People do realise that Tim Bradley was really the bigger man than Rios right?

[SugarRayCurtain]

Rios is a fatass who doesnt know how to diet nor does he have any significant muscle, a skinny fat guy.
He may have a bigger frame to begin with longer limbs and such but if you stripped off all the fat of Rios he would be a SFW or Lightweight, simple. Guy wasnt even ripped at Lightweight FFS.
If he actually weight trained and gained muscle then yea he'd naturally go up to Welterweight.

Ricky Hatton weighs 180 pounds in his normal walking weight, but unlike Rios he knows how to strip all the fat off (visible 6 pack on fight night) and has built muscle so hes a natural JMW or even WW.

Once again people, fat mass does not equate to true size. Any lardass could be a LHW/Cruiserweight/HW and actually have decent stamina but does that mean its your natural weightclass? Hell No.
To be at your best you need to burn all the fat off and be lean, fat slows you down. Strip off the fat and that is your true weight class.

What is so hard to understand?

[AndreaWard]

WTF! Rios was both taller and fatter, no way was Bradley bigger, except in another category!

[ruedboy]

Marquez, Guerero,Hatton,Maidana and Pacquiao are guys who fought at lighter weights most of their careers before moving up to welterweight for better paydays. None are what I would call legitimate welters.