Felix Trinidad’s superb fifth round trouncing of WBA middleweight champion William inducted the Puerto Rican pound-for-pounder into an elite group of welterweights who had the skills, power and courage to move up 13lbs to reign supreme at middleweight.

Felix Trinidad has joined an elite class of welterweight champions who had the power, skills and courage to move up and succeed in the middleweight division. In the second part of his mythical series featuring the Puerto Rican powerhouse, SecondsOut.

The battle for the name. By Paul Concannon
These are two great American boxers to whom any hardcore boxing fan will need little by way of introduction.

By Paul Concannon
Profiles.
Robert DuranCountry: PanamaNickname: 'Manos de Piedra'(Hands of Stone).Career duration: 1967 - Present.
Record: 102-15 (69)Status: Active.World titles: WBC and WBA Lightweight, WBC Welterweight, WBA Light Middleweight, WBC Middleweight.

By Jack Hirsch: He was brash, arrogant, and self centered, but few can deny that Howard Cosell is the most famous and influential sportscaster in history.