Comments Thread For: On this day: Bernard Hopkins takes apart Felix Trinidad

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Twenty-three years ago today, Bernard Hopkins defeated Felix Trinidad to become undisputed middleweight champion and, at 36 years old, give new impetus to his professional boxing life. For Trinidad, who had swept all before him at welterweight and junior middleweight, it was the beginning of the end of what would be a Hall-of-Fame career. Hopkins' victory was a major upset at the time, but perhaps the bigger surprise is that the fight went ahead after a build-up that saw Hopkins start a nearly deadly riot in Puerto Rico and the 9/11 attacks devastate New York just days before the bout was scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden. Here we look back on one of the middleweight division's greatest events.
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[Chaos]

Hopkins is one of the dirtiest fighters in history, and he lost to THREE white boys.

[Main Source]

Hopkins is one of the dirtiest fighters in history, and he lost to TWO white boys.

Go cry some more, you little baby.

[Chaos]

Go cry some more, you little baby.

White boy Smith knocking him out of the ring, and then Hop crying that he was pushed out and damaged his ankle -- when he landed on his back -- is one of the all time great moments in boxing history.

In fact, here's the video for everyone to enjoy:

And a couple longer ones

[BrankoB]

I do not understand the negativity. That was a great fight with a huge build up and a shocking / unexpected outcome. That was Hopkins at his finest. People are calling Hopkins dirty and I understand that - he is not entirely innocent in that regard. They are forgetting that when Trinidad was in trouble, which happened a few times in his career, his best (get out of jail) punch was an uppercut to the nutts. So he knew how to play dirty as well.

[SouthpawRight]

I do not understand the negativity. That was a great fight with a huge build up and a shocking / unexpected outcome. That was Hopkins at his finest. People are calling Hopkins dirty and I understand that - he is not entirely innocent in that regard. They are forgetting that when Trinidad was in trouble, which happened a few times in his career, his best (get out of jail) punch was an uppercut to the nutts. So he knew how to play dirty as well.

dirty fighting is a skill

people who whine about dirty fighting do so because their fighters suck at it lol

[LAchargers373]

Tito is my favorite all time fighter. The Hopkins fight broke my damn heart. That was Hopkins finest fight. That and the Pavlik dismantling. Pavlik is also one of my all time favorites. Damn you Bernard. You were a beauty they don’t make fighters like any of those guys anymore

[Boricua181]

Hopkins is one of the dirtiest fighters in history, and he lost to TWO white boys.

Hopkins was one of the dirtiest fighters in history, one of his favorite dirty tactic's was punching his opponent on the thigh's.
He'd reason that it wasn't dirty/a foul if the referee didn't see it, that's like saying it's not a crime, if your not caught.

[Boricua181]

dirty fighting is a skill

people who whine about dirty fighting do so because their fighters suck at it lol

Those who defend those dirty fighters, never faced them in the ring to have an honest opinion about it.

[Chaos]

Hopkins was one of the dirtiest fighters in history, one of his favorite dirty tactic's was punching his opponent on the thigh's.
He'd reason that it wasn't dirty/a foul if the referee didn't see it, that's like saying it's not a crime, if your not caught.

Another was faking injury like he did against Dawson and Smith Jr in search of a DQ/NC, and faking low blows like he did repeatedly against Calzaghe.