to light HW because he was planning on fighting at HW all along...but he had to do it gradually...because Roy was only abt 5-11 and that was a lot of weight to pack on his frame even for a light HW and he didn't want to sacrifice his speed and relfexes w/a sudden weight gain

And even when he did fight at HW, he was only abt 195-198...not quite 200

And that eventually took a toll on his body


>You're fixating on the Middleweight thing, but Roy was light
>heavy for FIFTEEN FIGHTS before stepping up. Michael Spinks
>stepped up and beat Larry Fucking Holmes. Forgive me if I'm
>less impressed with RJJ's win over Ruiz.

And Michael Spinks always fought at Light HW...and he was 6-2 and even though he beat an over the hill Larry Holmes who was damn near 40 yrs old, he still was never regarded as a *true* HW

You're not impressed because of the lack of name recognition...but he was at once upon a time the 2x WBA HW champion...

Like I said, that was a solid test for Roy at the time who was fighting for the 1st time at HW