Trinidad wasn't a slow starter. He took his time and, if you pushed him, he could take his time real fast. Before Trinidad got left hook crazy he was a very very good fighter; moved real well, great jab, very very good right hand. Quartey had a hard jab but that worked against him in this way; he'd lean his weight way up on the left foot. You can't move in behind a jab when your weight is up there, and you have to rock back to throw a right hand. Against Vince Philips, who kept coming, he could rock back and get his punches off.
Trinidad used distance real well, he moved good. He'd give Quartey enough to get him really leaning into the jab, his weight up on his left foot. Then he'd slip it and hit Quartey with a hook, and he would hit him very hard because Ike's weight would be on his left foot and he'd have no where to go. If DLH and Lopez could hurt and drop Quartey, Trinidad could too, and he was a finisher. 4-5 rounds, maybe sooner. As soon as he got Ike committing to the jab, which is what Quartey wanted to do anyway, Felix would nail him and the fight would be over.