Hearns was doing good early on against Leonard by stalking him, walking forward but Leonard came back in the middle rounds when he started pressuring Hearns instead.
Leonard turned into the puncher and Hearns turned into the boxer...
Hearns piled up the points after a few shaky rounds but Leonard rallied back to knock Hearns out in the late rounds after Hearns was completely spent.
Hearns having success early on against Leonard by making him back up.
Leonard adapts, gets more aggressive and starts landing heavily on Hearns.
Hearns boxing well here on his back-foot and winning rounds.
Leonard rallies and stops the spent Thomas Hearns. Leonard took some heavy punishment that would've knocked most men out to do it, the eye injury he suffered in this fight almost ended his career early.
Hearns tried to box here in the second round against Hagler after the brutal first round brawl but Hagler did not allow it, he was willing to walk through anything that night. Hearns' legs were gone...
He did have good gameplans against Benitez and Virgil Hill, those two just weren't willing or simply able to take Hearns' punches to get to him.
Exactly, he adapted against Leonard, their roles were reversed in the middle of the fight, Hearns became the boxer, Leonard the stalker. Hagler didn't allow him to adapt.
Yea its tough.. I do think he was a better fighter than hagler and leonard.. but the stamina and chin failed him.. but talent wise he was top 10 atg I say.
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