Although my favorite of all time is lightweight and junior welterweight champion Carlos Ortiz, 61-7-1 with 30 stoppages my favorite from Puerto Rico was number six.
We take a look at 3-Division World Champion Felix ‘Tito’ Trinidad, 42-3 with 35 stoppages. In June of 1993, he won his first world title by stopping Maurice Blocker, 34-3, for the IBF Welterweight title in San Diego. In September of 1999, he added the WBC title by defeating Olympic Gold Medalist Oscar De La Hoya, 31-0, by majority decision. In his next fight, he defeated Olympic gold medalist Dave Reid 14-0, both in Las Vegas.
Among those he has defeated is Hector “Macho” Camacho 43-2, in January 1994 by decision in Las Vegas. In his next fight, he defeated Yuri Boy Campo, 56-0, in Las Vegas. In February 1999, he defeated Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker, 40-2-1, at Madison Square Garden, NY. He won the IBF Super Welterweight title, defeating Fernando “Ferocious” Vargas, 20-0, in December 2000.
In September 2001, he lost to Bernard Hopkins, 39-2-1, for the heavyweight title by stoppage for his first loss at 40-0. In 2005, he lost in his penultimate fight against Winky Wright, 48-3, in Las Vegas. In his next and final fight, 51-4, in 2008, he lost to Roy Jones, Jr., at MSG, NY.
Miguel Cotto a 4 division world champion, 41-6 with 33 stoppages. In September of 2004, he won the WBO Super Light title, stopping Kelson Pinto 21-0 in Puerto Rico. In December 2006, he won the WBA World Welterweight title, stopping Carlos Quintana 23-0 in Atlantic City, NJ.
Some of his losses include Zab Judah, 34-4, by stoppage at MSG in June 2007. In November, he defeated “Sugar” Shane Mosley, 44-4, also at MSG. In July 2008, he lost to Antonio Margarito, 36-5, in Las Vegas, dropping to 32-1.
In December of 2011, he won the rematch at MSG. In November 2009, he lost to Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao, 49-3-2, for the vacant WBO Welterweight title. In May 2012, he lost to Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr., 42-0, in Las Vegas.
In June of 2014, he won the WBC Middleweight title by stopping Sergio Martinez, 51-2-2, at MSG. In November of 2015, he lost to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, 45-1-1, in Las Vegas. In his next fight, he won the WBO Super Welterweight title, defeating Yoshihiro Kamegai, 27-3-2, in Carson, California. Then, in his next and final fight, he lost to Sadam Ali, 25-1, at MSG.
Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho, another 3-division world champion, 79-6-3 with 38 stoppages. In August of 1983, he stopped Rafael Limon, 50-12-2, for the vacant WBC Super Welter title, in Puerto Rico.
In August of 1985, he defeated Jose Luis Ramirez, 90-5, in Las Vegas for the WBC World Light title. Others he defeated were Edwin Rosario, 28-1, at MSG in June 1986. In May 1987, defeated Howard Davis, Jr., 29-3-1, in Atlantic City. In March 1989, he defeated Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, 29-3, in Las Vegas.
In February 1991, Greg Haugen, 26-3, lost by split decision in Las Vegas, dropping to 37-1. In September of 1992, Julio Cesar Chavez lost, 81-0, in Las Vegas. In January 1994, Felix Trinidad lost, 22-0, in Las Vegas.
In March 1997, “Sugar” Ray Leonard, 36-2-1, stopped in Atlantic City. In his next fight, he lost to Oscar De La Hoya 25-0 in Las Vegas. In May 2009, he drew with Yuri Boy Campas, 92-14, in Orlando, FL, and in his next and final fight, he lost to Saul Duran, 36-16-2, in Kissimmee, FL.
When he won the world title at age 17, he was the youngest to win a title, Wilfred Benitez, 53-8-1 with 31 stoppages. In March 1976, he defeated Antonio Cervantes, 50-9-1, for the WBA Super Light title, in PR. In January of 1979, he won a split decision over Carlos Palomino, 27-1-3, for the WBC Welterweight title, in PR.
In November of 1979, he lost to “Sugar” Ray Leonard, 25-0, in the final 15th round, dropping to 38-1-1. In May 1981 he knocked out Maurice Hope 30-2-1 for the WBC Welterweight title in Las Vegas.
In January 1982, he defeated Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran, 74-2, in Las Vegas. In his next fight in December of 1982, he lost by majority decision to Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns, 35-1, in New Orleans. Then 9-6 ended his career.
Another 3-division world champion, Wilfredo ‘Bazooka’ Gomez, some say the very best from the island, was 44-3-1 with 43 stoppages.
In May 1977, he won his first world title by knocking out Dong Kyun Yum, 50-2-6, for the WBC Super Bantam title in PR. In August 1981, he lost to Salvador Sanchez, 40-1-1, and dropped to 30-1-1, in Las Vegas. In March 1984 he won the WBC World Feather title defeating Juan LaPorte 24-4 in PR. In his next fight, he lost to Azumah Nelson, 19-1, who was knocked out in 11 rounds and dropped to 41-2-1.
In his next fight, he won the WBA World Super Feather title by majority decision over Rocky Lockridge, 36-3, in PR. In his next fight he lost in PR against Alfredo Layne 13-5.
