Quote Originally Posted by Pro BOXER18
i mean i remember trinidad was a heavy favorite coming to this fight. 3-1 favorite i remember. and Im one of those ppl who picked tito to win. but i wasnt so sure. i knew hopkins would have a chance to crack him. but look how easily hopkins smashed trinidad in that fight. and now if you compare the two its a fukin mismatch. what made trinidad so dangerous in most ppl's eyes?? his left hook or what? punching power. Hopkins dismantled that fool
ARE YOU STILL HERE? Gottdamnnnn....

Dismantle that fool... IDIOT!!

...Felix Trinindad was anything but overrated...
It was that Bhop was underrated.. People tried to take away felix's thunder syaing..He's not a true middleweight and the joppy knockout was due to some sort of mis taping of his hands...

All rubbish..
Fact is.. Tito.. A truely great fighter and a legendary powerful boxer..
Bernard hopkins one of two best defensive and boxing masterminds of the era.. He and james toney
All it is that bernard was underrated..
Nothing to do with differnce in taping of hands etc.. Its like harold lederman said in the pre fight video's and statements to trinidad- mayorga...
It wasnt any controversy of taping of hands , or exposure..It was highly likely that bernard saw the way felix dismantled joppy which influenced him to box trinidad in the way he did..

Any true boxing fan could see that bernard had a stone solid fight plan that night and it was executed to perfection..
You can go around calling trinidad a fool.. say hes overrated... But its highly untrue..
Trinidad is a legend and has only ever been beaten by at least as of now top 5 pound for pound fighters.. and had the sense even at such a young age as to use initiative and not be greedy and know when is the time to retire and keep his legact in tact.. A rare quality in top fighters.