John Mugabi -vs- Tito Trinidad

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  1. birddog

    birddog Active Member Full Member

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    Also pick Mugabi
     
  2. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wow I can't believe so many have chosen Mugabi. trinidad seems not to have solidified himself as a MW in many peoples minds (not necesarily wrong) due to a B-Hop loss. TKO's over Vargas and Joppy seem to indicate to me that he was able to carry some of his power (taped hands or not?) up to MW with him. I see him having a clear tacticle advantage over Mugabi as well. I see Mugabi tiring in the later rds, and Trinidad stalking untill either a UD is reached, but I am leaning towards a late Tito KO.

    If on the off chance this is the 154 Tito against Mugabi (after the hagler fight who lost a LMW fight to Thomas in 86 before winning the LMW Title in 89 and ultimately losing it to Norris in 90....) Tito would probably dispatch of him early ala Norris. I didn't really care for Mugabi at this weight and am not sure why he went down (in weight?) after the Hagler fight?
     
  3. JohnThomas1

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    I like Trinidad, the better skilled fighter. I think he can stop Mugabi.
     
  4. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sometimes it's just more fun to be in the minority though!!!!
     
  5. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    We're right anyway!!!
     
  6. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tito had become a plod forward left-hooker with minimal skills by the time he got to middleweight.he wasn't really any more technical than Mugabi.

    add in his slow starts, mediocre chin and lack of middleweight strength and you have a very tough fight to predict even if Tito had been much better at the lower weights.
     
  7. JohnThomas1

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    Which makes it surprising we are at about 7-2. Maybe it'll even out later.