Worse decision makers in boxing history

[Macho]

I can't criticize Tito for taking a risk and moving up to 160 to try to win the middleweight title. Tito wanted to be an all-time great, and all-time greats take challenges and fight the best. I give him credit for moving up to 160, destroying Joppy, and fighting Hopkins.

However, I do wish Tito had kept fighting instead of retiring. There's no shame in losing to Hopkins, who's an all-time great middleweight and who fought the fight of his life that night. Tito had nothing to be ashamed of, he should have moved back to 154 and kept fighting, he could've become a champ there again quickly.

Hi SweetPea you are righ, but i understand to Bookeeper and Lyle too , the point is if Tito loss with Hopkins and Winky why he returned back if he knew that he didnt have anything to get in that Div.of 160 pnd. , so then he came back with Jones Jr. to fight in SMW Div. and make the ridicolus for spot all the glory that he reached, we know that all of these is about Money , but his History ? So is true Tito had nothing to be ashamed , but his fans lose his CREDIBILITY IN HIM....... thats my point of view.......SweetPea

[Scrap]

Watching him against Jones in my eyes his stock went up. For the first time I was impressed.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Watching him against Jones in my eyes his stock went up. For the first time I was impressed.

Trinidad?!

[El Kabong]

Roy fighting Tarver a second time....all Tarver wanted to do was to fight Roy until he beat him and Roy gave him the opportunity! Roy could have KO'd Tarver in the first fight and Tarver would have still called for a rematch.

[Scrap]

Yes, Trinadad

[donnydarkoIRL]

Yes, Trinadad

I'm just surprised that was the first time he impressed you.

[Bookkeeper]

I'm just surprised that was the first time he impressed you.

Great point

[The Rookie Fan]

I agree with much of the things said here. I'm a huge fan of Tito but he has made some bad choices in his life. Number one in that list that no one has mentioned yet is not getting a new trainer that would actually teach him something. By the time Tito became champion (at age 20) he had already surpassed his dad by a mile and would learn nothing more from him. I understand ot was his dad but Tito should've moved on long ago.

I can't fault him for moving to 160 though. You gotta remember that at the time the only big name in that area was De La Hoya and he had just lossed to a then not so popular Mosley. Quartay was semi inactive and had recently been beaten by Vargas. All the other fighters mentioned here were not even in Trinidad's stratosphere at the time.

But pretty much everything else he did after the loss was pretty damn stupid.