Comments Thread For: Felix Trinidad Comes Clean on 'Why' He Lost To Hopkins

[richardt]

Yeah, and I suppose he lost to Wright because all the stars were lined up funny that night. He needs to face it, he was beaten by guys who were better than him. Wright and Hopkins were more skilled than him, PERIOD. He still needs to grow up.

[Iceta Lives]

Dude just put himself to shame in my opinion. Pretty much admitted that he cheated on his wife which is a non stand up thing to do and then blame that on his loss. Talk about lack of class. Just like most of the Rican posters on this site.

[Tomasio]

¿Why would he even come talking about this 9 YEARS LATER!? ¿It took him this long to figure out an excuse? He's making himself look like an idiot!!! In the middle weight tournament Team Trinidad picked to fight Joppy 1st thinking that since Joppy was younger, faster & looked stronger than Hopkins, if they got rid of Joppy 1st, Hopkins would be a piece of cake...Trinidad steamrolled Joppy!! Now comes Hopkins..It's clear that Hopkins was playing mind games with Tito(who's a very nice guy, but NOT the brightest person in general) before the fight, at the promotion tour(when Hopkins got chased in P.R by Tito fans) in the pre-fight press conference(when Hopkins threw 2 bags of rice & beans in front of Tito, some may consider this to have been racist & even thou Hopkins has been known to make racist comments, it was clear he was just trying to get under Tito's skin) & right before the fight with the hand wrap incident, which was clear Team Hopkins were trying to take Team Trinidad of their game plan cause after Trinidad Sr wrapped Tito's hands for the 3rd time & Richardson agreed Trinidad Sr said that he WRAPPED THEM THE SAME EXACT WAY HE DID THE 1ST TIME!!!! When fight time came it was clear that the ONLY game plan Team Trinidad had was to KO Hopkin's with 1 punch yet team Hopkins had a game plan & even thou it was simple it was very effective & that was to neutralize Tito's left hook by not letting plant his feet..& Hopkins executed that plan perfectly by simply sticking the jab in Tito's face, moving & smothering him & cracking a right hand here & there..Tito was lost & it didn't help that every time Tito came to his corner his father kept telling him he was DOING FINE & that HE WAS WINNING THE FIGHT!! Hopkins fought a perfect fight & to close the show he KNOCKED TITO THE F U C K OUT!!! Tito did get up but he was in BAD shape & if his father wouldn't have jumped in the ring to stop the fight he would have gone down again!!! Tito should have just kept his mouth shut & should stop making up stupis ass excuses, cause he's HAD PLENTY of opportunities for a rematch & just let them go!!!

[cheering]

Coming "clean" would be saying

"He has MUCH, MUCH, MUCH better footwork than me"
"I kept coming in straight ahead instead of at an angle"
"He kept hitting me over and over with straight right hands"
"He kept his right glove next to the right side of his head to block my left hooks"
"He was more experienced at 160"
"He kicked my ass"

you left out.....

"hopkins kept moving every time i had my feet set, and nailing me..."
and
"hopkins bag of tricks is bigger than my whole house will ever be..."
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[Tomasio]

Yeah, and I suppose he lost to Wright because all the stars were lined up funny that night. He needs to face it, he was beaten by guys who were better than him. Wright and Hopkins were more skilled than him, PERIOD. He still needs to grow up.

The lost to Wright was even worst, cause Winky beat him with the simplest & most elementary puch in boxing, THE JAB!!! Winky Jabbed his face to death & once in while(I guess when Winky got bored of throwing the jab) he would hit Tito with a straight left!! & in the Jones jr lost, Jones could have KO Tito anytime he wanted but instead let slide & humiliated Tito with a UD win!!

[richardt]

Trinidad lost to Hopkins because Trinidad's power was useless against Hopkins great defense and chin and because Hopkins hit him to the body and chin and Trinidad couldn't take the steady beating. Any dumba$$ who thinks otherwise needs to be pulled off life support because they are brain dead.

[Calilloyd]

Many years have passed since Felix "Tito" Trinidad was defeated by Bernard Hopkins. Their fight took place on September 29, 2001 at Madison Square Garden located in New York City. There were several problems prior to the fight. The tragedy of the September 11 ********* attacks on New York postponed the fight from the planned date of September 15. In an upset, Hopkins stopped Trinidad in the tweflth round to unify the middleweight division. [Click Here To Read More]

Trinidad lost because Hopkins was better than him and always was. To come up with a sorry excuse 9 years later makes him look bad.

[Calilloyd]

Bloody hell?...so Trinidad is British now? LoL, I fint it hard to believe Tito says bloody hell, but I guess.

LOL I was thinking the same thing. That might be a misquote.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Yeah....aiiiiiiiiiiiiiightttt

[richardt]

I practically get a woody when I see a seek and destroy, arrogant, unbeaten fighter get handed his a$$. Guys like Trinidad, Rocky Martinez, they think they can just go in barrel over the other guy showing no respect for the other guy in the ring.