Trinidad vs. Hopkins Rematch in November? – News

trinidad44By Manuel Perez: According to Elnuevodia, Felix Trinidad (42-3, 35 KOs)and Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) may be fighting a rematch in November this year. According to the article, Trinidad met with promoter Don King about making the revenge match against the 44-year-old Hopkins in November. King said “We are going to make the revenge with Bernard Hopkins, the revenge that to Tito Trinidad it needs to do.”

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Trinidad Wants Bouts With Pavlik and Hopkins

trinidad522267By Manuel Perez: In an article by Jaime Torres Torres at El Neuvodia, former welterweight and light middleweight champion Felix Trinidad (42-3, 35 KOs) is interested in a fight with WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik and getting a rematch with Bernard Hopkins, saying ” “Hopkins beat me, but he never wanted to give me a chance at revenge. Pavlik could fight with me in the 165 pounds. But they are boxers who fear being beaten.”

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Cotto-Margarito: Trinidad Would Have Never Taken a Knee

cotto5645764.jpgBy Manuel Perez: Felix Trinidad (42-3, 35 KOs) has always been one of my favorite fighters, a warrior that never gave an inch, even in losses to Winky Wright, Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins. After seeing Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) twice take a knee against Antonio Margarito in their recent fight on July 26th, I could only imagine would Trinidad must have been thinking when he saw it. Believe me, Trinidad would have never taken a knee. He might have lost to a fighter as fierce and determined as Margarito, although I’m not so certain that would happen, but I can’t see him ever taking a knee once, let alone twice like Cotto did.

Trinidad in his prime would have rather gone down swinging rather than to yield the white flag of surrender and submit by taking a knee. I know of course that people will say that Cotto didn’t actually quit, that his trainer waived towel signaling for the fight to be stopped, but taking a knee two times is as close as you can get to surrendering in battle. Trinidad fought his heart out in every fight, winning some and losing some, but with him you always felt that he would go down swinging and that he wouldn’t just give up when things got rough in the ring. If it had been Trinidad in the ring with Margarito, he would have fought until the very last ounce of his energy was gone, and made Margarito take him out the old fashion way – with his fists. Perhaps this is the new generation of boxers or something, because I don’t understand it myself.

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Hopkins vs. Trinidad or Jones?

hopkins5532.jpgBy Scott Gilfoid: in the latest boxing news, former middleweight and light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KOs) is looking for one more big fight before, perhaps, getting out of boxing and wrapping up his excellent career. Richard Schaefer, an executive for Golden Boy Promotions, recently said that the ideal opponent for Hopkins, now 43, would be either Felix Trinidad or Roy Jones Jr., both of whom Hopkins has previously fought in the past. Of the two, Hopkins would no doubt be more interested in the 39 year-old Jones, who previously beat him by a narrow decision 15 years ago in May 1993.

Jones, though well beyond his best years in boxing, still retains much of his popularity with many fans, if not his once great ability. As for a fight with Trinidad, it’s a much less appealing option given the fact that he’s lost three out of his last five fights, and has been mostly inactive in the past six years. Additionally, Hopkins already stopped Trinidad in a 12th round TKO in September 2001, a fight that was never even remotely competitive. Other than a few die hard Trinidad fans, disparate perhaps to see him fight no matter what the circumstance, it would probably be a tough sell to get most of the public to buy into the fight.

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Who’s Next For Pavlik? Duddy, Lee or Trinidad?

By Dan Ambrose: For WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs), he is suddenly the man that every fighter wants to mix it up with, and after all these years of toling away for next to nothing in monetary gain, Pavlik is looking at big money fights with a variety of fighters, most of which don’t come close to being nearly as good as him. The latest trio – Felix Trinidad, John Duddy and Andy Lee – are whom Pavlik is trying to decide on which will be his next opponent, or should I say ‘victim’ for his fight in June. As of now, the unbeaten John Duddy (23-0, 17 KOs) is the most likely of the three to be the one that Pavlik decides to fight, if only because he’s the more popular fighter on the East Coast.

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Pavlik vs. Trinidad On June 7th?

By Chris Thomas: According to ESPN writer Dan Rafael, undefeated WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (32-0, 29 KOs) could be facing former welterweight/junior welterweight champion Felix Trinidad (42-3, 35 KOs) on June 7th at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Pavlik’s promoter, Bob Arum, would like for him to fight either Trinidad or John Duddy in Pavlik’s next bout, due to each of them being popular on the East coast. Though Pavlik still has to face Taylor first this Saturday, Pavlik will still be champion by virtue of this being a non-title bout.

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Felix Trinidad: What Are His Options?

trindad3535.jpgBy Chris Thomas: According to the final numbers, last Saturday night’s bout between former boxing champions Felix Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. did remarkably well, selling more than 500,000 PPV subscriptions and making $25 million in domestic television revenue. Base don these numbers, it would seem to indicate that there is still an audience out there for both Trinidad and Jones, despite each of them being well past their prime as fighters.

For his part, the 39 year-old Jones has made it clear that he wants to fight either Joe Calzaghe, Jermain Taylor, Kelly Pavlik or Oscar De La Hoya. However, Trinidad, 35, has remained silent, saying nothing about his future plans. Before last Saturday’s bout, Trinidad had expressed interest in fighting De La Hoya, who many people feel has been washed up as a fighter for quite some time, perhaps even as long as Jones and Trinidad. However, it seems unlikely that De La Hoya will opt to fight a rematch with Trinidad, at least not now, because the latest rumors seem to suggest that De La Hoya is looking to fight a smaller fighter, someone like Paulie Malignaggi or Steve Forbes.

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Jones Decisions Trinidad, Drops Him Twice

jones33353.jpgIn an outcome that surprised few, Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) defeated Felix Trinidad (42-3, 35 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Trinidad, 35, was taking the fight after a two and half year layoff, without any kind of a tune-up bout before hand. However, Trinidad looked mostly good in the first six rounds of the fight, out-working and out-landing the 39 year-old Jones, who looked badly over-the-hill.

Trinidad dominated each of the first six rounds with a good body attack, ripping hooks to Jones’ midsection and head. As usual, Roy would throw an occasional pot shot and pose a lot in between. However, he wasn’t able to keep up with the pace that Trinidad was setting for him in the early going. Quite frequently, Jones would retreat to the ropes and play the rope-a-dope routine, covering up and letting Trinidad tag him. The final judges’ scores were 117-109, 116-110 and 116-110, awarding the decision to Jones.

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Jones, Trinidad Speak; HBO Replay

It’s a special edition of BOXING AFTER DARK when HBO Sports presents FELIX TRINIDAD VS. ROY JONES, JR. the exclusive replay of their light heavyweight showdown, this SATURDAY, JAN. 26 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on HBO. The HBO Sports broadcast team, which was ringside for the live event at Madison Square Garden in New York, will call all the action. The replay will be available in HDTV. Carried live on HBO Pay-Per-View, the Jan. 19 fight featured the long anticipated showdown between two future Hall of Fame performers. The 39-year-old Roy Jones, Jr. scored a unanimous decision victory in the 170-pound showdown. The exclusive replay will be paired with the previously announced BOXING AFTER DARK telecast from Berlin as Alexander Povetkin meets Eddie Chambers in a heavyweight tilt.

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Little Interest In Jones-Trinidad Bout

trinidad543535757.jpgAccording to the latest reports, ticket sales for this Saturday’s bout between Roy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad (42-2, 35 KOs) have been less than impressive, to put it kindly. In fact, many of the most expensive seats at New York’s Madison Square Garden have been drastically reduced from $15,000 to a mere $5000. Part of the problem is caused by the New York Giant’s football team, which has a playoff game with the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.

I guess the fans aren’t particularly intrigued with the idea of dumping a bunch of cash on a fight that many of them consider little more than an old-timers bout between two former champions Trinidad, 35 and the 39 year-old Jones. At this point, we can only only that Madison Square Garden gets a big walk up crowd on the night of the fight. Aside from that, the PPV numbers might end up disappointing as well, for the cost of the fight – $49.95 – is what I consider an absurdly high amount for two non-champion, mostly part-time fighters. It wouldn’t be bad if Jones & Trinidad were still champions, but both of them are far beyond that at this stage in their careers with zero chances of ever winning another title.

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