Felix Trinidad

Félix 'Tito' Trinidad is a Puerto Rican former boxer who won world titles in three weight divisions.

Across welterweight, light middleweight, and middleweight, Félix Trinidad was Puerto Rico's most celebrated sporting figure of the late 1990s, his three-division championship reign and a politically charged 1999 majority decision over Oscar De La Hoya making him one of the defining boxers of his generation. Nicknamed "Tito," he won multiple world titles across three weight divisions, from welterweight up to middleweight, and was widely considered one of the finest fighters of his generation. Trinidad's most famous and controversial fight came in 1999 against Oscar De La Hoya, a welterweight unification bout that Trinidad won by majority decision despite widely being perceived to have lost the early rounds, a result that remains debated among boxing historians. He went on to dominate light middleweight and middleweight, including a devastating knockout of previously undefeated William Joppy in 2001. Trinidad suffered a lopsided defeat to defensive master Winky Wright in 2005, a fight in which he was thoroughly outboxed over 12 rounds, before retiring and later returning briefly, including a 2008 loss to Roy Jones Jr. Trinidad finished his career with 42 wins and three losses, and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, remembered as one of the most explosive punchers and beloved sporting icons Puerto Rico has produced, his fights drawing enormous, passionate crowds throughout the island whenever he competed.

Aggressive pressure fighter with exceptional left hook

One of Puerto Rico's greatest boxers and popular pay-per-view attraction

• International Boxing Hall of Fame 2014