Hopkins vs Trinidad

[Del Coqui]

We're missing what happened between the Cherifi fight and what made Tito retire, whether it was not getting another shot at Hopkins or just saying the hell with it. If he was retired for one day, 3 months, 3 months and 2 weeks, he was retired.

[wmute]

We're missing what happened between the Cherifi fight and what made Tito retire, whether it was not getting another shot at Hopkins or just saying the hell with it. If he was retired for one day, 3 months, 3 months and 2 weeks, he was retired.

if tito wanted hopkins so badly, he could have fought him even after SAYING he was retired, it is not like he had a year layoff

the reason the rematch did not happen is that tito (or someone in his team) did not want to fight hopkins. if it was because he knew he would lose or because he was "retired" is not official. But watch tito-hopkins, consider he was "retired" for 3 months and do the math.

get over it. i know it is hard cos tito is a national hero, but just get over it.

[Sir_Jose]

Man I just saw this fight all over and I couldn't believe how sluggish, out of shape and unprepared Trinidad looked. I heard Don King and Trinidad tried to get a rematch after Tito's fight with Cherifi, but instead of taking the much bigger money, Hopkins fought guys like Carl Daniels, Morrade Hakkar and William Joppy. I heard Hopkins had "legal problems" with DK and therefore never made the fight because of that reason.
Turned down a huge pay day for "legal problems"? Does anyone know what really happened? I mean, a guy as smart as Hopkins is doesn't seem to pass up on that opportunity for ****** reasons.

Yeah...no

He was'nt sluggish he just wasn't as good as Hopkins and Tito never wanted anything to do with Hopkins after that fight.

[Del Coqui]

if tito wanted hopkins so badly, he could have fought him even after SAYING he was retired, it is not like he had a year layoff

the reason the rematch did not happen is that tito (or someone in his team) did not want to fight hopkins. if it was because he knew he would lose or because he was "retired" is not official. But watch tito-hopkins, consider he was "retired" for 3 months and do the math.

get over it. i know it is hard cos tito is a national hero, but just get over it.

I got over it.........Cotto helped us get over it
Still you wouldn't expect a performance like that, considering he was a 5 time world champ in 3 weight divisions who beat 3 olympic gold medalists
Anyway, thanks for the link.

[Dionyseus]

We're missing what happened between the Cherifi fight and what made Tito retire, whether it was not getting another shot at Hopkins or just saying the hell with it. If he was retired for one day, 3 months, 3 months and 2 weeks, he was retired.

What happened was that Tito finally watched the **** he got from Hopkins.

[PATO 1]

off topic but i can remember tito's dad telling him he was winning the fight after like 9 rounds

[titozhang]

if they rematch ,
tito would lost again,he knew it.

[PRsDontEatGlove]

Rahman KOd Lewis in the 1st fight...We all know what happened in the 2nd.

It took Hopkins 12 rounds to KO Tito... So it's not like Tito would have NO chance if they met again. That was a Waaaay off night for Tito and to think Hopkins is that magical is ridiculous. Definitely room fro improvemnet on Tito's end. Simply...Tito was too small for Hopkins.

[wmute]

Rahman KOd Lewis in the 1st fight...We all know what happened in the 2nd.

It took Hopkins 12 rounds to KO Tito... So it's not like Tito would have NO chance if they met again. That was a Waaaay off night for Tito and to think Hopkins is that magical is ridiculous. Definitely room fro improvemnet on Tito's end. Simply...Tito was too small for Hopkins.

lol at the comparison:

Rahman knocks lewis out with one punch out of the blue.

Hopkins batters tito into submission for 12 rounds.

...

again

you have PR in your screen name,

your post suggests tito could have done better against hopkins

:yawn:

a suggestion:

go watch the fight again,
go watch hopkins raping the MW division for 10 years

do the math

isnt it ridiculous to think tito is magical after seeing him in the ring with dlh, hop and winky?