pretty boy floyd vs tommy hearns

[hemichromis]

maywether could never out box hearns, at welter noone could

i see mayweather getting KO'd but with tommy's chin it could go the other way

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Hearns takes this.
Mayweather would not be able to hurt him.
He would be able to roll with Hearns' right enough to make the distance, but that's it. I mean... Hearns would just need to throw a lot of 1-2s, it's up to Floyd to try and win some rounds and get KOed, or just make the distance.

The only fight that would change my mind would be Williams: if it happened and Mayweather looks like the range does not bother him at all (which I think is impossible), then I would give him a chance.

EDIT: a very small chance

[Ramamaiden]

hearns here too xD...
his reach advantage is just too much, he would outbox pbf...

[Cletus Funk]

Floyd has no way to win this fight and little chance of going the distance.

[Memojaras]

Tommy by ko and not a doubt in my mind he was crazy fast with that jab of his and his right hand was a wrecking ball

[shawn_]

Most people forget that Hearns didnt just have power. He had crazy fast hands, and nearly unmatched boxing skills.

[pbftxrs316]

now let's read some nonhateful posts, so the true posters like myself can respond with respectable arguments, not like hearns would kill floyd, or floyd wouldn't fight hearns, or whatever else.

let's read some real reasons as to why floyd would win or lose against tommy, because for some of you to claim hearns would outbox floyd makes me laugh, floyd would be faster, better defensive, better footwork, hearns would be powerful and tenative and bigger, but floyd is more polished and a smarter fighter than hearns was in his prime. tommy had a lethal right hand but floyd is a defensive genius. this fight is a tossup and i really don't know who would win, but i do know that skillwise, mayweather jr was better and i believe his prime was at 140 pounds, not 147.

[shawn_]

Just an FYI Hearns has way way way faster hands than Floyd.

Go re-watch some of his fights, the guys is FAST.

[shawn_]

On another note, Tommy has the kinds of right hand that can hurt you even if you block it.

Tommys body doesnt get enough credit for his body punching either.

Watch Barkley v Hearns 1.

Hearns was destroying Irans body before he got layed out cold.

If you don't think Hearns was a master boxer, re-watch Leonard Hearns 1.

Tommy soundly out boxed Sugar Ray Leonard.

Tommy could literally dance circles around Floyd.


Tommy is a victim of his own success. His right hand was SO lethal people forget about all of his other outstanding attributes.

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now let's read some nonhateful posts, so the true posters like myself can respond with respectable arguments, not like hearns would kill floyd, or floyd wouldn't fight hearns, or whatever else.

let's read some real reasons as to why floyd would win or lose against tommy, because for some of you to claim hearns would outbox floyd makes me laugh, floyd would be faster, better defensive, better footwork, hearns would be powerful and tenative and bigger, but floyd is more polished and a smarter fighter than hearns was in his prime. tommy had a lethal right hand but floyd is a defensive genius. this fight is a tossup and i really don't know who would win, but i do know that skillwise, mayweather jr was better and i believe his prime was at 140 pounds, not 147.

yeah go read my post for that, those 3 meters of disadvantage and Floyd not being a welter won't help him much against Hearns.

And this agreeing that Mayweather is better than Tommy in pretty much everything, that does not involve power and size.

This fight would not be a tossup for nothing on earth.

Floyd is a lightweight, the greatest lightweight of all time was KOd in 2 by Hearns. I am a strong believer that styles make fights, and as you said Floyd is a defensive genius, so he will make the distance.