weight class issues

[Mrhydro]

Bernard Hopkins was critisized and still is for fighting oscar and tito, but canelo, who is the WBC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP refuses make the middleweight limit and its okay. Mind you he didnt win or defend the title at the 160 lb limit but gets excused for everything because hes supposed to be this big star, he should just admit that hes scared shitless of ggg and just stay at jr middleweight and stop pretending. What has happened to boxing, imagine if middleweight actually meant 160and people in charge actually enforced the rules and forced these matches, people would vacate and drop off so quickly.

[TitoFan]

Bernard Hopkins was critisized and still is for fighting oscar and tito, but canelo, who is the WBC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP refuses make the middleweight limit and its okay. Mind you he didnt win or defend the title at the 160 lb limit but gets excused for everything because hes supposed to be this big star, he should just admit that hes scared shitless of ggg and just stay at jr middleweight and stop pretending. What has happened to boxing, imagine if middleweight actually meant 160and people in charge actually enforced the rules and forced these matches, people would vacate and drop off so quickly.

Good topic. Actually, I don't remember BHop being criticized too much for those fights. Difference is both Trinidad and Oscar went up in weight to challenge Hopkins at 160. They went to his weight. Nobody asked him to come down, to the credit of both Trinidad and Oscar. In Canelo's case, he's a natural, full-blown MW, who took advantage of his middleweight size and good chin to beat a very game but undersized Cotto. Damn right Canelo is scared shitless of GGG. Been saying that since Day One. Cotto caught hell for avoiding GGG, maybe deservedly so, since Cotto's never had the size to be an elite MW. But with Canelo it's totally inexcusable. The guy walks around at 170+, maybe even bigger. But hey..... DLH says they're letting the fight... (cough)..... "marinate."

[brocktonblockbust]

Cinnamon Boy has ripened well enough on the vine of pugilism and should be picked now.

[Primo Carnera]

The only people that find the Canelo situation acceptable are GBP. DLH is quite frankly embarrassing nowadays.
You have to blame the governing bodies for allowing it to happen and everyone for putting money above titles.

[Master]

Hopkins did weigh well under 160lb limit for his big fight against Oscar, did he do the same for Tito?

[IamInuit]

Hopkins did weigh well under 160lb limit for his big fight against Oscar, did he do the same for Tito?

Hop was a real gym rat. He stayed pretty close to 160 24/7 in between fights. Always in fight shape. Could be that he started at 175 as a fully grown man and had to in order to maintain 160 but he was one of those anomalies that walked around at the same weight he fought at and could fight 25 rounds.

[Master]

Hopkins did weigh well under 160lb limit for his big fight against Oscar, did he do the same for Tito?

Hop was a real gym rat. He stayed pretty close to 160 24/7 in between fights. Always in fight shape. Could be that he started at 175 as a fully grown man and had to in order to maintain 160 but he was one of those anomalies that walked around at the same weight he fought at and could fight 25 rounds.

That was why he was willing to fight Oscar at 156lb?