Worse decision makers in boxing history

[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.

[Bookkeeper]

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.

After Mosley fought Adrian Stone there was strong talks for them to fight each other, but Trinidad opted to fight at 160 so I can't agree with you there. Trinidad was P4P1 on many list with Mosley coming in at #2 or 3, RJJ started to lose ground at a slow pace, how many times in history have we seen a P4P #1 and 2 face off, not too many, Trinidad was fine at 154. If it was about money there was no fight bigger than De La Hoya 2, and as far as Quartey his decision making is almost as bad as Tito's with retiring after every loss, but it was only a matter of time until the two fought, it was alway's Quartey's goal too fight Tito. Like I said 154 was fine

[The Rookie Fan]

After Mosley fought Adrian Stone there was strong talks for them to fight each other, but Trinidad opted to fight at 160 so I can't agree with you there. Trinidad was P4P1 on many list with Mosley coming in at #2 or 3, RJJ started to lose ground at a slow pace, how many times in history have we seen a P4P #1 and 2 face off, not too many, Trinidad was fine at 154. If it was about money there was no fight bigger than De La Hoya 2, and as far as Quartey his decision making is almost as bad as Tito's with retiring after every loss, but it was only a matter of time until the two fought, it was alway's Quartey's goal too fight Tito. Like I said 154 was fine

Hey, I'm not saying I agree with Trinidad, I'm just saying I can't fault him for the decision. Mosley was just not that well known and never was much of a draw. I would not be surprissed if Trinidad just did'nt think much of him at the time. When DLH lossed, there was only one man on Trinidad's sights, and that was Roy Jone Jr. After his loss to Hopkins though, he should've come back down to reality and taken over the 154lb division. I feel at 154 he would've beaten them all, cept maybe Wright.