Felix Trinidad is one of my favorite fighters in boxing history but I am fastly losing respect for the guy because of his poor choices, I must list the many he has made since a brilliant start.
After the Vargas victory
1. In pursuit of the great RJJ Trinidad decided to take the next step moving up to 160 after a short year at 154, he had unified the titles and had brutally beat boxings NEXT BIG THINGS, why would fighting RJJ justify a great career you already had at the age of 27, it's no doubt in my mind he could have had just as good of a run at 154 as he did at 147.
2. Joppy and Hopkins had no star power at the time Trinidad decided to move up, there was no reason to take those fights other than use them as a stepping stone for RJJ, there were much bigger fights at 154 (or on the way) than those fights at 160 with De La Hoya 2, Mosley, Quartey, etc. Legacy fights waited for him at 154 why move up
3. After the loss to Hopkins why the retirement, many boxers who go up in weight and lose will just go back down, examples like Hatton, De La Hoya, Wright, etc. He should have just went back to 154 and dominated, instead he fights some French chef and then retires, that made no sense at all.
4. First comeback against Mayorga was brilliant, Tito looked like his old self, but instead of capatilizing off of that performance he took a fight against Wright that was a lose lose situation, and made no sense career wise, it was nothing to gain from it with a victory and it was much to lose with a lopsided loss, puzzling to me, then a second retirement WTF
5. Second comeback was probably the only time Tito was a natural MW and instead of fighting at 160 he fights at 170 against an old RJJ who has showed his chin can be china at times, he loses and for some strange reason get's a title shot against Pavlik at 160 and declines??
This guy is the worse decision maker in all my time watching boxing, and he is losing me as a fan
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