Tito Trinidad v. Winky Wright at 154?

GalangK · Apr 7, 2009

I did not see a glimmer of hope in that Wright fight for Tito. Its like his main strategy for that fight was ramming his head into Winky's jab hoping that Winky would get tired...

Tito would lose by UD in almost every case. (Hey you never know, he might get lucky and land something that changes the fight)

Farmboxer · Apr 7, 2009

Winky in his prime, Tito in his prime, Winky by UD easily.

Monticello · Apr 8, 2009

Wright beats him at any weight. When Wright kept sticking that jab in his face Tito was like WTF?! Like he didn't expect it. I'm sure Tito saw the Wright-Mosley fight and how Mosley struggled getting passed that jab. It's like Tito didn't even study Wright's style. Trinidad tried, but he failed miserably. I don't see him ever overcoming Wright's akward style.

tliang1000 · Apr 8, 2009

sweetscientist said: ↑

This is a fight that i was really hoping would be made when both fighters were at or around their best and fighting within a stone's throw of their best weight. I wanted desperately to see it in 1997 or somewhere thereabouts...and by the time these two met up in 2005 both were on the wrong side of veteran status, Tito, obviously more so, and the move past 154-pounds obviously took both men outside their best body shape and size, Tito obviously more so. It turned out to be a fine performance by Wright, but it was mostly sad to see him able to dismantle Tito Trinidad and put a relative clinic on him without bringing his A-game at full speed.

So, near the eve of Paul Williams dance with Wright, let's rewind to '97 and try to call this fight that provided far too little far too late when it actually occurred. The fight that went off between Winky and Tito, to my eyes, said almost nothing about what might have happened eight years before when Tito was newly in the mix at junior-middle, moving up from welterweight, and Winky was still near to his best at the weight that was obviously the natural, best fit for his frame.

What happens between these two in 1997 at 154?

Can Tito throw enough punches to overwhelm Winky's superlative defensive skills and tricky ring generalship?

Can Tito's aggressiveness take Winky out of the controlled, metered pace that best suits his skill-set?

Does Tito's punch at 154 have a shot at cracking the slightly bigger Wright's excellent chin?

Does Wright have the power to make Tito think twice before putting a full-court press on him from bell to bell?

Can Winky frustrate Tito with his slickness and change the complexion of the fight in his favor?

Can Tito find a place for the left hook enough times to get Wright moving away from it and towards the straight right hand?

There are a lot of interesting questions on this one and I am eager to hear what you all have to say.
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i don't get it.

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