A question to those who were following boxing for at least 15 years...

[Scott9945]

It's funny how so many people overlook that. I can remember a lot of people picking Trinidad too. He was the favorite and unbeaten at that time.

I'm pretty sure he was rated just behind Roy Jones on most P4P lists when the fight was made. It was a legitimate upset when Hopkins won so dominantly.

[Holtol]

I favored Hopkins in the fight for sure. Part of it was likely the way Oscar was able to out box Trinadad. Not a big fan of Hopkins but I have allways had a lot of respect for his ability to win fights.

[bojangles1987]

SO many people picked Trinidad. I wasn't as hardcore a fan as now, but I remember that because it was supposed to be Tito's crowning achievement to top his career off. People were shocked when Hopkins beat his ass.

Looking back, we all should have known.

[studentofthegam]

By destroying Joppy, Trinidad proved himself as capable a middleweight as any at the time.

Trinidad should have never tried to carry that weight. He looked much much slower. If you think beating Joppy was huge then........WoW just Wow. Joppy was a puppet to make Tito look good.


I do remember a lot of people picking Trinidad and I thought "Yall must be out of your damn mind". Trinidad, to me was just a good fighter not a great one. The severe overrating had me laughing my ass off when he took the fight with BHop. Tito was never great against guys with good D. Throw in the size and I had Hopkin blowing him out just like he did.

[IronDanHamza]

Trinidad should have never tried to carry that weight. He looked much much slower. If you think beating Joppy was huge then........WoW just Wow. Joppy was a puppet to make Tito look good.

You mean dismantling the #2 ranked Middleweight wasn't impressive to you?

I do remember a lot of people picking Trinidad and I thought "Yall must be out of your damn mind". Trinidad, to me was just a good fighter not a great one. The severe overrating had me laughing my ass off when he took the fight with BHop. Tito was never great against guys with good D. Throw in the size and I had Hopkin blowing him out just like he did.

In hindsight maybe, but at the time, no one expected Tito to get walked over like he did. Even with the vast size and skill disadvantage.

Tito was vastly more hyped than Hopkins was.

[madmadworld]

nice thread
with good comments
was Hopkins fan long before this fight and wanted him to win and did he ever deliver.

[JAB5239]

Trinidad should have never tried to carry that weight. He looked much much slower. If you think beating Joppy was huge then........WoW just Wow. Joppy was a puppet to make Tito look good.


I do remember a lot of people picking Trinidad and I thought "Yall must be out of your damn mind". Trinidad, to me was just a good fighter not a great one. The severe overrating had me laughing my ass off when he took the fight with BHop. Tito was never great against guys with good D. Throw in the size and I had Hopkin blowing him out just like he did.

Joppy was the second best fighter in the division, so the win WAS meaningful. I never said it was huge though, only that he "proved himself as capable a middleweight as any at the time."

[Boxing Bob]

let me get this **** straight, Tito was a 4-1 favorite but everyone who reads this post knew Hopkins was going to win? BS! Almost every boxing fan(me included) though Tito was gonna whip his ass.

[Scott9945]

let me get this **** straight, Tito was a 4-1 favorite but everyone who reads this post knew Hopkins was going to win? BS! Almost every boxing fan(me included) though Tito was gonna whip his ass.

Thanks for telling the truth. It's just like all the people who supposedly knew that Calzaghe would beat Lacy and Barrera would beat Hamed. Fight results like this serve as a lesson on how to pick winners.

[CarlosG815]

Thanks for telling the truth. It's just like all the people who supposedly knew that Calzaghe would beat Lacy and Barrera would beat Hamed. Fight results like this serve as a lesson on how to pick winners.

Without question I knew that Barrera was going to beat Hamed. Without a doubt. My uncle and I watched that fight and leading up to it we had zero doubts that he would win.

I am having a hard time remembering but wasn't Barrera being picked by most boxing analysts?