Terry Norris vs Felix Trinidad?

Question

i know they were going to fight at one point but it never happened.. who would you say would have won had they fought?

Answer 1

Trinidad in his prime would have put out anyone, and i mean ANYONE with his left hook, one of the best KO ratios ever

42-3  with 35 KO's

Norris would have hit the canvas 3rd-4th

Answer 2

Wow,  Great fight.  Norris was a bit past his prime by the time Tito came along.  Tito would have destroyed him by that time.  At best, Tito still edges Norris.  

Both can be hit, hurt and floored.  That alone is what makes this an interesting fight.  Both can punch but Tito is stronger at 154, which is where  the fight should take place.  Norris has an edge in speed but it's unlikely he would utilize that advantage.  He has an even better advantage in footwork, which is one way to beat Trinidad.

Tito would take a few shots in the early going and might even suffer a knockdown.  He would also reach Terry and shake him.  Here is where it becomes interesting.

Terry has been known to ''fight fire with fire'' when tagged.  He made this mistake against Simon Brown but corrected it in the rematch.  It's very likely that Tito would draw Terry into a shoot out.  It's his best chance.  Terry would likely welcome the exchange.  

Here is where Terry has problems.  Though he's a bit faster there is not a great enough difference in speed for Norris to stop Trinidad from doing what he does best.  Sometime early Tito WILL reach Terry with that left hook, partly because Terry is a bit too proud to use his defense to it's best and likely because Terry would catch Tito first.  

Terry would likely score a knockdown.  He hits hard enough to catch the stationary Trinidad early.  He would fail to finish him.  Unwisely keeping within range and tagging Tito almost at will, Terry would take a debilitating amount of body punishment while dishing out his own.  

After a wild shootout, Tito catches Terry with a looping left hook in round 6.  Norris stumbles and Trinidad catches him with another on the way down.  He tries valiantly but Norris does not beat the count.

Trinidad by KO in 6

Answer 3

Tito was one of the hardest hitting Welters of all time but i presume that this fight would of been made at Light Middle and this would help Norris out quite a bit, Tito would still have a massive chance in this fight especially if he could catch him cold like Julian Jackson did. Norris would maybe try to outbox Tito and stay away from the big hitting Trinidad but to be honest Norris wasnt scared of mixing it and i would think this would of turned into a war with both fighters maybe visiting the canvas, i think Tito has shown us on many occassions before that he is no stranger to getting back off the floor to win big fights and i think he would maybe have to do this again against Norris if he was to win. Its a pretty hard one to call but i think i just favour Trinidad in this one to just edge it with a stoppage victory over a brave but battered and bruised Norris.