Did Hopkins Fought a 2 Division Lower from His Division?

[Bad_Barracuda]

True, and he never fought a cruiserweight.

He always chose his opponents either from smaller or equal weight divisions.

Unlike The Welsh Rabbit

Hopkins never had the luxury of picking his opponents.

Tito is the one that called out Hopkins..Bernard was supposed to be one step before roy Jones.

Tito has always walked around heavier than Hopkins..and put on more pounds after the weigh in.

Oscar also wanted Hopkins..claiming he'd never let an old man beat him.

Whatever weight advantge Hopkins had was NULLIFIED by Pavlik's age advantage.

[Bad_Barracuda]

He fought a lot of smaller men, but never fought a bigger man.

Jones went up to HW and won a title.

Hopkins got little guys like Oscar to move up in weight to fight him.

You're a f*g **** liar..lol

B-Hop routinely came in lighter than his opponents..Tito included.

Oscar and Tito CALLED OUT HOPKINS.

Take that pissy sheet off your head..you'll get a better view.

[mspiegelo]

No Hate and No Excuse but seems like he fought a man 2 division lower...

It's like Mosley and Margarito calling out the Lightweights.

actually its more like margarito calling out the welterweights...

[Bad_Barracuda]

IMO Bhop is a natural LHW... The only guy he fought that bigger than him is TARVER...

More f*ggish rumblings.

Hopkins is not a natural LHW.

He weighed-in BELOW 160 too many times and stayed at Middle too long to say he was a natural light heavy.

You don't **** from shoe-polish.

[Xyei]

I don't understand this question..?

Did Hopkins Fought a 2 Division Lower from His Division?

[Bad_Barracuda]

Man people are really clutching at straws with these weight/size difference excuses, give it up you losers, you were wrong. I also thought Pavlik would win a decision too but I can admit I was wrong and that B-Hop was amazing on Saturday night. Do the same and move on.

When Bernard was Kelly's age he was fighting at Middleweight so how is he the naturally bigger man? Plus anyone with eyes can see that it was actually Pavlik who looked the taller in the weigh in and the fight.

Kelly has already admited defeat, maybe its time everyone else should as well.

Read it and weep.

[M.I Truth ?]

Pavlik himself will be fighting at or around light heavy in about a year. size was no issue. Style was.

[Thread Stealer]

DLH had little business at middleweight, although in fairness to Hopkins, the fight was fought at a catchweight of 158 (DLH weighed 155, Hopkins 156). I don't think much of that win.

Trinidad was a different story, as he was a big welterweight who had trouble making 147 for years, and even had gone up in 1997 to 154, but went back down to welter to chase a big money fight with DLH.

Tito didn't look really small at 154 either, and had destroyed the 2nd best MW in the world in Joppy before fighting Hopkins.

That was a great win for Hopkins, but I don't think that much of the win over DLH.

[THE REED]

He fought a lot of smaller men, but never fought a bigger man.

Jones went up to HW and won a title.

Hopkins got little guys like Oscar to move up in weight to fight him.

pretty sure tarver was a natural LHW and bernard moved up from mw and beat him.... uh yeah.