Just to add on to the Tito/Hopkins arguement that Hopkins just beat a blown up welterweight. That has to be the most common used GENERIC arguement i've seen. Does it really matter that Tito used to be a welterweight? We can all agree that he carried his BIG PUNCH over to 160 so does it matter?
Did Hopkins beat him because he was stronger and bigger OR because he put on his best boxing clinic of his career, sticking and moving and throwing combos all night, and using his defense. That's what beat Tito, not Hopkins's strenght. And Tito was a favorite coming into that fight precisely because everybody thought that Hopkins was gonna fight him Toe 2 Toe and get knocked out. It didn't happen, B-Hop's SKILLS got in the way and spoiled the Tito-Jones matchup that HBO was licking their chops over.
I don't think anyone sane actually disputes it was a masterpiece. I certainly don't. Tito was a beast at 147, one stone didn't change that - he was still undefeated and still a fearsome opponent.
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