This day in boxing. A look back.

[Spicoli]

Never get tired of watching Trinidad punch power. Very frightening. No one had done that to Joppy and Tito was firm favourite to win the Middleweight tournament and become champion.

Innoue has similar punch power today.

Sometimes it's those "skinny" guys who appear to come equipped with KO power. Think Hearns. They seem to get leverage on their power punches by using their whole bodies in sequence just so.
Beats a musclebound fighter throwing arm punches.

Somehow someway it's become common to see the 160 jump of Tito knocked. Not given the respect due. No catchweight bs, no tiptoeing for a side trinket with no intention of facing the very best next. Just straight to pulverizing a legit 160 established Champ in Joppy who himself would be quality enough to go on and compete with the same very best. Well, I mean Hopkins drummed them both but another topic . Trinidad was a man on a mission.

[TIC]

Never get tired of watching Trinidad punch power. Very frightening. No one had done that to Joppy and Tito was firm favourite to win the Middleweight tournament

tito should have stayed at one fifty four. he looked unstoppable against the tough as nails william. i give him credit for going through with the bernard fight. they did everything possible to leave bernard out of the mix. tito never stood a chance against a fighter like bernard

[TitoFan]

Never get tired of watching Trinidad punch power. Very frightening. No one had done that to Joppy and Tito was firm favourite to win the Middleweight tournament and become champion.

Innoue has similar punch power today.

Sometimes it's those "skinny" guys who appear to come equipped with KO power. Think Hearns. They seem to get leverage on their power punches by using their whole bodies in sequence just so.
Beats a musclebound fighter throwing arm punches.

Somehow someway it's become common to see the 160 jump of Tito knocked. Not given the respect due. No catchweight bs, no tiptoeing for a side trinket with no intention of facing the very best next. Just straight to pulverizing a legit 160 established Champ in Joppy who himself would be quality enough to go on and compete with the same very best. Well, I mean Hopkins drummed them both but another topic . Trinidad was a man on a mission.

Spot on. While 160 was a bit beyond Trinidad's best weight... he did himself proud by doing exactly what you described. Beating a legit, established champ in Joppy. Felix went from Vargas to Joppy, FFS! 154 to facing a 160 champ in the next fight. You're right in that he's never gotten full credit for that. I had my doubts... as usually (at that time) there were warmup fights at the new weight. But yeah... then he faced Hopkins, and that was the end of that.

[TitoFan]

Never get tired of watching Trinidad punch power. Very frightening. No one had done that to Joppy and Tito was firm favourite to win the Middleweight tournament

tito should have stayed at one fifty four. he looked unstoppable against the tough as nails william. i give him credit for going through with the bernard fight. they did everything possible to leave bernard out of the mix. tito never stood a chance against a fighter like bernard

I hear ya... and have heard the same from others. I myself think 154 was Trinidad's wheelhouse.

But look at the May 2002 middleweight rankings by The Ring:

Champ - Hopkins

#1 - Trinidad
#2 - William Joppy
#3 - Howard Eastman
#4 - Armand Krajnc
#5 - Harry Simon
#6 - Keith Holmes
#7 - Hacine Cherifi
#8 - Carl Daniels
#9 - Antonio Perugino
#10 - Tito Mendoza


Can't convince me Felix couldn't have ruled in that roost (other than Bernard).

In fact, he came back from the Hopkins loss to knock out Cherifi in a fight I was privileged to attend personally, since it was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

[TitoFan]

Eleven years ago today.

[Master]

Khan was boxing superbly, smart aggression and was very exciting until he got hit with that left hook.

[Martin Hary]

On this day: After winning the title of the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history, Mike Tyson wanted to break another record, but he faced an undefeated giant! Full article on Ruiksport.com

[Spicoli]

Think I’m late but had to rewatch again. 99’ and one of my all time favs with a monumental come from behind win. Carbajal had been battered and by all accounts passed the very end after being ko’d by Baby Jake Matlala. Retired for almost two years and as many top fighters do, just had to come back for one last run. Best thing was he got the w, took the belt off a young Arce who still had 3 championships later in career...and Carbajal put the belt and the worn weary gloves on his career ‘wall’ put his pride in his pocket and finally called it a day. Going out on top. Not sure it’ll show up. Phone having link issues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng0aXH...Bqb3JnZSBhcmNl

[Master]

During the Crawford v Spence fight they mentioned Carbajal v Arce!

Carbajal was the first $million dollar flyweight and put the USA spotlight on the lower weights.

[Martin Hary]

ON THIS DAY: He turned "The Hurricane" into a harmless breeze. Mike Tyson came back from prison in style, grounding Peter McNeeley in less than 90 seconds 💪

https://ruiksport.com/trashtalk-who-...st-89-seconds/

[Spicoli]

ON THIS DAY: He turned "The Hurricane" into a harmless breeze. Mike Tyson came back from prison in style, grounding Peter McNeeley in less than 90 seconds 💪

https://ruiksport.com/trashtalk-who-...st-89-seconds/

Recall that vividly. Top example of marketing on nothing more than glossy numbers high KO stats and an unknown who knew how to play a part massively. He became a punch line but Peter sold the hell out of that um fight . Can't go without saying Lamar Murphy robbed on the undercard vs Gonzalez.

[Spicoli]

An absolute closest classic this day back in 98' with Ivan Robinson vs Arturo Gatti in their first meeting. Some peripheral things too...THIS was how you built to big attractions and maintained network-sport consistency. You made a card a package deal with forward build. Undercard had young Fernando Vargas in co main and in his very next fight right back on HBO winning title. On the same card Gatti and Robinson rematched. Also had former champ Jose Luis Lopez, in his next fight fighting on Showtime for a title. And it all happened in the short brief span of 4 months! The sport was vibrant and churning it out! Oh and none of it was on ppv

[Spicoli]

Day late on rewatch but remains amazing years later what Honeyghan pulled. Systematic short fast combinations and an engine that kept up. By the 2nd he was labeled "the balding man" . But Gil Clancy knew what was happening from jump. Great flashback. Crazy to know 6 months inactive back then was flirting with major "ring rust".

[Master]

That is the biggest upset for a British boxer to win a world title fight ever. Going to the USA facing an undefeated unified undisputed champion Honeyghan was given zero chance to win. The Ragamuffin man just ripped the script and destroyed the Cobra.

Honeyghan brought live boxing back to the BBC and millions mainstream viewers watched him defend his title. Great days.

[Martin Hary]

🥊 ON THIS DAY: Exactly 48 years ago, a fight was born that changed the world of boxing forever. So let’s go back in time to relive one of the most iconic moments in boxing history. Two implacable rivals, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, faced off in a trilogy known in professional circles as the Thrilla in Manila.

🧐 See a story that reminds us how far human determination can go on the journey towards a legacy of immortality...

https://ruiksport.com/remembering-th...d-joe-frazier/