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first off i dont think vargas gets the credit he deserves

he was the last man to beat winky wright for almost 10 years (9 or 10 if you think he beat hopkins)

anyway watching the fight with trinidad did anyone think after the 5th round he was going to win it? I did if you watch the 5th round its about as good as boxing gets, its a shame he couldnt keep it goig in the championship rounds

just wondering if anyone else thought he was going to win it?

I think there was a handwrap controversy on that fight. Vargas said that a former cornerman for Tito told him to beware of Tito's handwraps. Vargas said that it was like he was hit with a baseball bat everytime Tito punches. After that fight, Vargas was never the same. He looked like a man who is not able to take a punch anymore...
the controversy of Trinidad's wraps came from the Hopkins fight, and Richardson himself said that it wasn't that he had loaded gloves or anything, just that the method used to wrap Trinidad's hands wasn't allowed in NY, it was completely legal in Vegas, the only thing that Trinidad Sr. does different is that instead of putting more support on the wrist with the gauze, he applies more on the knuckles, which is still legal in Nevada