Felix "Tito" Trinidad Jr. was born January 10, 1973, in Cupey Alto, Puerto Rico. His father, who was the younger Trinidad's manager and trainer, was Puerto Rican featherweight champion in the 1970s. Trinidad's boxing career began not too many years after his father's ended. He was twelve years old when he first started fighting and over the next five years he captured five Puerto Rican National Championships in five different weight classes: 100, 112, 119, 126, and 132 pounds). His overall amateur record was fifty-one wins against six losses. However Trinidad never fought in the Olympics and this may have been a contributing factor for his low profile among boxing fans. Chronology 1973 Born January 10 in Cupey Alto, Puerto Rico

1973 Begins boxing

1990 Turns professional

1993 Wins IBF welterweight title with 2nd-round knockout of Maurice Blocker

1994 Unanimous decision over Hector "Macho" Camacho

1999 Defeats Pernell "Sweat Pea" Whitaker

1999 Decision over Oscar De La Hoya captures WBA welterweight title

2000 Defeats David Reid to capture WBA super welterweight title

200 TKO of Fernando Vargas, wins IBF super welterweight title

2001 Knocks out WBA middleweight champion William Joppy

2001 Loses to Bernard Hopkins by a TKO in fight to determine undisputed middleweight champion

2002 Wins by TKO over Hasine Cherifi in 4th round

2002 Announces his retirement in July

Loved by his country!