Robinson vs. Trinidad?
Nearly four years after the fight was first demanded, it looks as though Sugar Ray Robinson and Felix Trinidad Jr. are finally going to meet in a boxing ring.
Trinidad has reportedly agreed to two of the key obstacles holding up the long-awaited showdown.
First, a $7 million/$500,000 split of the revenue, with Trinidad taking the short end; second, a fight night rehydration clause, in which Trinidad will be penalized $1 million per pound should he weigh over 158-pounds.
With Trinidad's paperwork signed, all that it awaits is Robinson to okay the finer details and sign off on the fight.
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"I occasionally agreed to carry an opponent, almost always in what is known as a tune-up fight. I never considered it morally wrong as long as I was winning the fight. I was never a killer, like some fighters. I never enjoyed knocking out a guy who I knew had no chance to beat me." Sugar Ray Robinson
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