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Was Robinson a legitimate middleweight? This ubiquitous myth that Tito was a welterweight fighting a middleweight needs to go the way of the dodo bird. Its one of the biggest crocks of shit continuously seen on forums and in press lines. I'm one of the biggest Tito fans on the planet and hated Hopkins at that time but the weight issue is ludicrous.

Gotta agree with this. Hopkins had a size advantage, that's undeniable, but I don't see why people act like this wasn't a dangerous/meaningful fight for Hopkins. Tito fought a legit, BIG middleweight in Joppy and steamrolled him with his vicious power that CLEARLY carried up to MW.

How is it any difference than Marvin Hagler beating Tommy Hearns, who (I think) was in his first middleweight fight - TOTALLY unproven at 160.
Hop started at 175. He's a big boned middle but was not an overly big middle. He was actually the last natural middle since probably Greb or perhaps Burley. In the Tito fight I think he weighed in at 159 if memory serves and 162 on fight night. Tito was close to 170 on fight night. The notion that Hopkins beat up some shrimp is like saying when Hagler beat Mugabi he did the same. Tito like Mugabi was doing fine at 154 because they were simply bigger and stronger the night of the fight. Its ironic that people make such a big deal about weight in this 17 division time knowing full well how its abused. Does anyone here actually believe that Morales was a 122 pound fighter?