Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
Quote Originally Posted by Scrap
A welter puncher with not the best chin in the world moving up to middle against agood counter puncher with solid foundations and a good sense of distance who can whack a bit . With hindsight who would you fancy.
Very true.

Puh-leeze. How about middleweights that move up to heavyweight?

Many people back then didn't give Hopkins a shot in hell...as they often have, do, & will in the future.
That was because of his own performance not because of Tito's. It's alway's easy to judge in hindsight like you say but it's really easy when the fighter reaches another level that he was by far never on before. If he would have been given performances like that in years prior to Tito than it would of been Felix who was not given a shot in hell.