Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan
I think I did a thread like this once before, but here goes again:

I'm a boxing fan. I'm an unabashed Tito fan and damn proud of it. He brought glory to a little island that already has had more than its share of champions over the years. Yes, little Puerto Rico is a boxing power to be reckoned with. And IMHO, Tito always conducted himself with class, which is more than I can say for some of the punks that some people in here idolize. And I'll defend Tito's record to the end. And like it or not, Tito was fun to watch. Boxing misses him.

Now to my point... I'm man enough to admit that Tito would've had trouble with a number of fighters. There's a thread about Tito and Taylor. Hey, I'm not blind. Tito's not a true middleweight. Yes, he DID beat a very good middleweight in Joppy (by KO, I might add, not a gift decision over some German dude). So yeah, I feel Tito would probably lose to Taylor. Taylor's extremely fast, and packs power in both hands. His losses to Hopkins were an indication that he has a lot to learn, but he'll get there.

By contrast, we have our "knowledgeable" posters (you know who you are). Their analysis goes something like this: "Tito sucks... I hate Tito.... I'm glad he lost to Hopkins and Taylor.... he's arrogant (this one makes me laugh... you guys know Spanish, do you?). You have no real facts, just hate talk. It makes you look foolish, not to mention probably some snot-nosed teenagers who don't know sh*t about boxing or its history. Yeah, you... the guys that think boxing didn't exist before Tyson.

But all is not bleak. These ignoramuses are in the minority. I've seen the majority of you are pretty evenhanded, even when critizicing a fighter and even when you don't like him.

Any way, I got THAT off my chest. Now carry on, people.
Everyone is entitled to an opinion, it helps if you back it up with some kind of argument, but it is not mandatory, even if surely this is what a forum is for?

Trinidad was a very exciting fighter in the 90s, and at one stage was vying to be the best fighter in the world, and he was the first non Olympic, American or British fighter I followed from day one, who lived up to his hype.

But when a fighter becomes as good as Trinidad, he gets thrust into a debate where you need to compare him with the true Greats of the sport, all-time. So a lot of the time Trinidad is coming in for some criticism and sometimes some rough/vicious criticism; but if I was a big fan of his, i would take this as a compliment...

It is like saying, we know Trinidad is far too good for a Blocker, Taylor or Carr, the only way you can have digs at him, is if you put in there with Robinson, Leonard and Napoles