SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Former middleweight champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad says he's retiring after suffering a punishing loss to Winky Wright in Las Vegas that was only the second in his career.

Trinidad made the announcement after he arrived home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, late Sunday night to a news conference where his father and trainer said that he was retiring, and the boxer said he wouldn't go into the ring without his dad.

"It you aren't here, I'm not continuing in boxing," Trinidad said, immediately embracing his father, also named Felix, and beginning to cry.

Trinidad senior said, "I don't feel that I am giving my 100 per cent in the corner, as I used to... Because of this, I feel I don't want to carry on working in the ring."

Tito Trinidad could have said the same thing. He had not shown up for the post-fight news conference Sunday after he did not come close to even hurting Wright, landing just 58 punches to Wright's 262.

He had come out of a 29-month retirement in October to win his first fight by knockout over Ricardo Mayorga.
Wright exposed the power-punching Trinidad as a one-dimensional fighter who couldn't adapt to what was happening, confused by Wright's jabs that landed in his face 185 times.

Trinidad had retired previously after the only other loss in his 43-match career, in a middleweight title fight four years ago against Bernard Hopkins.

That removed the aura of invincibility that had surrounded Trinidad, who was considered one of the greatest boxers of the last decade and held world titles in three weight classes through fearsome power and impressive manoeuvrability. His victory over Oscar de la Hoya in 1999 brought him acclaim in the United States.

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