To: Quahog who wrote (3697 ) 5/11/2001 2:58:53 PM From: mr.mark Respond to excerpted from secondsout.com .... WILLIAM JOPPY A boxer who relies heavily on his left jab. Fires straight and accurate right hands and prefers to box at a distance where his speed and defence give him advantages.PUNCH: Good. Kayoed durable Shinji Tahehara in first title win and had tough former WBC champion Hacine Cherifi down twice before outscoring him. Destroyed both aged legend Roberto Duran and solid Rito Rivalcaba quickly with thunderous rights.CHIN: Good, though some question marks remain. Floored by Julio Cesar Green in first bout, but recovered quickly to seemingly dominate - though adjudged to have lost the decision. Has not faced a truly powerful puncher at middleweight so far (Green had fought his entire career at junior middleweight).FELIX TRINIDAD Truly multi-talented fighter. Has a piercing jab, fast hands, good defense, vicious puncher, tremendous heart and a venomous body attack. Slow starter, all the knockdowns he has suffered have been in the first four rounds, but gradually increases the pressure as he expertly cuts off the ring. Fires blindingly accurate combinations and has the power to take fighters out with a single blow.PUNCH: Superb at welterweight and junior middleweight, but has never punched a natural middleweight like Joppy. However, one suspects that Trinidad will carry most of his power with him. Has kayoed durable fighters like Fernando Vargas, Yory Boy Campas and Luis Garcia. Of his 19 title fight wins, he has scored a remarkable 15 stoppages. Right hand is fast and lethal, but his left hook was hard enough to floor in Vargas four out of the five knockdowns he scored. Vicious body puncher who effortlessly whips in hooks to the mid-section.CHIN: Good. How can I say that a fighter who has been floored seven times has a good chin? Easy, because he has got up to win on every occasion. Trinidad has usually dominated from the following round, kayoing six of the men who had the audacity to actually floor him. Only David Reid survived to hear the bell, but he had to get off the canvas five times and has not looked the same since. For the record, the men who have had the “privilege” of flooring Trinidad are: Alberto Cortes (Trinidad w rsf 3), Anthony Stephens (w rsf 10), Yory Boy Campas (w rsf 4), Oba Carr (w rsf 8), Kevin Lueshing (w rsf 3), David Reid ( w pts 12), and Fernando Vargas (w rsf 12).secondsout.com
