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What the Hell is wrong with Boxers Today. I like JT but i'm starting to thing he is a scary Cat.
I know Tito is big money( Maybe because him being retire and all) but with so many good fight to be made why the Hell he wants a retired Tito Trinidad.
http://www.pound4pound.com/FightRepo...ngWithTito.htm
In Local Newspaper Tito said he wants to comeback in Boxing but as a promoter not a Boxer
Well this just says it all. It's bad enough Taylor has been going for fighters who were at their best as Welterwieghts and now he's going for RETIRED men who were at their best as Welterweights ;D
Rough estimates of a PPV with Taylor and Tito would be a minimum of 500,000 buys at $49.95, roughly $25 million. Tito would generate the engine of the sales. Latino fans make up 40 pct. of the market place. Taylor has a scant following after so many boring fights with Hopkins, Wright, Ouma and Spinks.
But like Floyd Mayweather when he faced Oscar, huge numbers of people would buy just for the pleasure of seeing Taylor get his butt kicked, and the great Tito return in triumph.
What a crock of shit. If Taylor takes this fight...I'm done & I PRAY TO THE LORD ABOVE THAT TITO KNOCKS HIM THE FWOCK OUT!
That being said...this fight proves nothing as Trinidad is basically soft opposition now & IWO brings no credibility to Taylor's record. Hopkins & Wright both humiliated Trinidad & showed him to be a one trick poney...what Taylor thinks this will do for him is beyong me.
I'm not saying this to be disrespectful to Trinidad fans...but a tactical boxer with defensive abilities & a strong jab beats Trinidad with ease.
I would love to see Tito win though, this will be one time that I am fully backing him.
Now as far as the numbers go...they don't need to get their hopes up for numbers like those in the prediction.
:coolclick: for the info Puya.
Heh heh heh. :appl:Quote:
Originally Posted by yoitsdan
Next hes callin out Tommy Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard. I want to beat the best retired boxers out there...he really is all about the money I guess he would fight anyone for the right price. ::**
This is speculation it has to be. Tito is way out of fighting shape, over 200 lbs probably. Roberto Duran would be better suited to fight right now ;D
the only person i want callin out tito is DLH. everybody else show leave tito alone.
he calls out all those retirees and he get ktfo anyway.. hey.. lets see it.. what a shame.. grow some balls first.Quote:
Originally Posted by No Contest
WHY? It doesn't make sense considering Taylor needs to prove himself decisively in the current state of the middleweight division. He's not Roy Jones, Jr. or Bernard Hopkins so he can't just start thinking of other divisions or other insignificant fighters before he's cleaned out the division. It may work for Mayweather, but Taylor is no Mayweather either. I like Taylor for his charisma and boxing ethic, but his newly acquired agenda (focusing more on the money than a legacy) leaves something to be desired. Pavlik (a better option) or a possible rematch with Wright (less of an option given that Wright is also a known former junior middleweight fighter) is the only thing standing in his way of middleweight supremacy so why not dispense with those fight options and then move on to bigger and better things. Trinidad need not play himself because the only return to the ring anybody wants to see is against De La Hoya (Hopkins and Wright will always be too much for him) and we know De La Hoya is nothing at 160 lbs. (watch Sturm and Hopkins fights for proof) so that match-up is but a dream. I wanted Miranda to win, but Taylor needs to step up out of this 'I'm only chasing money and former junior middleweights' zone and work on the legacy given his ascension in the middleweight ranks from his win over Hopkins.
If Taylor cared about what the real boxing world thought he wouldn't have fought his last two fights?? Ouma was just supposed to be an easy knock out to build his self esteem. Didn't happen. Then he fought someone who Zab Judah knocked out to build his confidence. Didn't happen. Taylor has lost several of his last fights IMO and is on the way down. He made it a long way with what he had though.
I used to be a big fan of my southern brother(Taylor) but it just seems he has no passion for the sport itself anymore, Pavlik sick em!
Taylor seems to be really badly managed imo. When he won the title people were proclaiming him the future and were only to keen to get behind him.
He seemed at first to be a fighter's fighter, someone who would take on anybody and wanted a legacy more than a safe financial income of fighting stiffs.
But it seems that after almost losing to Winky something changed. He doesn't want the big fights now, he wants big money fights for minimum risk. He's now playing the sport as a business and is more of an investment banker than a fighter it seems.
I get the feeling that Taylor has a big heart and is wanting to prove himself, but his people clearly have doubts about his talent it seems. First Ouma, then Cory, now they want Trinidad?
It's almost as if his promoter knows he's likely to lose when he steps up again and so wants to get as much cash as safely as possible now.
And we used to think Calzaghe was bad :-\
Maybe the fact that Calzaghe wants Taylor should be a sign of how shit people in the know think he really is :P
i gave Taylor alot of respect for his performance with winky. that was great fight. i felt like winky won fight but taylor didn't have anything to be ashame of.
all talk that winky is a blown up jr middle weight is bullshit. winky handles 160 like it's his natrual weight.
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Originally Posted by 'The Boxer'
I don't buy any of this crap, but if it does happen I hope Tito Knocks his a** out. The only fight Taylor should be even thinking about is Pavlik, that's it. And after how Pavlik performed in HBO it should make decent money. If Taylor keeps taking on these types of fights he won't last long. He will eather underestimate someone he persieves to be easy pickings or he'll get soft and be pounded once he takes on some real competition.
Lets assume for a minute that this is serious. Tito would have to fight somebody in order to make this fight possible and legitimate before he fights Taylor. Tito could challenge one of the other title holders of the division like Abraham or Sturm. This way people could see before hand if Tito has anything left, Tito would get his tune up and we would have a unification fight which is allways a good thing. Taylor would have to fight someone in the mean time...maybe Pavlik but most likely some overprotected stiff with a good reccord and no power(Sergio Mora comes to mind).
There is some potential here considering that Tito might look very good if he takes on someone like Abraham who could have his reconstructed chin checked by a big puncher like Tito. And Taylor might finally get that all elusive KO against a fighter who is simply not ready for him (look what happend the last time a "Contender" fought for a title).
A lot of bad things could happen as well. Tito might not have anything left(very likely considering his long lay off) and Taylor might once again underwhelm us in a lackluster performance against another slick boxer.
But I think the very best scenario would be if Tito wins big on his tune up the way he did against Mayorga. And if Taylor gets some balls and fights Pavlik, Pavlik might be too strong and aggressive for JT who has fought too many snoozers in a row and gets himself KOed. Then the ULTIMATE MEGA FIGHT TITO VS PAVLIK :o :o :o.....This of course would never happen, nither will Tito ever come out of retirement so again this is all crap.
I felt Taylor won the fight against Winky, but it was close. :coolclick: #141 though for making a great point. How the hell can anyone say Winky is a blown up Junior Middle when he's widely regarded as one of the best Middleweights in the world?Quote:
Originally Posted by 'The Boxer'
Tito should take this fight. His chances of landing his left hook on Taylor is much higher when compared to trying to land it on Hopkins, Winky and ODH.
If Tito takes this fight and wins, he has added to his legacy, and he will be the most sought after fighter. Calzaghe will want him again, and Hopkins would willingly come down back to 160 for a rematch.
And then Tito can say, "I am officially retired from boxing" ;D