Does anyone truly realize how much power Tito Trinidad had?

[Fidel456]

Tito kept knocking out ppl, wtf are u talking about??

Actually after his handwraps were discovered he got kod by Hopkins then tkod cherifi and Mayorga if u wanna count them. He couldn't punch through winky wright peekaboo defense and got retired by a already jaw broken, over the hill Roy Jones Jr. But Tito was a beast at 147

[TintaBoricua]

Well...that does it. Trinidad DID continue to knock people out. While Cherifi was supposed to be a soft touch, Mayorga meant something. He hadn't been KO'd before and Trinidad did that...even if Mayorga at his best wouldn't have survived that drubbing.

Winky was a career 154 pounder who hasn't been KO'd ever because of that knight's shield armor of a guard he puts up for 95% of his fights...and when he gets hit clean (IF), he can take the punch.

And the Roy Jones fight was senseless. Trinidad was coming off of a HUGE layoff against a much bigger fighter two weight classes ABOVE Tito's highest weight. All Tito had at that point was power and was banking on clocking Roy's dubious chin, but going that high in weight essentially blunted Tito's power.

For you youngins, this would be the equivalent of Canelo retiring today following a shutout to Austin Trout in 2011. Disappearing for 4 years, and all of a sudden coming back to fight Andre Ward.

Okay, that's an exaggeration as Jones, Jr was viewed as damaged goods by then but you see what I'm saying with the weight discrepancy?

Tito always had concussive power, his inactivity following his first loss and low amount of fights makes it seem as if power dissolved. It actually never did.

[GhostofDempsey]

Too much is being made of the hand wraps. They were only illegally wrapped in that state, other states allowed that method of wrapping hands. Tito had legit power and one of the best left hooks in the business. Always a pleasure to watch him fight.

[New England]

one of the best punchers ever, the hardest WW puncher of my lifetime [hardest since hearns,] and a legit one punch knockout puncher all the way to MW.


one of my favorite left hooks ever. up there with joe frazier.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

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Oscar De La Hoya was able to walk down Shane Mosley. He took Sugar's power without getting knocked out. But De La Hoya was unable to walk down Felix Trinidad. He probably would have gotten knocked out if he tried to walk Tito down.

Do you guys realize how much of a devastating power puncher Trinidad was?

A prime Fernando Vargas was unable to walk down Trinidad, even though that was his gameplan. However, after getting knocked out by Trinidad, Vargas was able to was able to walk down De La Hoya and Mosley for most of their fights before getting stopped.

Crazy.

He was devastating and his power carried up very well. He crushed Joppy just like he did Maurice Blocker and Yori Boy Campas. Truly brutal. A fight between him and Julian Jackson would be the definition of "edge of your seat" fight. I'd give the edge to Tito.

[iamboxing]

Tito had power and I'd probably be more wowed but after seeing Naseem Hamed I'm not even wowed by Tyson's power. There was something remarkable about Naseem's power in such a puny and unassuming frame. His punches literally sounded like ******* blasts. Freakiest boxer to ever enter the ring.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Guy is very tall, I wonder how he even made 147.

[Canelo and GGG]

one of the best punchers in WW history

[yngwie]

I know the story thanks, i've watched a lot of this sport and to me trinidad was lucky to get away as he did because I think he was guilty of a much more serious crime.

But this is just from my personal observation, his punches didnt seem normal, from foreman, hearns, mcclelan, trinidad to is the only one who when I look at, his power seems unnatural and his gloves and the way they hit guys seems to have something solid in them. And the others guys have massive strength, speed, it adds up why they hit that hard, trinidad obviously naturally hits hard, but should not hit that hard, is my opinion, punches seem clubbing.

It's not an opinion, you are claiming that world class athlete cheated because you don't think he could hit that hard, which proven true, would damage his legacy.
So there's a difference between an opinion and claiming that a person did something without proves even when that statement can hurt the person.
Got it?.

[Big_L]

Trinidad was not a cheater. That situation and Margaritos are completely different. Guys are asked to rewrap all the time. Tito did not have a plastered up pad fall out of his wraps like Tony did.