What was Benitez doing against Hearns, how did you score it?

[joseph5620]

[QUOTE=Kid McCoy;9756370]Which made Hearns nigh on impossible to counter. The fab 4/5 were all great boxers yet none took many rounds off Hearns. I thought Hearns was the clear winning against Benitez. Benitez made him miss a lot but didn't offer much offence himself which ultimately cost him the fight.[/QUOTE]

That's the way I remember seeing it it too. But I haven't watched it in a while.

[Cafe]

[QUOTE=joseph5620;9756440]

Which made Hearns nigh on impossible to counter. The fab 4/5 were all great boxers yet none took many rounds off Hearns. I thought Hearns was the clear winning against Benitez. Benitez made him miss a lot but didn't offer much offence himself which ultimately cost him the fight.[/QUOTE]

That's the way I remember seeing it it too. But I haven't watched it in a while.

Benitez did not throw any punches in rounds 1-5 maybe 6, didnt get to watch that round. And still he was competitive because not Hearns threw landed, than he began throwing punches and won all rounds. Making it a close fight, and two knockdowns, that where slipps were counted, so this fight is all ***ed up lol

[TheGreatA]

But he didn't counter punch, he just dodged every punch Tommy threw.....

He was trying to time a reachier opponent without catching a quick jab on the nose or a KO punch. It's understandable that it took quite a lot of time for him to adjust to Hearns. Benitez did better late in the fight, though in all fairness to Tommy Hearns he did break his power hand.

[Sugar Sting Ray]

The announcer was Sugar Ray Leonard. Classic!

[Kid McCoy]

Benitez had the championship rounds, if he had thrown anything in rounds 1-5 this wouldnt even be close

You can't give away the first half of the fight against Hearns and expect to win a decision. Benitez improving coincided with Hearns hurting his right in the 7th or 8th and even then he wasn't lighting up the lamp very often. It wasn't particularly close to me, nor was it a fight I'd want to watch again in a hurry.

[Cafe]

You can't give away the first half of the fight against Hearns and expect to win a decision. Benitez improving coincided with Hearns hurting his right in the 7th or 8th and even then he wasn't lighting up the lamp very often. It wasn't particularly close to me, nor was it a fight I'd want to watch again in a hurry.

I'm sorry how did Hearns hurt his hands, without even touching Benitez LOL

[Cafe]

You can't give away the first half of the fight against Hearns and expect to win a decision. Benitez improving coincided with Hearns hurting his right in the 7th or 8th and even then he wasn't lighting up the lamp very often. It wasn't particularly close to me, nor was it a fight I'd want to watch again in a hurry.

I never read anything about him hurting his hands, I think your flat out making ***** up. What a lame excuse, Benitez DID not throw any punches in the 1st 5 or 6 rounds,, but when he did he won, almost every round. Thats why its a majority descion....

[Kid McCoy]

I never read anything about him hurting his hands, I think your flat out making ***** up. What a lame excuse, Benitez DID not throw any punches in the 1st 5 or 6 rounds,, but when he did he won, almost every round. Thats why its a majority descion....

Now you have:

http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=ZpNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F0ANAAAAIBAJ&pg=2887,1222318&dq=hearns+benitez&hl=en

Benitez did not sweep the second half of the fight or close to it. You can't win rounds just by making your opponent miss. Hearns looked in complete control throughout. Note how in the final round the commentators were joking that Benitez would need a "double KO" to win.

[joseph5620]

I never read anything about him hurting his hands, I think your flat out making ***** up. What a lame excuse, Benitez DID not throw any punches in the 1st 5 or 6 rounds,, but when he did he won, almost every round. Thats why its a majority descion....

He did hurt his right hand. And one major reason Benitez was not throwing punches was because he didn't want to get caught. You can't wina fight with defense alone.

[joseph5620]

Now you have:

http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=ZpNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F0ANAAAAIBAJ&pg=2887,1222318&dq=hearns+benitez&hl=en

Benitez did not sweep the second half of the fight or close to it. You can't win rounds just by making your opponent miss. Hearns looked in complete control throughout. Note how in the final round the commentators were joking that Benitez would need a "double KO" to win.

I don't know too many people who thought that or even speculated that the fight was close enough to go to Benitez. Certainly not Larry Merchant or the other commentators who knew Benitez needed a KO to win.