He beat everyone the division had to offer, he unlike some other fighters out there named Oscar De La Hoya never sought out the smaller men he fought they sought him out...

Trinidad in the MW tourney was not Bhops idea, He did not ask DLH to jump to 160....

Echols, Vanderpool, Allen, Eastman, Joppy, Brown, James etc had all been campaigning at MW when he faced them, Most had good records with a better then 85% win ratio.....He fought who came to him....

Just like those in Calzaghes division when he was the SMW champ...not his fault the division was the way it was....He kept it his own just as Hopkins did for all those years....Was he supposed to leave the division for the approval of the fans?....He did what he was supposed to and reigned with a tight fist....Those who sought him out smaller or not sought him out....

Funny how he is criticized after he dismantles the guy who was supposed to "Send him into retirement"........

Seems Hopkins has a history of spoiling those assumptions then is blamed for doing so