Roberto Duran vs. Felix Trinidad

tito late ko

 

:verysad

 

I'm glad people are entertaining this thought, because to me, on paper it is Tito who wins. As in, i feel that most welterweights would make a mistake by coming to fight and trade with him, without employing lateral movement (somewhat of a deathwish). But to be honest with myself i'm not sure if that holds up here, as accurate as Trinidad's big shots are, it could possibly be Duran who gets the better of the exchanges, with that variation of both offense and defence in the pocket you never know. Very hard to say imo, Duran would like to get this over with as soon as he possibly can as hanging around for a while and having a dogfight with Tito can prove disastrous.

Duran for me if i'm pushed (i don't want to sound like some biased poster, so i thought i'd explain)

 

Coming to trade with Trinidad and standing flat-footed ain't too much of a problem if your quick off the draw and let your punches flow with greater speed than the man himself. Still risky, but not a deathwish if your Hearns.

 

Come on, i said SOMEWHAT of a deathwish, not a stone wall deathwish, and i also said MOST welters, as in not all. I've made my thoughts on the Trinidad-Hearns bout clear before many a time on here, i'd rather not get into the debate on Thomas Hearns the greatest fighter of all times to be honest. Anything to avoid that.

And i don't personally think it's a case of who is fastest of the draw when fighting Trinidad (in general terms), it's his accuracy that doesn't get mentioned enough round here.

Anyway i picked Duran for similar to reasons to what you stated nitpicker!

 

Tito would likely play into Duran's hands by trying to knock him out. The old fox could well win a decision over 12, although it'd be close.

 

I had Barkley a 1 point winner, but it could have gone either way, so I wasn't complaining. Agreed on it being Iran's best performance. Duran was something else that evening.

 

I see you at least gave Hearns a 50% chance against Duran.... how gullible of you.



On the topic, i think it's hard to evaluate Trinidad at 147. He's definitely a very hard hitter, but sometimes his skill level seemed to be not enough. Dela Hoya easily outboxed him, as did Hopkins... even if he was bigger. Duran wasn't exactly a classic boxer, but skilled he was for sure, and despite this being relentless vs cannonball power, i think Duran's skill in the end will tell the difference.