Don Curry Vs Felix Trinidad. What If?

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 06 Jul 2006, 11:05

I dont think this one has been done for a while, sorry if it has.

At Welterweight over 12 rounds who wins fight fans?

Don Curry.
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=612

Felix Trinidad.
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=3254

Borinken25 · Post by **Borinken25** » 06 Jul 2006, 12:23

Trinidad by brutal KO inside of 5 rounds.

theone · Post by **theone** » 06 Jul 2006, 19:25

Trinidad by brutal KO inside of 5 rounds

Yup.

Arbachakov · Post by **Arbachakov** » 06 Jul 2006, 19:30

Trinidad starts slowly as usual and gets dropped and hurt early...unfortunately for him Curry is a vastly superior fighter and finisher to the likes of Carr, Lueshing and the hundred other fighters that got to Tito early.

Curry 3rd round KO.

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 06 Jul 2006, 20:55

Tough one to call. Trinidad never faced a fighter at WW with the all around skill that Curry had, and Curry never faced an opponent at WW who hit as hard as Tito. The way I see it, Curry get's off to a great start, beating Trinidad to the punch, bloodying him, and probably even scoring a knockdown. But the only guy to ever stop Trinidad, was Hopkins at Middleweight and that was in the 12th round. So in that regard I can see Felix taking a beating, but I see very few fighters capable of stopping him at WW. Curry couldn't finish a guy like Tito could, and eventually during an exchange he was winning, I envision the Cobra suddenly getting tagged by either a left or right hand bomb from Trinidad. Immediately the entire face of the bout would change, and seconds later Curry would be down and hurt. I think he'd get up once, and then would be stopped after a barrage of punches while on the ropes. RESULT Felix Trinidad TKO 6 Donald Curry. Scoring at the time of the stoppage 50-45 50-45 49-45 all for Donald Curry.

Arbachakov · Post by **Arbachakov** » 07 Jul 2006, 06:20

Colin Jones was a harder puncher than Tito.he had almost Mugabi-like power.

However, he wasn't as good a fighter and i wouldn't use Curry beating him as any indicator of how a fight with Tito would go.

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 07 Jul 2006, 09:32

Who mentioned Colin Jones ? Good fighter, but despite having an impressive KO pct, he couldn't floor Milton McCrory once in 24 rounds, and he landed plenty of punches in the second half of both fights.

Borinken25 · Post by **Borinken25** » 07 Jul 2006, 10:20

Arbachakov wrote:Colin Jones was a harder puncher than Tito.he had almost Mugabi-like power.

However, he wasn't as good a fighter and i wouldn't use Curry beating him as any indicator of how a fight with Tito would go.

I have a few Questions:
1. Was Colin Jones ever a world Champion?
2. Who did he ever KO that was a remotely close to world class fighter?
3. Proof or Sources where Colin’s is recognized as a p4p puncher? Please not just your opinion. Just because he KO a bunch of bums don’t make him a world class puncher.
All I see is a bunch of KO’s against probable Class C- or D fighters which proves nothing and to compare him to Mugabi or Trinidad is a little far-fetched to me.
4. Are you seriously comparing Colin “The Unknown Fighter” Jones to Tito Trinidad?

Arbachakov · Post by **Arbachakov** » 07 Jul 2006, 10:42

He hurt and staggered Milton almost every time he landed on him and justdidn't have the skillset to land enough big shots to finish him off.Also McCrory was fighting a very defensive fight and keeping well away from him for the most part.

Compare how Milt was bothered by his punches and how well he took McCallum's shots.Mike was a huge jr middleweight with very good power and McCrory was able to stand right in front of him all fight long in a war before being taken out due to McCallum's superior skills and efficiency of attack(not raw power).

Trinidad was obviously a much more effective and talented offensive fighter and could turn a fight with a single punch, but he didn't score hardly any true one-punch KO's.Generally he wore fighters down over a few rounds.

Jones on the other hand may not have a great resume and his career was very short, but he was just one of those fighters you know had really scary power when you watched them fight(like Jaime Garza).The minute he landed his best punch the fight was usually over within a round or two.Sure the opposition was mediocre, but compare those fights with Tito's early fights against equally poor opposition(or his fights against the lesser title challengers like Lueshing) and it's clear that Jones had more power.

Borinken if you haven't seen him fight then refrain from commenting.I'm not comparing him to Tito in terms of talent and as i said before, he wasn't as good a fighter and i only mentioned him because Seamus said that Curry never fought anyone with the power of Tito.

Borinken25 · Post by **Borinken25** » 07 Jul 2006, 15:29

You are correct I never saw Jones fight, but I can’t find in any boxing site anything about Colin Jones punching power. I have find top 100 greatest punchers of all time and he is nowhere to be found. So it is just your opinion that he hits harder than Tito, there are no facts to support that argument. And even if he did hit harder thanTito he did not have his talent so his power was useless. So it is fair to say that Curry did never face a puncher like Tito, which is the original point that Seamus was making. BTW you said that Tito was and I quote: “Trinidad starts slowly as usual and gets dropped and hurt early”. Now my question is when did you ever saw Trinidad hurt on any of his fights at 147 or 154? If you can find any fight please let me know which one, because I never saw that. I saw him going down and immediately getting up, I never saw him hurt, but if you did please tell me which one. His knockdowns were more the result of his awkward stand rather than a weak chin.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 08 Jul 2006, 12:04

Colin Jones from the fights I've seen and from what I have read about him was a very hard and hurtfull puncher. If I recall correctly he wasn't much of a puncher as an amateur and it wasn't until he turned professional his punching power was discovered and developed, just like Naseem Hamed and Tommy Hearns.

As a side issue if Kevin Lueshing could drop Felix Trinidad Colin Jones could have to.

Richie Aprille rules · Post by **Richie Aprille rules** » 08 Jul 2006, 12:33

Prime Curry decisions welterweight Trinidad

theone · Post by **theone** » 08 Jul 2006, 13:30

Trinidad crushes Curry mid rounds.

Nile4000 · Post by **Nile4000** » 12 Jul 2006, 11:19

Prime Curry stops Trinidad late, around 8 or 9 rounds.