Round by Round: Trinidad Vs. Jones

"Bring on the Titans" is the tagline of this ppv fight. I prefer the tagline "Bring on the Paychecks" but HBO didn't go for that.
Almost all analysts agree that this is a fight that would have been huge almost a decade ago but somehow 39 year old Jones and 35 year old Trinidad managed to score a PPV bout today. This is Trinidad's first fight above 160 pounds.
Uatu reports that few people came to the bars to watch this fight. He says that the crowd is on par with the Cotto-Mosley fans, but many less than Mayweather-Hatton.
The crowd at Madison Square Garden is mostly for Trinidad

A confident Jones believes that he still has it and comes to the ring in a gold crown with rapper, Rick Ross. According to Jones, "he wants to look good for his people". Trinidad chooses a more modest entrance. The National Anthems are sung and the fighters are introduced and its time to bring on the titans.

Round 1: It takes about 20 seconds before a punch is thrown. Trinidad throws the first which is blocked by Jones. The crowd starts is "Tito" chant. Jones' takes a careful approach by keeping his faced heavily guarded. Trinidad lands a good left to the body. Jones replies with fast flurries which are absorbed by Trinidad's body. Trinidad tries the left which lands.

Spartan117: 10-9 Jones
Uatu: 10-9 Trinidad

Round 2: Trindad starts the round by being very active landing combinations to the head and body. Jones not backing down but not throwing much back. Trinidad looks more technical than in the past and pastes Jones with hard combinations. Jones throwing much less than his opponent. Trinidad looks like the sharper boxer in round 2.

Spartan117: 10-9 Trinidad
Uatu: 10-9 Trinidad

Round 3: Trinidad keeps up the pace with combinations. Jones starts to wake up and throws single punches to the body and head. Both fighters' footwork looks on-point. Trinidad backs Jones into the ropes, but Jones fights out. Jones beats his chest as he gets pushed into the ropes and punched. Jones looks like the Jones of old by dancing and shuffling but so far he's not doing much fighting.

Spartan117: 10-9 Trinidad
Uatu: 10-9 Trinidad

Round 4: Jones gets backed into the ropes again and Trinidad takes his punches to Jones' body. Jones smiles as usual. Jones takes more initiative and lands 2 good shots to Trinidad's head. Jones landing many more punches in the 4th and uses his jab. Trinidad having trouble guarding his head.

Spartan117: 10-9 Jones
Uatu: 10-9 Jones

Round 5: The crowd starts the "Tito" chant again. Jones leading with straight right hands that land to the head of Trinidad. Trinidad gets warned for a low blow. The ref tells Jones to shake it off. Jones comes back and backs off Tito with hard jabs. Trinidad's punches look less powerful. Both fighters trade punches at the end of the round that are dangerously close to low blows.

Spartan117: 10-9 Jones
Uatu: 10-9 Jones

Round 6: Both fighters throw less in the beginning of the 6th. Trinidad continues to throw low shots that hit Jones right on the beltline. Jones lands 2 hard shots in the corner. Tito shakes them off and comes back with combinations to the head and body. Jones staggers Trinidad with hard hooks and straights to the head. Jones dances from the middle of the ring back to his corner after the bell.

Spartan117: 10-9 Jones
Uatu: 10-9 Jones

Round 7: Both fighters stay light on their feet. Trinidad goes back to the body. Trinidad goes down to a short right hand from Jones which is the first knockdown of the fight. Trinidad is slow to get up but makes it before 10. Jones keeps up the aggression and hammers Trinidad with hard head shots. Trinidad shakes off the cobwebs and fights back with hooks. Jones slows down takes a breath.

Spartan117: 10-8 Jones
Uatu: 10-8 Jones

Round 8: Trinidad backs away from Jones for the first minute of the round but keeps eating jabs. Trinidad throws occasional hooks which are blocked by Jones. Jones throwing less in this round. Trinidad starting to get back on track with combinations. Jones unleashes the right hand again which land cleanly.

Spartan117: 10-9 Jones
Uatu: 10-9 Jones

Round 9: Trinidad starts the round off with a flurry which is mostly blocked. Jones counters hard with 2 hard shots. Trinidad fights back with combinations upstairs. Jones fights back harder, backing Tito into the ropes and hitting cleanly. Jones knocks Tito's head back with a hard uppercut. Tito continues to backpedal, but does not stop throwing.

Spartan117: 10-9 Jones
Uatu: 10-9 Jones

Round 10: Jones continues to back down Trinidad with hard straights. Trinidad's defense looks as sloppy as Winky Wright made it look years ago. Trinidad gets back on the offensive by backing up Jones with hard punches to the head. Jones replies with hooks. Jones loses control of the fight when Trinidad backs him into the ropes. Jones lands a lightning fast straight left and right and knocks Tito down yet again. Trinidad makes it up easily before 10.

Spartan117: 10-8 Jones
Uatu: 10-8 Jones

Round 11: Jones, clearly the aggressor, backs Tito up and lands clean punches to Trinidad's head. Trinidad throws less and Jones takes advantage and throws more. Neither fighter looks tired. Jones lands a leaping left hook. Trinidad gets hit cleanly by a left and right hook towards the end of the round.

Spartan117: 10-9 Jones
Uatu: 10-9 Jones

Round 12: The fighters touch gloves to start the last round. Tito realizes he's down and starts throwing more. Jones defense absorbs the punches. Jones stumbles Trinidad with 2 hooks upstairs. Jones punishes Trinidad with 4 hard shots that land cleanly. Jones lands 2 more and Tito does nothing to answer back at the end of the round which is an example of how most of the fight went.

Spartan117: 10-9 Jones
Uatu: 10-9 Jones

Jones looked very sharp in this fight. Trinidad did not look horrible but his defense was full of holes and was outmatched by Jones tonight. I'm sure we will see Jones fight again in the future.

Jones wins by unanimous decision

Spartan117: 118-108 Jones
Uatu: 117-109 Jones

Judge 1: 116-110 Jones
Judge 2: 117-109 Jones
Judge 3: 116-110 Jones

Jones seemed very lively in his post-fight interview. "I will fight anybody anywhere anytime," he exclaimed. He calls out the winner of Hopkins-Calzaghe saying "I'll go to Wales to fight Joe Calzaghe". Kellerman says afterwards that this would be a mistake.

Trinidad says that he will speak with his father about fighting again. The announcers say they would like to see Trinidad fight at Middlewieght.