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In August 2007, promoter Don King announced a "dream match" between Félix Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. with a date set for January 19, 2008. [2] Both men had become two of the most decorated fighters in boxing history, with Trinidad sporting a 42–2 record having won titles in the welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight divisions, while Jones was 51–4 and had won titles in four ...
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Félix Juan Trinidad García (born January 10, 1973), popularly known as "Tito" Trinidad, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes and is considered to be one of the greatest Puerto Rican boxers of all time.
Jones fired a combination in the tenth round to send Trinidad down once more. [89] Jones won the fight by scores of 117–109 and 116–110 (twice). [ 90 ] This was the first time a former heavyweight champion returned to fight successfully at 170 lbs.
Trinidad had almost ended the fight during the sixth round after fracturing Whitaker's jaw in the round, though Whitaker insisted on continuing the fight. Whitaker was the busier fighter, throwing 749 punches compared to Trinidad's 518, though he landed just 234 for a 31% success rate while Trinidad scored 278 punches for a 58% success rate. [10]
Trinidad's promoter Don King had offered Wright $5 million to be Trinidad's first comeback opponent, however he was already contracted to rematch Mosley. A $5 million offer for a 19 March 2005 bout with Trinidad fell though, [ 3 ] however on 27 January it was announced that Trinidad and Wright would face each other in a WBC middleweight title ...
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Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad, billed as The Fight of the Millennium, was a boxing match held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip on September 18, 1999, to unify the WBC and IBF welterweight championships. [1] [2] After twelve tensely fought rounds, Trinidad was declared the winner by a majority decision. [3]