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It would be an exciting match. Donald Curry vs Felix "Tito" Trinidad. Both had excellent left hooks. Who wins?

Tito wins a come from behind 7th round KO. In an exciting slugfest that sees both men on the canvas.

gilgamesh wrote:Tito wins a come from behind 7th round KO. In an exciting slugfest that sees both men on the canvas.

We agree again.

Curry with a dominant stoppage victory around the 11th.

The End wrote:Curry with a dominant stoppage victory around the 11th.

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Curry easily. Tito got exposed by boxers who had balance - Hopkins, Winky and RJJ. Even Oscar boxed the pants off of him.

This would not be close. Curry by brutal beat down.

Sorry, Trinidad fans. This is the wrong match up for your guy. Far greater fighters than Tito have spoken about the skills of Curry. The great Mike McCallum said that Curry's jab was the worst thing he ever encountered in a boxing ring. Said it nearly beat him to death because it never missed.

Curry would have destroyed Trinidad. Tito needed an off-balance, stationary fighter in front of him to shine.

Esquire wrote:Curry easily. Tito got exposed by boxers who had balance - Hopkins, Winky and RJJ. Even Oscar boxed the pants off of him.

This would not be close. Curry by brutal beat down.

Sorry, Trinidad fans. This is the wrong match up for your guy. Far greater fighters than Tito have spoken about the skills of Curry. The great Mike McCallum said that Curry's jab was the worst thing he ever encountered in a boxing ring. Said it nearly beat him to death because it never missed.

Curry would have destroyed Trinidad. Tito needed an off-balance, stationary fighter in front of him to shine.

Why bring up fights at middle and light heavyweight?

Rover wrote:

Esquire wrote:Curry easily. Tito got exposed by boxers who had balance - Hopkins, Winky and RJJ. Even Oscar boxed the pants off of him.

This would not be close. Curry by brutal beat down.

Sorry, Trinidad fans. This is the wrong match up for your guy. Far greater fighters than Tito have spoken about the skills of Curry. The great Mike McCallum said that Curry's jab was the worst thing he ever encountered in a boxing ring. Said it nearly beat him to death because it never missed.

Curry would have destroyed Trinidad. Tito needed an off-balance, stationary fighter in front of him to shine.

Why bring up fights at middle and light heavyweight?

because stylistically Tito showed the same shortcomings at every weight he boxed at, pretty much, and that's relevant in ways you don't often seem to acknowledge.

Curry's defence the difference here

Counter-puncher wrote:

Rover wrote:

Esquire wrote:Curry easily. Tito got exposed by boxers who had balance - Hopkins, Winky and RJJ. Even Oscar boxed the pants off of him.

This would not be close. Curry by brutal beat down.

Sorry, Trinidad fans. This is the wrong match up for your guy. Far greater fighters than Tito have spoken about the skills of Curry. The great Mike McCallum said that Curry's jab was the worst thing he ever encountered in a boxing ring. Said it nearly beat him to death because it never missed.

Curry would have destroyed Trinidad. Tito needed an off-balance, stationary fighter in front of him to shine.

Why bring up fights at middle and light heavyweight?

because stylistically Tito showed the same shortcomings at every weight he boxed at, pretty much, and that's relevant in ways you don't often seem to acknowledge.

I thought he beat DLH. And there's a big difference between fighting at welter v. middle and light heavy.

Surely you mean you thought DLH, lost the fight. Seemed his to lose...and he managed it somehow. lol.

BoxBuzz wrote:Surely you mean you thought DLH, lost the fight. Seemed his to lose...and he managed it somehow. lol.

I mean I thought Tito won. Being able to keep up an effort for enough rounds to win is part of the game, and Oscar didn't IMHO. Had he been stopped, I think most would have said Tito stopped him, not that Oscar lost. Same thing, I guess. There's a winner and a loser. I don't buy the "the other guy gave it away" line.

I'm probably going to get flamed for saying this, and maybe deservedly so, but I would've laid some solid money down at the window that Trinidad wouldn't have made it through Jesse James Hughes back in the day (if JJH hadn't decided to go "adventuring" down in the swamps..) Really questioned Trinidad's durability and thought he was a frontrunner.

I think Curry would be dominant for the first 4 rds, and might even score a knockdown. Around the 5th or 6th, Tito drops Curry with a big counter and the momentum swings dramatically, with Curry on his back foot until the bout ends with a stoppage for Trinidad in about the 10th.

Dart340 wrote:I'm probably going to get flamed for saying this, and maybe deservedly so, but I would've laid some solid money down at the window that Trinidad wouldn't have made it through Jesse James Hughes back in the day (if JJH hadn't decided to go "adventuring" down in the swamps..) Really questioned Trinidad's durability and thought he was a frontrunner.

Wow, I've never heard anyone express that view before.

Curry always seemed a little soft. Didn't take punishment well. Tito went down quite a bit but always came back and won, except against Hopkins.
Trinidad gets outboxed for 5 rounds, but once he hurts the Cobra he completely takes over and knocks him senseless (shades of the McCallum fight) around the 7th round. When you get thoroughly whipped by Honeyghan, you have no business winning against an all-time great puncher like Trinidad.