Definitely an historic run. He was one of my favorite fighters ever. He went from Vargas, straight to Joppy, right to Hopkins. Like no chill with some lesser fighter in between. That will never be done by the fighters of today.

@@jcsuperstar4646 yeah Tito redeemed himself after the Oscar fight. He had a good year in 2000 at 154. Then went to middle weight. He was hot for that year and a half.

@@brianticas2068 He didn’t need redeeming, he won the fight. Plus, Oscar is a great fighter, so no shame in having difficulty with him.

Facts as a kid I was blessed to watch his flights!! I'm 23 now ! Viva PR 🇵🇷🇵🇷

Well spoken bhatti boy this ain’t ig bitch

This is how Crawford would lose to Tito

He used to box better at 147. Went to the body more and had better footwork and lateral movements.

SIEMPRE LO FUE!! UNA BESTIA EN EL RING!,, TENIA UN CORTO DE IZQUIERDA BRUTAL... PEGABA COMO PATADA DE MULA!! SIN DUDA!! UNO DE LOS MEJORES BOXEADORES EN EL ARTE DE FISTIANA,,!!,,JAMAS REHUZO MUCHO MENOS HUYO A NINGUNA PELEA!,, POR ESO ESTA INDUCIDO EN EL SALON DE LA FAMA COMO UNO DE LOS MAS GRANDES BOXEADORES DEL ORBE!! GRACIAS TITO!! " ORGULLO BORICUA"

Easy boomaye

Awesome story. I’m sure you great grandfather is with you now

When Tito moved up, he realized he couldn’t win just on power alone that’s why it’s the sweet science baby

One of the best left hooks in boxing

Follow my IG I chill with him all the time out here in PR........ it's>>> DJONENONLY

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@@eljoelo2459 Even when he misses the hook you could see the power in it. Joppy was really careless dropping his hands against this guy.

Tito was a one trick pony Oscar exposed him and B Hop finished the job He lost to Winky and Roy Jones

He was a great fighter.

:)

For real , Hopkins and Jones yes haha

​@@beerman9807he had way more fights than that mayorga, vargas, david Reid, pernell, you should see those fights 😂😂

Tambien hay un rumor, donde dicen que usaba yeso en sus guantes...

@@FRODAM eso es para desacreditarlo. Está en el salón de la fama.

@@FRODAM Rumor desmentido un montón de veces, hasta por el difunto entrenador de Bernard Hopkins.

@@FRODAM si usara yeso, les demolía el rostro como Malgarito a Cotto, eso sí tenía yeso.

⁠@@Lycano23Pues tampoco no se confirmó si Margarito uso yeso contra Cotto yo creo que eso eran excusas de Cotto porque salió noqueado y se tuvo que arrodillar como si estuviera rezando 🧎‍♂️

To be fair, this was in New York so there were a lot of Puerto Rican fans in the crowd. That being said, Tito was a crowd-pleasing fighter who didn't have a personality you can hate.

You should have seen how they used to cheer Duran at Madison Square Garden. They sang Happy Birthday to him after he destroyed Moore .

@@kawaiiafangirl and they used to do it in vegas too

THE REASON ? Tito became a champion by not skipping anybody or cherry picking , he faced who evef was in front of him .just like Ali, today's boxers are a disgrace with all these cherry picking

@@j24g.54 I call it a lack of quality but call it what you want

Same here I was an all-out Trinidad fan. I felt like I got knocked out that night against B-Hop. Just as bad when Hopkins KO'd Oscar.

@@Herrera777 Very sorry amigo That's boxing

@@Herrera777 my brother went to my neighbor's house to watch the fight (neighbors were Puerto Rican). My brother said a few people were in tears after the knockout.

Trinidad was overweight and had too many battles , plus Hopkins was no joke , Tito had no one to fight at 147-154 so Don king forced him up

No te creo en serio

he was a really good fighter too he wouldn't have been in the middle weight championship series .. he had some tools on him for sure ..

JOPPY just didn't have the power to match him.It would have been a different fight if he did.

@@ICEMAN24072 Naw, Joppy definitely did have the power to back him up, He was just in a VERY dark time in his life.

@@kevingomez-johnson140 Yeah back him up.Just not to hurt him.Tito started coming in with no regard.

Joppy was a helluva fighter , went out on shield like a warrior in this fight. Great guy too he worked jimmy lange s corner a few times

BY weep chm q

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Tito did very well in his boxing. He went to 40 wins and no losses, or draws.

@@hectorlopez1069 actually 44-3

@@BoxingGamesAndComics only lost after he was forced to fight at higher weight

Did Hopkins defeat him in a Championship fight?

@@valjeanlee7060 Yes, the final to determine UNDISPUTED MIDDLEWEIGT Champion. Tito was 40-0 33 kos, @that time.

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Yep. The boxing today is eh. But thank goodness for fighters like Benavidez.

me too bruh

Me 😁

What was the analogy too?

Lol me

He used this analogy again describing the Chiefs beat down by the Bucks that’s why I’m here.

yeah, he's deceptively fast and doesn't constantly do the same movements making it a nightmare for his opponents. Tito will will stand there half a second to a second then bob left then right... side step... then step into his opponent the whole time feinting jabs measuring distance and his opponent's reaction. On top of that he slips most of the punches and gets a few counter shots every round, turning defense into offense. And then he peppers those body shots as well... all of these factors in a smart fighter makes a perfect fighter.

@@austonsmith536 Yes! Felix had exceptionally fast hands (especially that left hook) and his punches were tight and pinpoint accurate. Wow! What a boxer.

Bernard Hopkins did and he was alot older...

its clear tito fights very differently than most american, mexican and even cuban boxers. not like a european either. so joppy never saw his punches coming.

@@johndoe-bw8wx bernard hopkins boxed his ass off stop it and headbudded him everytime tito got close

Respecto tu opinion no ponga cotto con Trinidad

Cotto fue bueno pero esta un poco por debajo de tito cotto cayo con algunos buenos tito vino a perder contra tipos muy grandes para el en su final de su carrera Roy Jon ,Bernard Hoskins etc etc

@@misaelalvarez3983 tito tuvo mejor opocisión que cotto , trinidad le gano a los mejores y el realmente era un welter

Cotto tiene mas talento en el boxeo Tito mas Pegada y resistencia

@@blacktorpedo8323 Deacuerdo contigo.

Gracias a trinidad vengo a un ya viejo duran de 47 años viva.latinoamerica

Hell yeah all of them were top notch. Loved Tito!

You don't hear a lot of people talk about Tapia. He was a warrior.

Jhonny tapia is may idol , very very good figther

Cotto was a great champ, but Trinidad was a whole different level.

Exactly. Tito and Gomez are levels above Cotto.

Fit Trinidad has the most consecutive WW title fight KOS AT 7, TOP 10 GOAT AND THAT NO EXAGERATION

Tito had a huge HEART!! Gave it his all for us, that’s why we love him. Cotto actually has better skills than Trinidad but only had 1/4 the heart of Trinidad. Cotto vs Shane Mosley confirmed it for me.

Ml

My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it.

I agree! Joppy behaved like a ass clown after the Duran fight. No class at all.

My thoughts exactly. Tito gave him his medicine.

What happen was he took on the boriqua power he felt the pain

That's how I knock ppl out they under estimate me and I knock them out send flying

@@joseramirez7525 the champion on the house.

Finally some sense. If Tito would.have stayed in 147lbs he would have been undefeated for his career. To me one of the best welterweight of all time.

I feel the same way..

he deserved a rematch against Hopkins.. which Hopkins totally refused to give him. tells me that fight was just plain shady towards Tito.

@@samsever69 I think 160lbs was to much for Tito, at 147lbs and 154 unstoppable

@@gufiaito69able idk..it wasn't because he didn't have power or the size to be a middleweight.. the aftermath of the Hopkins fight effected his career mentally in my opinion and he never seemed to be the same fighter .

i remember that'd ! so epic 🇵🇷💪🏼

I remember that!!!!!

Yup i remember when her and him get together and took the pictures of Dennise wearing the belt and Tito the crown 😂😂💪💪🔥🔥🇵🇷

Tito said that watching Denise winning MU crown the night before was an additional motivation for him. I remember what a national party there was at our Island!

What's the date. I was a kid when tito was in his prime. Everytime he fought it was a party in our house

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I came straight to the comments because I knew I wasnt the only person Stephen A sent here. Lol

LMAO SAME!

@@michaeldouglastv6641 Lmao, i came straight here to comment that😂😂😂

@@poohmyles9930 ^

I was surprised he survived the 4th.

He's Hispanic

@@slidecounter5813 Hispanic, White, don't matter! He was amazed! 😂

his body could make it and it's always about achieving more.

I totally agree with you, by the way Tito never lost a fight at 147 pounds

His footwork was underrated as well. I don't think I've ever seen him get caught on the ropes

@@angelnathancorderomangual8699 I saw Oscar beat him but Oscar running was bullshit, so he got what he deserved 🤣

His power wasn’t the same at 160

Thanks B.c. bernard, winky, and Roy. For avenging joppy🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@@kurtisanderson1285 yeah , congrats on beating Trinidad at the end of his career

@@Florida239Rican , EXCUSES

@@kurtisanderson1285 no , Father Time is facts

@@kurtisanderson1285 where were they during Trinidads prime, ?????

USA!

@@JavMacHer Correction, Puerto Rico or Boricuaaaa!!!!!🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🔥🔥🔥🔥

nah you're wrong

But bhop makes him bullshit.😂😂😂😂

Yeah Ok....like he took Oscar De La Hoya to school huh? Everyone took 2 things from that fight....it was Boring as shit....and Oscar was the more active and deserved the decision. Tito.....OVERRATED.

Ummmm de la hoya gave him a boxing lesson Bernard Hopkins killed him & winky wright

@@lemankurtz8950 got any other of the 40 fights tito had to talk shit about? He was a champ period

Juan Laporte or Wilfredo Gomez

And then came back and beat mayorga and then lost to Wright and then came back again and lost to Jones Jr

Billy McSwain Yea thankfully he came back and gave a classic fight with Mayorga afterwards... the best ppv mayorga fight was the Trinidad one and it was super exciting the example of what a ppv should be

Yeah he went up to 170 to fight Jones who's a naturally bigger man. He lost to Hopkins though...

Shut your hating ass up

@@brendaamaya2445 they were both bigger than him.

Fuc u... u don't know that boxing is so courrpt ...theirs alit of things that go down behind closed Doors..🤣💩🖕

EL MEJOR PELEANDO CON ESOS MUERTOS, JAMÁS ESTARÍA POR ENCIMA DE GOMEZ VENITE, Y CUEVAS

@@ernestofeliz222 Se escribe Benítez y quien es Cuevas?

Siempre va ser el mejor del mundo

@@ernestofeliz222 jajajaja y a quien le ganó Gómez? Tito derrotó mejores rivales que los de Gómez que solo le ganó a Zárate, Pintor y Laporte

@@jancortez5271 GOMO MO PELIO CON MUERTOS COMO WILLIAM JHOPY Y EL ARGENTINO QUE NI SU FAMÍLIA MO CONOCIA

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Rex Word dude Its strange asf how he was boxing its like he wasnt even using common sense to box he just let himself get tired and when it was too late he wanted to do things right. I love tito but man joppy couldve done better

I agree. Tito was an unbelievable fighter with power in both hands. A legend. Joppy had a great career, but he could have achieved a lot more in boxing. I remember, he did silly things in the first fight against Green.

Good observation, he had the heart to be great, but had poor defense and tactics. How about Body shots and hold like Hopkins lol , move use your jab when far away, how about more weapons like jab to the body and upper cuts down the Middle.

joppy underestimated Tito. He had been a 3x champ at middle weight. Danny Jacobs is the modern day William joppy.. Secondly he said no way Tito was going to beat him coming from welterweight. So that's what happens.

He probably thought that Tito wouldn't be able to take his power up with him to Middleweight. I think the problem for Joppy though wasn't Tito's power as such - it was his precision. Fighters can prevail against monster punchers if they don't get hit cleanly or if the puncher doesn't have a high workrate. Unfortunately Tito had accuracy, power and a high workrate.

Francisco Ramos you right boss

That's what I'm saying. It seemed like every fight they were against Trinidad. I don't know why.

Not unusual for American commentators to pull for the American fighter

they have to make it exciting.. they gave hom plenty of credit after the fight. even the post fight interview with joppy merchant spoke highly of tito.

Love Tito, love him... but he would have virtually no chance vs. Hagler IMO. Hagler would have him out inside 5-6 rounds pretty easy I believe. Tito was best at 147, and his strongest at 154, when he skipped past 154 and went up to 160 he was not nearly as dominant, far from it actually, this was his one big victory at middleweight against a really good fighter in William Joppy respectively. Hagler was just too big and also on a whole other level from Tito. That said I loved Felix and he was great in his own right, one if the very best welterweights in an era full of unbelievable talent. I have nothing but respect for Tito. Hagler vs a few of the guys that beat Tito up would have been good matches I think. Hagler vs. Hopkins and especially Hagler vs. Jones Jr. would have been great to watch, I also think Hagler vs Winky would have been interesting to watch if not entertaining. James Toney and Hagler would have been a great fight also I think, but not Tito and Hagler. Just one guys opinion though, nothing more.

Just haters

@@BrooklynVega1 exactly plus the commission always takes the wraps back, n there's different ways of wrapping depending the state someone said which is new to me, i only wrap my hands one way.

The other thing no boxer wants his gloves to be heavier than his opponent that's just ludicrous..! It slows his punches speed👊🥊👊