stymie Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Fight of the year! Boxings best closer is back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovefire Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Awesome fight. Tito's the duke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fouroneone Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 so i take it you paid the $59? stymie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stymie Posted October 4 Author Report Share Posted October 4 $55 and worth every penny. That was the best fight Ive seen since De La Hoyas win over Vargas. That fight was up there with the Ward/Gatti Fights. It was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovefire Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 I paid $49.95. Definitely worth it. Best fight I've watched in years, maybe ever. Tito single handedly restored my faith in boxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fouroneone Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 was this an HBO or Showtime fight? Do you think they will show the repeat on either? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovefire Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 was this an HBO or Showtime fight? Do you think they will show the repeat on either?HBO. They'll def show replay this weekend I bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fouroneone Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stymie Posted October 4 Author Report Share Posted October 4 HBO rebroadcast:October 9, 2004 11:00 PM ET/PT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovefire Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Trinidad Is Back, and Looking for Hopkins Sun Oct 3, 1:41 PM ET By BARRY WILNER, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK - Felix Trinidad doesn't believe in tuneup fights. His comeback after more than two years of retirement was a doozy, and now he wants the biggest name out there, Bernard Hopkins. After Trinidad knocked out Ricardo Mayorga in the eighth round Saturday night, completing a scintillating performance before a raucous crowd, he turned his attention to the only man who has beaten him. Hopkins knocked out Trinidad in the 12th round three years ago for the middleweight title. Trinidad fought once more but, unable to secure a rematch, he left boxing. Now he's back, and he's looking for Hopkins. "At that moment when I retired," Trinidad said, "there wasn't a big fight for me that I wanted and there was nothing in boxing that I wanted. I want a big fight now. My goal is to make big fights, and then I will leave happy and win them all." Trinidad's father and trainer/manager, known as Papa, said he will talk with promoter Don King. Trinidad is signed for one more fight with HBO, which handled the Mayorga bout on a pay-per-view basis. But King also said he felt HBO didn't promote Saturday's fight properly — even though Madison Square Garden grossed $4.65 million on site, the third-biggest gate the arena has had for a fight. Papa Trinidad took a shot at Hopkins, who was roundly booed by the pro-Trinidad crowd when Hopkins entered the building before the bout. "In the past, every great champion that lost had the opportunity to avenge his defeats," Papa said. "Bernard Hopkins said immediately after that fight he'd give a rematch ... and then he stepped back and he never gave a rematch to Tito." Hopkins told ESPN Radio that he would consider another fight with Trinidad and that HBO had reserved Jan. 20 for his 20th title defense. More likely, Hopkins will face Felix Sturm in that bout and any Hopkins-Trinidad matchup wouldn't come until spring. Meanwhile, Trinidad will build on his memorable comeback bout. With the crowd chanting "Tito, Tito" hour before he entered the ring, he gave the fans — many of them waving Puerto Rican flags — exactly what they came for. Trinidad, 42-1, was a bit tentative in the first two minutes against Mayorga, who had never been knocked down. But once he got into the flow, Trinidad looked like a fighter in his prime, not one coming off more than a two-year layoff. Mayorga did knock down Trinidad in the third round, but it resembled a slip and Trinidad was back up before referee Steve Smoger began counting. After a brutal fourth round in which both middleweights stood toe to toe and exchanged powerful punches, Mayorga was cut under the left eye in the fifth round. He had to stop from a low blow to the right thigh in the sixth, and Smoger allowed him nearly two minutes to recover with 40 seconds to go in the sixth. But Mayorga never was the same the rest of the way. He went down three times in the eighth as Trinidad kept up his relentless attack. Mayorga fell to 26-5-1. The Nicaraguan heads back to his home country to face a rape charge in court Wednesday. Trinidad, meanwhile, said he's ready for "easy fights for big money." Perhaps, but any Hopkins fight, while for lots of money, won't be easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stymie Posted October 4 Author Report Share Posted October 4 Mayorga did knock down Trinidad in the third round, but it resembled a slip and Trinidad was back up before referee Steve Smoger began counting. Haha that was such BS. Titos glove touched the canvas... he was off balance.After a brutal fourth round in which both middleweights stood toe to toe and exchanged powerful punches, Mayorga was cut under the left eye in the fifth round. He had to stop from a low blow to the right thigh in the sixth, and Smoger allowed him nearly two minutes to recover with 40 seconds to go in the sixth. That was a lucky break for RM... he was 1 shot away from going down and he used that as an excuse to recover. Tito hit him on the fucking hip... if anyone would be hurting from that shot, it would be Tito with a broken hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovefire Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 I'm not sure Tito can handle Hopkins this time either though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stymie Posted October 5 Author Report Share Posted October 5 Ricardo Mayorga "I'm not going to continue Boxing." By Elisa Harrison (October 4, 2004) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------"I'm not going to continue boxing. I am retiring. I have thought about it and discussed it with my family, so it's serious." Ricardo 'El Matador' Mayorga made this statement toEdgard Tijerino, reporter for La Prensa, El Diario de los Nicaraguenses, in front of Mario Arce, Luis León, brother Jaime and attorney Tony González. The reported conversation took place in New York City, shortly after Mayorga was released from Bellevue Hospital. "They all know since early on, but I am just now making it public. I simply don't want to continue, and I don't need to continue. I have enough resources, I'm going to get involved in some businesses, and I left a good impression in my last fight. They are going to remember me as somebody brave, that never asked for a truce and who knew how to fight in every instance."When reminded that he is too young to make such a drastic decision, Mayorga replied, "This is the time to do it. I feel that God is advising me to do it, and He is my great friend."Money is important but not essential. I know this loss doesn't close doors for me, but I don't want to continue. It's too big of a sacrifice, and I have been fighting since I was 11 years old, so at age 31 I am looking for peace."Mayorga was then asked about his legal problems in Nicaragua... Are you going to travel back to Nicaragua to face the accusation against you?"Of course. I don't run in the ring, or in life. I am going to face the situation because I know I am not guilty. Enough. No more. No more. I am leaving boxing..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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