I agree, that DLH was fast and quick on his feet with a good jab. The version PBF fought had weights on his feet. DLH fought a much more versatile fighter in Hopkins than PBF fighting DLH and scraping through a split decision.
Not really, Hatton and Judah came out of Jr. Welter and look considerably smaller for 147. Paulie Malignagi will look small at Welter. IMO.
140-147 has to be the hardest in boxing. Look at the size difference, the guys that can make 140 and look strong in it, ricky hatton 5'6 malignaggi is an other tiny guy. Pretty much all those 140lbers are pretty small guys. 7 more lbs at 147 adds the possibility of 6 foot + men to starve themselves down to fight at. Cintron, Williams, Margarito. And of the past Trinidad De La Hoya. And when you got true power hitters like Trinidad for example who is nearly 6 feet tall..imagine Tito hitting a Malignaggi or a Hatton? Decapitation! I don't see how any other division can be harder. I don't think 154-160 is anywhere near as hard to make because if you are a natural 154lber than you aren't a small guy naturally at all and 160 shouldn't be that bad.
I really don't think that's a valid arguement. Hearns was champion at that weight, he just fought two great fighters with ****ing chins like granite. All the guys you mentioned just lost one fight at the weight and were champions at one point or another at the weight.