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Felix "Tito" Trinidad
(Felix Juan Trinidad Soria)

BORN   January 10 1973; Cupey Alto, San Juan, Puerto Rico
HEIGHT 5-11
WEIGHT 138-170 lbs
MANAGERS Yamil Chade, Felix Trinidad Sr.
TRAINER Felix Trinidad Sr.

Trinidad is a tall and muscular fighter who can box or punch; He has moved up in weight classes and still dominated; In his career, he has met the best around and lost but three contests; "Tito" is an outstanding, talented fighter

During his career, he won the
WBA Middleweight Championship of the World, the WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World, the IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World, the WBC Welterweight Championship of the World and the IBF Welterweight Championship of the World

He defeated such men as Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya, Hector Camacho, Ricardo Mayorga, Oba Carr, William Joppy, Fernando Vargas, Maurice Blocker, Freddie Pendleton, David Reid, Jake Rodriguez, Luis Gabriel Garcia, Luis Ramon "Yory Boy" Campas, Roger Turner, Larry Barnes, Rodney Moore, Ray Lovato, Kevin Lueshing, Troy Waters, Hugh Pineda, Mamadou Thiam and Hacine Cherifi

*** SOME AMATEUR BOUTS (51-6, 12 KO) ***

1985
          -Trinidad won the National Amateur 100-lbs Championship of Puerto Rico

1986
          -Trinidad won the National Amateur 112-lbs Championship of Puerto Rico

1987
          -Trinidad won the National Amateur 119-lbs Championship of Puerto Rico

1988
          -Trinidad won the National Amateur 126-lbs Championship of Puerto Rico

1989
          -Trinidad won the National Amateur 132-lbs Championship of Puerto Rico


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***

1990
Mar 10 Angel Romero                Miramar, Puerto Rico            TK  2    
Apr  7 Israel Ponce                Miramar, Puerto Rico            TK  2    
Jun 21 William Lopez               San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  1    
Jul 27 Omar Victoriano Alegre      Capo d'Orlando, Italy           TK  5   
Sep  6 Jose Vilarino               San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  2    
Oct  3 Valentin Ocasio             San Juan, Puerto Rico            W  6    
Nov 13 Luis Felipe Perez           San Juan, Puerto Rico           KO  2    

1991
Mar 13 Noe Rivera                  San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  1    
May  1 Felix Vasquez               San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  3    
Jun 21 Manuel Solis                Miami Beach, Fl                 TK  5    
Jul 10 Darren McGrew               San Juan, Puerto Rico            W 10    
Oct 25 Lorenzo Bouie               Miami Beach, Fl                 TK  1    
Dec  6 Jake Rodriguez              Bayamon, Puerto Rico             W 10    

1992
May  3 Raul Gonzalez               Cayey, Puerto Rico              KO  4    
Jul 18 Joe Alexander               San Juan, Puerto Rico           KO  1    
Oct  3 Alberto Cortes              Paris, France                   TK  3   

1993
Feb 13 Henry Hughes                San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  1    
Feb 20 Pedro Aguirre               Mexico City, Mexico             TK  4    
May  8 Colin Tomlinson             Condado, Puerto Rico            KO  1
          -Some sources report "Jorge Spelvin"   
Jun 19 Maurice Blocker             San Diego, Ca                   KO  2   
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug  6 Luis Gabriel Garcia         Bayamon, Puerto Rico            TK  1   
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Oct 23 Anthony Stephens            Fort Lauderdale, Fl             KO 10   
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World

1994
Jan 29 Hector Camacho              Las Vegas, Nv                    W 12    
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep 17 Luis Ramon "Yory Boy" Campas Las Vegas, Nv                  TK  4   
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 10 Oba Carr                    Monterrey, Mexico               TK  8    
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World

1995
Apr  8 Roger Turner                Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  2    
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Nov 18 Larry Barnes                Atlantic City, NJ               TK  4    
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World

1996
Feb 10 Rodney Moore                Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  4    
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
May 18 Freddie Pendleton           Las Vegas, Nv                   KO  5   
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep  7 Ray Lovato                  Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  6   
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World

1997
Jan 11 Kevin Lueshing              Nashville, Tn                   TK  3   
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug 23 Troy Waters                 New York, NY                    KO  1   

1998
Apr  3 Mahenge Zulu                Bayamon, Puerto Rico            KO 4    
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World

1999
Feb 20 Pernell Whitaker            New York, NY                     W 12   
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
May 29 Hugo Pineda                 San Juan, Puerto Rico           KO  4    
          -IBF Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep 18 Oscar De La Hoya            Las Vegas, Nv                    W 12
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Welterweight Championship of the World

2000
Mar  3 David Reid                  Las Vegas, Nv                    W 12
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
Mar  9 -Trinidad relinquished the Welterweight Championship of the World
Jul 22 Mamadou Thiam               Miami, Fl                       TK  3
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
Dec  2 Fernando Vargas             Las Vegas, Nv                   TK 12
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World

2001
May 12 William Joppy               New York, NY                    TK  5
          -WBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report 5/13/01
Sep 29 Bernard Hopkins             New York, NY                    LT 12
          -WBC Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Middleweight Championship of the World

2002
May 11 Hacine Cherifi              San Juan, Puerto Rico           TK  4
Jul  3 -Trinidad announced his retirement from the ring (only to return later)

2004
Mar  2 -Trinidad announced his return to the ring
Oct  2 Ricardo Mayorga             New York, NY                    TK  8

2007
May 14 Ronald "Winky" Wright       Las Vegas, Nv                    L 12
May 16 -Trinidad announced his retirement from the ring (only to return later)

2008
Jan 19 Roy Jones Jr                New York, NY                     L 12


*** Assistance Provided By Seth Callis ***
 

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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