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Now my opinion is that Hearns anhiliates Trinidad with no problem, but I hear alot of people compare the 2.

So who wins and why?

I tend to agree - at 147 Hearn's KO's Trinidad inside of 6 rounds -

Hearn's was more of an assasian, search and destroy type then Trinidad - Hearn's jab would have allowed him to pin point (set up) his right hand...and then good night!

Trinidad never had to compete with someone with Hearn's jab or search in destroy type manner -

Of course Trinidad would always have a punchers chance....but I see a Hearn's KO in this one -

Trinidad being a notoriously slow starter and Hearns being about as fast a starter as you can be plus his brutal power(and the speed at which he delivered it) says the Hitman quick.

Trinidad wasn't what I would call a slow starter; he was a guy that took is time to get started, but if you wanted to kick it in gear early he'd go right with you. Ask Blocker and Garcia and Waters etc... At 147 Felix still did things like jab, move around the ring, practice defense (and he was good at it- very underrated) and throw punches other than the left hook. Tommy at 147 could potentially win any fight at any time during the first 9 minutes, his chances decreasing steadily thereafter. I don't believe he was "great"; great right hand, good jab, height and reach advantages, but not great. He didn't develope his jab into the weapon it became untyil later when he hurt the right and had all those fights w/o scoring a KO. He developed that ripping hook to the body at the same time, so at 147 he was tall and a dangerous 1-2 combo, emphasis on the '2'. Felix had more tools; he could box fight work inside or out and punch with both hands. 147 was his peak while Hearns got better later. Trinidad by ko round 4-7

The "Motor City Cobra" destroys Tito. Tito could not deal with his height or power. Hearns boxes his socks off until he KO's Tito about round 4 or 5.

From what I remember Trinidad was mostly susceptiple to left hooks and not right hands, but I think Hearns would be too much for Trinidad to handle. Since both were seek & destroy types of fighters...It would be a case of who lands the best shot first.

I think Hearns catches Trinidad and puts him out early. Trinidad was too slow of a starter to survive Hearns bombs.

tiredoldngrey wrote:Trinidad wasn't what I would call a slow starter; he was a guy that took is time to get started, but if you wanted to kick it in gear early he'd go right with you. Ask Blocker and Garcia and Waters etc... At 147 Felix still did things like jab, move around the ring, practice defense (and he was good at it- very underrated) and throw punches other than the left hook. Tommy at 147 could potentially win any fight at any time during the first 9 minutes, his chances decreasing steadily thereafter. I don't believe he was "great"; great right hand, good jab, height and reach advantages, but not great. He didn't develope his jab into the weapon it became untyil later when he hurt the right and had all those fights w/o scoring a KO. He developed that ripping hook to the body at the same time, so at 147 he was tall and a dangerous 1-2 combo, emphasis on the '2'. Felix had more tools; he could box fight work inside or out and punch with both hands. 147 was his peak while Hearns got better later. Trinidad by ko round 4-7

Are you Puerto Rican? j/k.

Maybe it's just me but none of Trinidads punches looked straight, even when he jabbed it looked like a hook to me.

IMO.