight with Jones Jr. he admits that he wants to fight Hopkins after it.

That's what makes him a great fighter though, any other fighter wouldn't even bother and move on to the next best "business" move, Trinidad badly wanted to make statement to reach out for a Hopkins rematch but fell short against Wright and Jones Jr.

 

I agree and I actually had Mosley LOSING by one round going in the 12th, I couldn't believe I scored it that way either but that's how I saw it and I'm a fan of Mosley.

 

WTF!? Who the hell is managing Mayorga's MMA career? They must hate him to throw him in against an experienced fighter like Din Thomas. A Kimbo Slice style matchmaking(ie washed up Tank Abbot and old, inexperienced in MMA boxer Ray Mercer) would have been sufficient to get his feet wet considering he has 0 MMA experience(Managua street brawls aside) Even though I like Din Thomas as a fighter, I wouldn't mind seeing a boxer versus MMAer starching ala Ray Mercer-Tim Silvia. :bbb

 

DiBalless is just upset that Kelly ruined HIS fighter and he is hoping for payback. Nothing more.

 

We all remember how horrible he made Roy Jones Jr look.
Simply devastating.

 

Oscar and Tito both came back to fight Mayorga...REALLY....they both came out of long lay offs and retirement in Tito I believe....Easy style to beat....HE JUSS HAD VERNON'S NUMBER

 

I usually listen pretty closely when DiBella speaks, but in this case he is full of ****. Others already laid out many examples of how Tito did well post-hopkins. As for Pavlik, four months after Hopkins beat his ass Kelly got back in the ring and put on a clinic on the proper use of a left hook, and made the #1 mandatory challenger cry and quit on his stool. People really ought to at least wait until a fighter goes the distance with KP at 160 before they talk their bull****.