I use to be anti Tito. But he cleaned out 147 for the most part (I agree the DLH fight was BS) and beat the best there was at 154. He also showed he was capable at 160 despite the loss to Hopkins, who just so happens to be one of the best ever at that weight. I think he would rank in the top 75, if not 50 fighters of all time p4p. Going by that, (my opinion only) he is an all time great.
TITO DIDNT clean out 147.... he could have fought Whitaker even before Oscar...and didnt......he fought him almost 2 years of more crack after....he never fought Quartey, and he lost to Oscar....that means that tito didnt do anything that meaningful with the best 3 ww's of his era....that being said, tito was very good, but overrated because of his 15(-1 vs oscar) defenses of an IBF strap...Oscar was Linear, take away this robbery and Tito was never even the linear WW champ...
i also think that while bernard is huge, the size advantage wasnt that bad.....hopkins is just a very bad style to overcome the size disadvantage...
i still chuckle at the thought of trinidad>oscar....head to head??, no......legacy?.......mmmmm lets see......oscar had already great accomplishments at lighter weights than ww......a 130 strap...a victory over g. hernandez, victories over at least 4 top 6 lightweights of the time....including the destruction of ruelas who had just outpointed the best lightweight at the time......and handed JCC his second official loss at 140 when chavez was still not close to shot....
but yeah TITO is an ATG to me simply cus he was damn good......and so powerful....olus he destroyed teh guys he didnt lose to, thats gotta count for something
At 147 Tito was a god. You are a registered Hater. You should not be allowed to post at any Weight.
Hopkins was a dental clinic runaway who fought LITLLE men to build his "legacy" DLH and Tito.
Hopkins got "Hopkined" when he face men his own size. Taylor and Calzaghe. Also, should hopkins be allowed into the hall of fame for using his headbutt 1-2 combos?
by the way i hate hopkins........and i dont think hes better p4p than trinidad....and i think without his dirty(headbutts) and illegal tactics(turning his back on you-lowering his head below his waist) he is ****......but im not gonna be an idiot and say tito was overmatched because he wasnt....simple as that....
TITO DIDNT clean out 147.... he could have fought Whitaker even before Oscar...and didnt......he fought him almost 2 years of more crack after....he never fought Quartey, and he lost to Oscar....that means that tito didnt do anything that meaningful with the best 3 ww's of his era....that being said, tito was very good, but overrated because of his 15(-1 vs oscar) defenses of an IBF strap...Oscar was Linear, take away this robbery and Tito was never even the linear WW champ...
You can't blame Trinidad for Pea's drug use. Felix fought him, and beat him. dominated him actually. whitakers only losses at the time were the controversial loss to Oscar(I though Oscar won) and the blatent robbery against Ramirez. As far as the
Oscar fight...no matter what you or I think, its in the books as a W. My only wish is that he would have fought Quartey. Other than that though, he beat every top contender out there.
Tito wasn't active enough to beat the fighters like Mayweather (people are discussing) He just waited for one big shot. He's lucky he got the robbery vs DLH.
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