In a career spanning 17 years and 10 months, Félix Trinidad fought 45 times with 42 wins and 3 losses. By his last professional fight on January 19, 2008, Trinidad's boxing record stood at 42-3 (35 KO wins, 1 KO loss).
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Félix Trinidad (Tito) is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on January 10, 1973. Trinidad made his professional boxing debut at the age of 17, on March 10, 1990. He is a former three-weight-class world champion. He is 50 years old, and will be turning 51 in seven months and one day. Trinidad is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 45 |
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Wins | 42 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 35 |
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Total Title Wins | 5 |
Title Defenses | 17 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 16 |
Losses via KO | 1 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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45 | Jan 19, 2008 | 35 | Roy Jones Jr. | Loss | UD |
44 | May 14, 2005 | 32 | Winky Wright | Loss | UD |
43 | Oct 2, 2004 | 31 | Ricardo Mayorga | Win | TKO8 |
42 | May 11, 2002 | 29 | Hacine Cherifi | Win | TKO4 |
41 | Sep 29, 2001 | 28 | Bernard Hopkins | Loss * | TKO12 |
40 | May 12, 2001 | 28 | William Joppy | Win * | TKO5 |
39 | Dec 2, 2000 | 27 | Fernando Vargas | Win * | TKO12 |
38 | Jul 22, 2000 | 27 | Mamadou Thiam | Win * | TKO3 |
37 | Mar 3, 2000 | 27 | David Reid | Win * | UD |
36 | Sep 18, 1999 | 26 | Oscar De La Hoya | Win * | MD |
35 | May 29, 1999 | 26 | Hugo Pineda | Win * | KO4 |
34 | Feb 20, 1999 | 26 | Pernell Whitaker | Win * | UD |
33 | Apr 3, 1998 | 25 | Mahenge Zulu | Win * | KO4 |
32 | Aug 23, 1997 | 24 | Troy Waters | Win | KO1 |
31 | Jan 11, 1997 | 24 | Kevin Lueshing | Win * | TKO3 |
30 | Sep 7, 1996 | 23 | Ray Lovato | Win * | TKO6 |
29 | May 18, 1996 | 23 | Freddie Pendleton | Win * | KO5 |
28 | Feb 10, 1996 | 23 | Rodney Moore | Win * | RTD4 |
27 | Nov 18, 1995 | 22 | Larry Barnes | Win * | TKO4 |
26 | Apr 8, 1995 | 22 | Roger Turner | Win * | TKO2 |
25 | Dec 10, 1994 | 21 | Oba Carr | Win * | TKO8 |
24 | Sep 17, 1994 | 21 | Luis Ramon Campas | Win * | TKO4 |
23 | Jan 29, 1994 | 21 | Héctor Camacho | Win * | UD |
22 | Oct 23, 1993 | 20 | Anthony Stephens | Win * | KO10 |
21 | Aug 6, 1993 | 20 | Luis Garcia | Win * | TKO1 |
20 | Jun 19, 1993 | 20 | Maurice Blocker | Win * | KO2 |
19 | May 8, 1993 | 20 | Colin Tomlinson | Win | KO1 |
18 | Feb 20, 1993 | 20 | Pedro Aguirre | Win | TKO4 |
17 | Feb 13, 1993 | 20 | Henry Hughes | Win | TKO1 |
16 | Oct 3, 1992 | 19 | Alberto de las Mercedes Cortes | Win | TKO3 |
15 | Jul 18, 1992 | 19 | Joseph Alexander | Win | KO1 |
14 | May 3, 1992 | 19 | Raul Gonzalez | Win | TKO4 |
13 | Dec 6, 1991 | 18 | Jake Rodriguez | Win | UD |
12 | Oct 25, 1991 | 18 | Lorenzo Bouie | Win | TKO1 |
11 | Jul 10, 1991 | 18 | Darren McGrew | Win | UD |
10 | Jun 21, 1991 | 18 | Manuel Salas | Win | TKO5 |
9 | May 1, 1991 | 18 | Felix Vasquez | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Mar 13, 1991 | 18 | Noe Rivera | Win | TKO1 |
7 | Nov 13, 1990 | 17 | Luis Felipe Perez | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Oct 3, 1990 | 17 | Valentin Ocasio | Win | UD |
5 | Sep 6, 1990 | 17 | Jose Vilarino | Win | KO2 |
4 | Jul 27, 1990 | 17 | Omar Victoriano Alegre | Win | TKO5 |
3 | Jun 21, 1990 | 17 | William Lopez | Win | TKO1 |
2 | Apr 7, 1990 | 17 | Israel Ponce | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Mar 10, 1990 | 17 | Angel Romero | Win | KO2 |
* World-title fight
Trinidad was a three-weight-division world champion. He has held five world titles, all five of which were lineal championship wins.
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Super-welterweight | WBA, IBF |
Welterweight | WBC, IBF |
Félix Trinidad is 180 cm tall (5' 10.87") with a reach of 184 cm (6' 0.44"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 4 cm (1.57").
Trinidad has a 77.8% KO rate. Of his total 35 KO wins, 26 were in the early rounds, seven in the mid rounds, and two in the later rounds. He has eight first-round KO wins.
Félix Trinidad's professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1990 to 2008.
Trinidad made his professional boxing debut against Angel Romero at the age of 17 on March 10, 1990, defeating Romero via 2nd round KO. He went on to win 39 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 32 wins via stoppage.
Trinidad had his first world title fight at the age of 20 on June 19, 1993 after 19 professional fights, against Maurice Blocker for the welterweight IBF title. He defeated Blocker via 2nd round KO to become the welterweight champion of the world.
He was a two-time unified world champion — at super-welterweight and welterweight, and has won five world titles at three weight classes. For all the details about Trinidad's world title wins and defenses refer to "Félix Trinidad World Titles".
Some of Trinidad's best fights and notable victories include wins over three Hall-of-Famers (Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker, and Héctor Camacho), William Joppy, Fernando Vargas, Luis Ramon Campas, and Ricardo Mayorga.
Trinidad had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against American boxer Roy Jones Jr. on January 19, 2008. Trinidad lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 15 years, 4 months, and 21 days since this fight.
Trinidad fought a total of 45 times during his professional career, which includes 21 world-title fights at three weight divisions — middleweight, super-welterweight, and welterweight. He was among the very best of his generation and is one of the pound-for-pound best boxers of all time. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
June 19, 1993: Trinidad wins his first world title by defeating Maurice Blocker via 2nd round KO. He is now the IBF welterweight world champion.
January 29, 1994: Trinidad successfully defends the IBF welterweight title against Héctor Camacho, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
September 17, 1994: Trinidad successfully defends the IBF welterweight title against Luis Ramon Campas, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
February 20, 1999: Trinidad successfully defends the IBF welterweight title against Pernell Whitaker, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
September 18, 1999: Trinidad becomes a unified welterweight world champion by beating Oscar De La Hoya via 12 round majority decision. He now holds the IBF and WBC welterweight world-champion belts.
December 2, 2000: Trinidad becomes a unified super-welterweight world champion by beating Fernando Vargas via 12th round TKO. He now holds the WBA and IBF super-welterweight world-champion belts.
May 12, 2001: Trinidad wins the WBA middleweight title from William Joppy, by beating Joppy via 5th round TKO.
October 2, 2004: Félix Trinidad beats Ricardo Mayorga via 8th round TKO.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Trinidad's boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his last fight against Roy Jones Jr., and all the other wins and losses of his career.
On January 19, 2008, a 35-year old Félix Trinidad (42-2, 35 KO) fought American boxer Roy Jones Jr., who was 39 years old with a record of 51-4. Jones Jr. was on a two-fight win streak with 38 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Jones Jr. had a 4 cm reach advantage over Trinidad. Coming into this fight, Jones Jr. had four losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Trinidad lost to Jones Jr. via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now on a two-fight losing streak. This was the last professional fight of his boxing career.
On May 14, 2005, a 32-year old Félix Trinidad (42-1, 35 KO) fought American boxer Winky Wright, who was 33 years old with a record of 48-3. Wright was on a nine-fight win streak with 25 KO wins. Trinidad was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 1 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Wright had three losses, but had never been stopped.
Trinidad lost to Wright via 12 round unanimous decision. His two-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On October 2, 2004, a 31-year old Félix Trinidad (41-1, 34 KO) fought Nicaraguan boxer Ricardo Mayorga, who was 30 years old with a record of 26-4-1. Mayorga was on a one-fight win streak with 22 KO wins. Trinidad was the taller of the two by 5 cms and also had a 9 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Mayorga had four losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Trinidad defeated Mayorga via 8th round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On May 11, 2002, a 29-year old Félix Trinidad (40-1, 33 KO) fought Hacine Cherifi in his 42nd professional fight. He defeated Cherifi via 4th round TKO, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On September 29, 2001, a 28-year old Félix Trinidad (40-0, 33 KO) faced American boxer Bernard Hopkins, who was 36 years old with a record of 39-2-1 in an undisputed middleweight championship bout. Hopkins was on a 13-fight win streak with 28 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 5 cms and also had a 7 cm reach advantage over Trinidad. Coming into this fight, Hopkins had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Trinidad lost to Hopkins via 12th round TKO and lost the WBA middleweight title. He suffers the first loss of his career, and his 40-fight win streak comes to an end with this loss.
On May 12, 2001, a 28-year old Félix Trinidad (39-0, 32 KO) faced American boxer William Joppy, who was 30 years old with a record of 32-1-1 for Joppy's WBA middleweight title. Joppy was on a eight-fight win streak with 24 KO wins. Trinidad was the taller of the two by 5 cms but both had the same reach. Coming into this fight, Joppy had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Trinidad defeated Joppy via 5th round TKO to win the WBA middleweight title. He is now on a 40-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On December 2, 2000, a 27-year old Félix Trinidad (38-0, 31 KO) faced an undefeated American boxer Fernando Vargas, who was 22 years old with a record of 20-0 in a super-welterweight title-unification fight. Vargas was on a 20-fight win streak with 18 KO wins. Trinidad was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 6 cm reach advantage.
Trinidad defeated Vargas via 12th round TKO to win the IBF super-welterweight title and retain the WBA super-welterweight title. He handed Vargas the first loss of his career, and put an end to Vargas' 20-fight win streak. Trinidad is now on a 39-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On July 22, 2000, a 27-year old Félix Trinidad (37-0, 30 KO) faced Mamadou Thiam in a super-welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Thiam via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBA super-welterweight title. He is now on a 38-fight winning streak.
On March 3, 2000, a 27-year old Félix Trinidad (36-0, 30 KO) faced David Reid for Reid's WBA super-welterweight title. He defeated Reid via 12th round unanimous decision to win the WBA super-welterweight title. He is now on a 37-fight winning streak.
On September 18, 1999, a 26-year old Félix Trinidad (35-0, 30 KO) faced an undefeated American boxer Oscar De La Hoya, who was 26 years old with a record of 31-0 in a welterweight title-unification fight. De La Hoya was on a 31-fight win streak with 25 KO wins. Trinidad was the taller of the two by 1 cm but De La Hoya had a 1 cm reach advantage over Trinidad.
Trinidad defeated De La Hoya via 12 round majority decision to win the WBC welterweight title and retain the IBF welterweight title. He handed De La Hoya the first loss of his career, and put an end to De La Hoya's 31-fight win streak. Trinidad is now on a 36-fight winning streak.
On May 29, 1999, a 26-year old Félix Trinidad (34-0, 29 KO) faced Hugo Pineda in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Pineda via 4th round KO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 35-fight winning streak.
On February 20, 1999, a 26-year old Félix Trinidad (33-0, 29 KO) faced American boxer Pernell Whitaker, who was 35 years old with a record of 40-2-1 in a welterweight title-defense fight. Whitaker was on a one-fight losing streak. Trinidad was the taller of the two by 12 cms and also had a 9 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Whitaker had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Trinidad defeated Whitaker via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 34-fight winning streak.
On April 3, 1998, a 25-year old Félix Trinidad (32-0, 28 KO) faced Mahenge Zulu in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Zulu via 4th round KO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 33-fight winning streak, with 10 back-to-back KO wins.
On August 23, 1997, a 24-year old Félix Trinidad (31-0, 27 KO) fought Troy Waters in his 32nd professional fight. He defeated Waters via 1st round KO. He is now on a 32-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
On January 11, 1997, a 24-year old Félix Trinidad (30-0, 26 KO) faced Kevin Lueshing in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Lueshing via 3rd round TKO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 31-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On September 7, 1996, a 23-year old Félix Trinidad (29-0, 25 KO) faced Ray Lovato in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Lovato via 6th round TKO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 30-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On May 18, 1996, a 23-year old Félix Trinidad (28-0, 24 KO) faced Freddie Pendleton in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Pendleton via 5th round KO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 29-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On February 10, 1996, a 23-year old Félix Trinidad (27-0, 23 KO) faced Rodney Moore in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Moore via 4th round RTD to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 28-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On November 18, 1995, a 22-year old Félix Trinidad (26-0, 22 KO) faced Larry Barnes in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Barnes via 4th round TKO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 27-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On April 8, 1995, a 22-year old Félix Trinidad (25-0, 21 KO) faced Roger Turner in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Turner via 2nd round TKO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 26-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On December 10, 1994, a 21-year old Félix Trinidad (24-0, 20 KO) faced an undefeated American boxer Oba Carr, who was 22 years old with a record of 32-0 in a welterweight title-defense fight. Carr was on a 32-fight win streak with 20 KO wins. Trinidad was the taller of the two by 4 cms and also had a 1 cm reach advantage.
Trinidad defeated Carr via 8th round TKO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He handed Carr the first loss of his career, and put an end to Carr's 32-fight win streak. Trinidad is now on a 25-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On September 17, 1994, a 21-year old Félix Trinidad (23-0, 19 KO) faced an undefeated Mexican boxer Luis Ramon Campas, who was 23 years old with a record of 56-0 in a welterweight title-defense fight. Campas was on a 56-fight win streak with 50 KO wins. Trinidad was the taller of the two by 9 cms and also had a 11 cm reach advantage.
Trinidad defeated Campas via 4th round TKO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He handed Campas the first loss of his career, and put an end to Campas' 56-fight win streak. Trinidad is now on a 24-fight winning streak.
On January 29, 1994, a 21-year old Félix Trinidad (22-0, 19 KO) faced fellow Puerto Rican boxer Héctor Camacho, who was 31 years old with a record of 43-2 in a welterweight title-defense fight. Camacho was on a three-fight win streak with 20 KO wins. Trinidad was the taller of the two by 11 cms and also had a 9 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Camacho had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Trinidad defeated Camacho via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 23-fight winning streak.
On October 23, 1993, a 20-year old Félix Trinidad (21-0, 18 KO) faced Anthony Stephens in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Stephens via 10th round KO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 22-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
On August 6, 1993, a 20-year old Félix Trinidad (20-0, 17 KO) faced Luis Garcia in a welterweight title-defense fight. He defeated Garcia via 1st round TKO to retain the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 21-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On June 19, 1993, in his 20th professional fight, a 20-year old Félix Trinidad (19-0, 16 KO) had his first world title fight against Maurice Blocker for Blocker's IBF welterweight belt. He defeated Blocker via 2nd round KO to win the IBF welterweight title. He is now on a 20-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On May 8, 1993, a 20-year old Félix Trinidad (18-0, 15 KO) fought Colin Tomlinson in his 19th professional fight. He defeated Tomlinson via 1st round KO. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On February 20, 1993, a 20-year old Félix Trinidad (17-0, 14 KO) fought Pedro Aguirre in his 18th professional fight. He defeated Aguirre via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On February 13, 1993, a 20-year old Félix Trinidad (16-0, 13 KO) fought Henry Hughes in his 17th professional fight. He defeated Hughes via 1st round TKO. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On October 3, 1992, a 19-year old Félix Trinidad (15-0, 12 KO) fought Alberto de las Mercedes Cortes in his 16th professional fight. He defeated de las Mercedes Cortes via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On July 18, 1992, a 19-year old Félix Trinidad (14-0, 11 KO) fought Joseph Alexander in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Alexander via 1st round KO. He is now on a 15-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On May 3, 1992, a 19-year old Félix Trinidad (13-0, 10 KO) fought Raul Gonzalez in his 14th professional fight. He defeated Gonzalez via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 14-fight winning streak.
On December 6, 1991, an 18-year old Félix Trinidad (12-0, 10 KO) fought Jake Rodriguez in his 13th professional fight. He defeated Rodriguez via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak.
On October 25, 1991, an 18-year old Félix Trinidad (11-0, 9 KO) fought Lorenzo Bouie in his 12th professional fight. He defeated Bouie via 1st round TKO. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak.
On July 10, 1991, an 18-year old Félix Trinidad (10-0, 9 KO) fought Darren McGrew in his 11th professional fight. He defeated McGrew via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak.
On June 21, 1991, an 18-year old Félix Trinidad (9-0, 8 KO) fought Manuel Salas in his 10th professional fight. He defeated Salas via 5th round TKO. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On May 1, 1991, an 18-year old Félix Trinidad (8-0, 7 KO) fought Felix Vasquez in his 9th professional fight. He defeated Vasquez via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On March 13, 1991, an 18-year old Félix Trinidad (7-0, 6 KO) fought Noe Rivera in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Rivera via 1st round TKO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On November 13, 1990, a 17-year old Félix Trinidad (6-0, 5 KO) fought Luis Felipe Perez in his 7th professional fight. He defeated Perez via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak.
On October 3, 1990, a 17-year old Félix Trinidad (5-0, 5 KO) fought Valentin Ocasio in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Ocasio via 6th round unanimous decision. He is now on a six-fight winning streak.
On September 6, 1990, a 17-year old Félix Trinidad (4-0, 4 KO) fought Jose Vilarino in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Vilarino via 2nd round KO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On July 27, 1990, a 17-year old Félix Trinidad (3-0, 3 KO) fought Omar Victoriano Alegre in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Alegre via 5th round TKO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On June 21, 1990, a 17-year old Félix Trinidad (2-0, 2 KO) fought William Lopez in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Lopez via 1st round TKO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On April 7, 1990, a 17-year old Félix Trinidad (1-0, 1 KO) fought Israel Ponce in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Ponce via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On March 10, 1990, a 17-year old Félix Trinidad successfully debuted against Angel Romero. He defeated Romero via 2nd round KO.
Trinidad knocked out 35 of his 45 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 77.8%. Of his total 42 wins, 35 of them were via KO (83.3%).