Ranking Hearns As A Greater Fighter Than Leonard?

[Perfect Plex]

Can it be justified and does anyone think Hearns is greater than Leonard, if so why?

[Barn]

Can it be justified and does anyone think Hearns is greater than Leonard, if so why?

I do not think Hearns is greater than Hearns but I can see why some people may think so.
Hearns technically was AMAZING, he had great power amazing speed and reflexes and even outboxed Sugar Ray Leonard in thier first fight until tiring.
It's just Ray Leonard beat ATG.
When Hearns tried to beat ATG he usually failed but seemed to demolish many that were very good just not ATG.
Just my opinion though.

[£4£]

No, Leonard beat the other 3 fab 4 fighters, including Hearns himself and Ko'd Wilfred Benitez.
Hearns only beat one, was Ko'd by Barkley and won a MD over Benitez.

[Obama]

Compare the divisions they won their titles in.

Welterweight: Leonard > Hearns
Junior Middleweight: Hearns > Leonard
Middleweight: Leonard > Hearns
Super Middleweight: Hearns > Leonard
Light Heavyweight: Hearns > Leonard

3-2 Hearns. Easiest explanation.

[StarshipTrooper]

But then again, unlike Leonard, Hearns got KTFO against the two best fighters he faced.

Poet

[Obama]

But then again, unlike Leonard, Hearns got KTFO against the two best fighters he faced.

Poet

That's the general train of thought when it comes to rating Leonard. Pretend everyone has a resume of 5 people, and rate accordingly. Leonard's 5 is very good. Too bad that's half his meaningful resume period. Hearns resume is much deeper.

[bojangles1987]

The only case would be longevity. But Leonard holds the win in the meaningful first fight and was a better fighter.

[Steak]

Hearns 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.

[McGoorty]

I do not think Hearns is greater than Hearns but I can see why some people may think so.
Hearns technically was AMAZING, he had great power amazing speed and reflexes and even outboxed Sugar Ray Leonard in thier first fight until tiring.
It's just Ray Leonard beat ATG.
When Hearns tried to beat ATG he usually failed but seemed to demolish many that were very good just not ATG.
Just my opinion though.

I'm with you,.... I don't think there's a case for it,... Ray won when they were both prime.

[ghns1133]

I'm with you,.... I don't think there's a case for it,... Ray won when they were both prime.

i dont think hearns was at his best untill he moved up to 154

he was draing himself at 147

pluss he drained an extra two pounds coming into the first fight

and he was winning that fight handily untill the end