Quote Originally Posted by p4pking
He's great for sure.. But I would not say one of the greatest ever.. I wouldn't honestly even say he's in the top 5 fighters of his era.... Roy JOnes, Whittaker, MOrales, Barrera, Hopkins, Toney, Ricardo Lopez, I would consider them all greater personally... I think if you take away his star quality he wasn't actually superior to any of them, and it is evident if you watch enough of his fights... He is perhaps a top 5 lightweight of all time, but he was freaking huge at 135 that was a big edge for him, and he didn't really fight any stellar lightweights.. I would put Whittaker Duran and Mosley ahead of him for sure, on a basis of who was p4p the best.. I also don't think it's a question of what if he had stayed there, because I doubt he could have continued to make the weight.


But how do we remember ODH? as a Lightweight or Welterweight? Most of his big fights have been at the higher weights and it seems like he has been there for a long time so I went for a look at his record to see in what weight class he fought the most and it was as follows:

20 bouts below 140
15 bouts below 154
7 bouts below 160

so to answer my own question, yes he fought the majority of his career as a Lightweight.

Another thing I noticed that I had forgotten was when he fought JCC it was his first fight at 140 and Chavez 97-1 had only dropped 1 split decision to Franky Randall prior so he deserves a little more credit for that win than most give him