That's because he cleaned out the division so thoroughly. Think about it, he defeated the five champions before him, and a champion after him. No champ has even come close to that. Keith
Louis fought the most ring rated fighters and contenders during his reign of all the hw champs. All bums. Yeah.
I'll put it like this! If I guy can hold onto his titles for nearly 3 years and only defend it 3 times against C and D level fighters without anyone complaining he's got to be great!!:-roll::-( Atleast in Bhops case he still fought and beat A level fighters in his career!!
I think it's very overrated. he fought the Robert Allen 3 times for crying out loud. I rate hopkins more highly for what he did after leaving middleweight than for the title run.