What are your opinions on Tito Trinidad?

I always saw Trinidad as a very good fighter, not a great one. He had good size, stamina, grit, and rare power for the class, and he was exciting because of these features, but he didn't really separate himself from his welterweight contemporaries or near-contemporaries and very few of those men are classed as great. I thought De La Hoya handled him comprehensively. DLH may get flak for playing it safe late in the fight, but it's clear who the superior operator was when De La Hoya engaged. I got the sense that a closer to prime Whitaker outboxes him, as well, and I'm not sure Trinidad was better than Mosley, who undoubtedly beat DLH the first time, or Quartey, who I believe was more competitive against DLH than Trinidad was.

 

HIs straight right knocked the dickens outta Joppy for a sec. Allowed Tito to pounce like a hungry lion!

 

about what i saw in him. i also agree that dlh outboxed him pretty handily before jumping on his bike. and this was the oscar with no legs. they had to massage his legs between rds to ease the cramping. dlh with younger legs would have put on a clinic.

 

Tito is an interesting case study. Way better than his detractors would admit, not the god in gloves his fans demand he is worshipped as. he was a gutsy, skilled-if-predictable boxer with monstrous power who decimated the divisions he wasn't too small for, and even in those gave a good accounting of himself. There was a reason the big fight everyone was clamoring for was him vs Roy Jones.

Also, while he did NOT win the de la Hoya fight (I scored it a draw) I'm so glad he was pronounced the winner because Oscar deserved to lose with that backpedaling bike crap he pulled in the back half.

 

Yes he did.

 

Kool Aid drinkers were those who thought De La Hoya won. Tito put him under physical and mental pressure all night. All Oscar did was run thinking he could steal a decision. No way Jose.

 

Quartey was a great fighter but he really should have knocked out Oscar de La Hoya to push for ATG status.

 

What seven rounds did you give Tito?

Being extremely generous to Tito I can only see 4 rounds at best.

Rds. 4, 10, 11, 12. But round 10 can easily be scored for De La Hoya.

 

You're lying or your memory is playing tricks on you.

DLH put on a boxing clinic on Tito for the first 9 rounds then idiotically proceeded to run for the last 3.

 

Even in running he landed the better combos and punches in round 10, I think 11 too if memory serves me correctly.

 

There was an old vid on YT about this, showing how many of DLH's flashiness in combinations were more flash than substance. Oscar knew how to play the judges. Last 5-10 seconds of a round, throw crowd pleasing combos, even if they don't connect, or just graze the opponents. SRL used to do that as well.

 

It’s a long time ago but I scored it 116-112/113 at the time from memory.