Roy Jones, Felix Trinidad

When 35-year-old Felix "Tito" Trinidad and soon-to-be 39-year-old Roy Jones meet on Jan. 19 in New York City, the spotlight will be on two great fighters, who are long past their prime in most people's eyes.

But fighters being fighters, Jones and Trinidad both believe they have something left despite recent results that show otherwise.

Let's start with Trinidad. He hasn't fought in 2 1/2 years and the last time we saw him, he was clearly outworked by Winky Wright at 154 pounds. The fight against Jones is at 170 where Trinidad, who counts 35 knockouts among his 42 wins, would seem to have less power.

Trinidad was confident earlier this week during a national teleconference, saying he has been working hard in the gym and he feels like his boxing skills will be good enough to be Jones.

Trinidad was a great puncher at welterweight, junior middleweight and to some extent at middleweight until Bernard Hopkins stopped him.

There is no doubt that Trinidad is one of the greatest Puerto Rican fighters of all time and there is little doubt in my mind that he will be inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame one day.

But on Jan. 19, can he get it done against Jones, also a Hall of Famer at a weight more suited toward Jones?

On to Jones, one of the greatest fighters of our generation. The 51-4 Jones is a great boxer with great power, but what left does have to prove? He lost three straight to Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson in a span of 19 months in 2004 and 2005 before winning his last two fights against average competition.

"I'm still good at what I do," Jones said. "Bob Fitzsimmons won the the heavyweight title and then came back to win the light heavyweight title. I'm trying to do that."

Jones won a piece of the heavyweight title in March of 2003 against John Ruiz, then dropped back down to light heavy and it was a struggle.

"When I came back to light heavyweight, I lost energy and muscle," Jones said. "I had to pay a price and I had to face the consequences. But I am going to win this fight inside four rounds. I'm motivated, I can beat the best."

Jones said he'd like to fight Joe Calzaghe down the road. The 44-0 Calzaghe could fight Bernard Hopkins in April in a super fight.

But first up for and most important for Jones is Trinidad. Jones should win this fight, but it won't do much for his legacy, not that he needs it. Jones is the bigger man, Trinidad didn't look good at 154 last time and 16 pounds more could haunt him.

Jones still has enough left in the tank and in my opinion, he wins via knockout inside of eight rounds.

What do you think?

— Felix