I have long been a huge Trinidad admirer, but once the fight is out of you it doesn't come back.
I've heard many people say that Trinidad looked decent against Jones, good enough to continue fighting. I don't think that at all. I felt Jones carried him the whole night. George Foreman made this comparison, saying that Jones is not like Bob Foster in that Foster loved the KO. Jones is a showman, he likes to perform.
Take the Julio Gonzalez fight for one. Jones could have gotten Gonzalez out of there at any point he felt like doing so. In spite of all the KDs, Jones never attempted to put him away, instead touched gloves after he got up and went back to his GlobeTrotters versus The Generals act.
If Jones wanted to KO Tito, he could have. I felt even in the rounds where Jones let Tito get off his shots to the body that they had little effect on Jones.
I would like to see Tito visible to some capacity, either promoting or being some public figure in boxing. I would not like to see him fighting anymore because a great warrior like him should not have his legacy tarnished further by letting himself be a canvas for other fighters to paint on. That's not the Trinidad I knew growing up.
I've heard many people say that Trinidad looked decent against Jones, good enough to continue fighting. I don't think that at all. I felt Jones carried him the whole night. George Foreman made this comparison, saying that Jones is not like Bob Foster in that Foster loved the KO. Jones is a showman, he likes to perform.
Take the Julio Gonzalez fight for one. Jones could have gotten Gonzalez out of there at any point he felt like doing so. In spite of all the KDs, Jones never attempted to put him away, instead touched gloves after he got up and went back to his GlobeTrotters versus The Generals act.
If Jones wanted to KO Tito, he could have. I felt even in the rounds where Jones let Tito get off his shots to the body that they had little effect on Jones.
I would like to see Tito visible to some capacity, either promoting or being some public figure in boxing. I would not like to see him fighting anymore because a great warrior like him should not have his legacy tarnished further by letting himself be a canvas for other fighters to paint on. That's not the Trinidad I knew growing up.
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