Félix Trinidad: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox_Boxer|name=Félix Trinidad, Jr.

|image=Felix trinidad poster1.jpg

|realname=Juan Félix Trinidad García

|nickname=Tito

===Moving to middleweight===

{{main|Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad}}

Following his fight with Vargas, Trinidad moved up in weight &ndash; this time to participate in [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]]'s middleweight unification tournament featuring IBF champion [[Bernard Hopkins]], WBA champion [[William Joppy]], and WBC champion [[Keith Holmes (boxer)|Keith Holmes]]. Trinidad was matched with Joppy, whom he defeated by technical knockout in the fifth round of a contest that took place on May 12, 2001.<ref name="Joppy">{{cite web| author=John Gregg| url=http://www.boxingtimes.com/analyses/2001/010512trinidad_joppy.html| title=Trinidad Triumphs TKO's Joppy| publisher=The Boxing Times| date=2001-05-12|accessdate=2007-08-13}}</ref> Joppy opened the first round on the offensive, but late in the round Trinidad scored a knockdown with a combination of punches that came close to throwing Joppy underneath the ropes.<ref name="Joppy"/> Trinidad subsequently scored a knockdown in the fourth round, during this stage of the competition he was using combinations of left hooks and right punches to the head.<ref name="Joppy"/> In the fifth round Trinidad scored another knockdown, Joppy attempted to continue the fight, but while he was using the ropes to help him stand, the referee stopped the fight. When the contest was over, Trinidad explained his strategy by stating: "I knew he wanted to impose his will, his weight, and I wouldn't let him do it".<ref name="Joppy"/>