On September 29, 2001, Félix Trinidad (40-0, 33 KOs), the middleweight WBA champion, and Bernard Hopkins (39-2-1, 28 KOs), the middleweight WBC and IBF champion, fight for the undisputed middleweight world championship.
Félix Trinidad is coming in to the fight on a 40-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round TKO victory over William Joppy, 4 months and 17 days ago. Bernard Hopkins is on a 13-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Keith Holmes, 5 months and 15 days ago.
The winning odds are at 84.9-15.1 in favor of Bernard Hopkins. Félix Trinidad is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Hopkins should win this fight.
Bernard Hopkins stopped Félix Trinidad via TKO in the final round and unified the WBA, WBC, and IBF middleweight titles. Hopkins improves his record to 40-2-1 (29 KOs), while Trinidad adds a loss to his record at 40-1.