Hopkins-Trinidad

final round

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[johnmunoz13]

shoot at that time, trinidad was not just a welterweight. he was smashing people, including joppy who was a middleweight champion at the time. you will never appreciate hopkins if you dont appreciate him by now.

[biziswinning]

@josejaku Should of never been in this fight not his weight class..This is all about getting the money..Anyone with half a brain knew Trinidad would be in trouble..Look how blown up he got for this fight.Clearly not an even fight..He should of stayed in his weight class and finished his career.Bad way to go out.

[Patriot751]

Hopkins totally dominated this guy.A dismantling of a great fighter.Trinidad was never the same.

[TheAjvizcarra]

but hes one of the best!!!!!!

[TheAjvizcarra]

trinidad had a problem with tecnique skilled fighters

[Patriot751]

Hopkins totally destroyed Trinidad bigtime. Trinidad was never the same. Hopkins was a man amoungst men. This was a first class butt kicking.

[budin8]

Tito como siempre muy valiente. Hubiera preferido morir en la raya pero su papa lo hizo muy bien. La pelea estaba perdida hace rato. Yo crei que Tito ganaria pero la fuerza de Bernard fue superior. Fue cuestion de size mas que nada. Buena pelea como quiera.

[sastaroo]

@LennoxLewis86 Agreed. I got to see Hopkins fight in Atlantic City early in his career. He was amazing. When I heard he was fighting Trinidad. I predicted he would win. I was right. I saw his skill, and think everyone took him lightly. People forget that Bernard was a champion as well when he fought Trinidad. He was not a contender.

[sastaroo]

one of the best right hooks I've ever seen. right on the button.

[chike98]

Anyone who says this was a mismatch is kidding themself, lying, or is too young to remember. Trinidad was a huge favorite (almost 4:1). Nobody thought he was too small for middleweight, because he was always a VERY big welterweight. And the way he handled William Joppy proved he belonged. At the time Joppy was considered to be just as good as Hopkins was, and Trinidad took him apart easily....Hopkins' was largely unknown at the time, because he refused to sign a promoter.

[damthemachine]

@biziswinning nothing to do with the weight. he lasted 12 rounds of punishment. tito was relying soely on a one punch ko that never came. he stopped throwing combos like he used to, and bhop never let him set up and throw he kept moving, jabbing, and holding. tito lost to a legend.period.

[strongties]

@bobbydigital05 bhop was lucky to win this fite 9-11 was the reason trinidad lost king had him runnin around saving people out of burnin building da week of da fite meanwhile hopkins sat on his ass burning da puerto rican flag