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Ranking Hearns As A Greater Fighter Than Leonard?
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Originally posted by Steak View PostHearns actually has beaten better opponents than Leonard, and has a better record when you only look at his wins.
Its really only his losses that put Leonard over him. Which is sad, but I guess you cant ignore what happened.
its almost unfair that the consistant work that Hearns did over all those years is cancelled out just by the fact that Leonard had a longer winning streak. ah well...
both outstanding fighters.
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Originally posted by slicksouthpaw16 View PostThe fact that he was beaten by Barkley (twice) hurts him here as well. Hearns won titles in more weights, but Leonard clearly has the more impressive win record. Stopped Benitez, stopped Hearns, clowned Duran in the rematch and out boxed Hagler and these are 4 of the greatest fighters. That's why i think ranking Hearns over him can't be justified.
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Hearns nearly dominated Leonard in their first fight before getting rocked in the 13th round and got finished in the 14th. Had it been a 12rnd fight Hearns would have won a clear unanimous dec on the scorecards. The second fight their is no one who can deny who was who's daddy.
Hearns dropped him twice and Leonard lost clearly even if he did rock Hearns once in the fight, the fight was pretty much Hearns and they gave SRL a gift draw. Leonard ducked Hearns for years and even admitted that years after retiring for good that he was actually scared of Hearns. Remember Hearns punched SRLs retina off
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