the only past great to beat Floyd would be?

[TheGreatA]

Floyd beats Hearns and Leonard.


Aaaron Pryor gives Floyd a run for his money.

Pryor was not on the level of Hearns and Leonard in my opinion. He's smaller too.

[Sugar May Floyd]

man please pbf beats hearns..and i said srl would most likely beat pbf...deal with it noob..im running this **** get in line or fall back

Regardless of Mayweather defence. He would KO by Hearns. Mayweather is a small WW and Hearns is a Big WW. How is he going to get inside his jab, or fck sake that right hand. Mayweather at WW he is not at his best. Since he fighting bigger guys and throws less because of his brittle hands.

[Southpaw16BF]

Pryor was not on the level of Hearns and Leonard in my opinion. He's smaller too.

Hmmmm, very interesting that you claim Pryor wasn't on level of Leonard or Hearns.

Maybe he didn't achieve as much as they did in terms of legacy, but when they were all in their prime i think Pryor was on the level of both fighters . But what people forget is Pryor was never defeated in his prime.

Was the number #1 lighweight contender but the was avoided so moved up to the Lw division, were he stopped hall of famer Antonio Cervantes in 4 for the WBA title, and would go on to make 8 title defecnes and in those defences stopped the great Alexis Arguello x2 and then would go on to win the IBF title and make a defence.

In my mind he was also avoided my Ray Lenoard, people even say Ray moved up a weight class to avoided Pryor in the amature's. And also he would never accept the challage of Pryor.

It just such a shame that drugs got hold of Aaron Pryor, because i belive The Hawk could of been up there with the likes of Leanord, Armsrotng, Greb, Robinson etc if drugs had not got hold of him.

He also beat Thomas Hearns in the Golden Glove final(Amature), and i think he could of beat Tommy in his prime in the pro ranks.

Your avater shows a Ring Magzine cover, the same Ring Magzine that done a list The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years in 2003 - in which they ranked Aaron Pryor number #35 and Thomas Hearns number #67. 32 Places, so Ring also think Pryor had a better legacy.

So to say Pryor was not on the level of Hearns and Leonard in his prime is a pretty silly comment.

[larryx]

Regardless of Mayweather defence. He would KO by Hearns. Mayweather is a small WW and Hearns is a Big WW. How is he going to get inside his jab, or fck sake that right hand. Mayweather at WW he is not at his best. Since he fighting bigger guys and throws less because of his brittle hands.

hearns is very overated and would get skooled by floyd

[RL_GMA]

hearns is very overated and would get skooled by floyd

LOL no way dude...

[larryx]

LOL no way dude...

hearns never fought a defensive genious like floyd

[RL_GMA]

hearns never fought a defensive genious like floyd

LOL Dude you gotta stop looking at Floyd like he's the epitome or the pinnacle of Boxing.

Floyd's never fought anyone with the styl;e or size of Hearns, that rolling the shoulder works great...against guys who are his height. Hearns would be hitting downward on Floyd meaning he'd have to evacuate through the majority of the fight and against Hearns you'd HAVE to fight (as Sugar Ray did).

[TheGreatA]

hearns never fought a defensive genious like floyd

Wilfred Benitez

[TheGreatA]

Hmmmm, very interesting that you claim Pryor wasn't on level of Leonard or Hearns.

Maybe he didn't achieve as much as they did in terms of legacy, but when they were all in their prime i think Pryor was on the level of both fighters . But what people forget is Pryor was never defeated in his prime.

Was the number #1 lighweight contender but the was avoided so moved up to the Lw division, were he stopped hall of famer Antonio Cervantes in 4 for the WBA title, and would go on to make 8 title defecnes and in those defences stopped the great Alexis Arguello x2 and then would go on to win the IBF title and make a defence.

In my mind he was also avoided my Ray Lenoard, people even say Ray moved up a weight class to avoided Pryor in the amature's. And also he would never accept the challage of Pryor.

It just such a shame that drugs got hold of Aaron Pryor, because i belive The Hawk could of been up there with the likes of Leanord, Armsrotng, Greb, Robinson etc if drugs had not got hold of him.

He also beat Thomas Hearns in the Golden Glove final(Amature), and i think he could of beat Tommy in his prime in the pro ranks.

Your avater shows a Ring Magzine cover, the same Ring Magzine that done a list The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years in 2003 - in which they ranked Aaron Pryor number #35 and Thomas Hearns number #67. 32 Places, so Ring also think Pryor had a better legacy.

So to say Pryor was not on the level of Hearns and Leonard in his prime is a pretty silly comment.

It's just my opinion. I've seen all of them fight and I know who they beat, and Pryor was simply not on their level.

Maybe he could've been, but he wasted his career with drugs and didn't achieve all that much. There have been many would've, could've, should've beens in boxing history but they shouldn't be ranked above those who actually achieved a lot.

Compare Pryor's wins over Arguello and Cervantes to Hearns' wins over Benitez, Duran, Cuevas, Hill, etc.

Beating someone in the amateurs doesn't mean a thing in boxing, especially when it's two teenagers fighting (actually Pryor was 21 while Hearns was 17). I see 6'1 147-154 lb Hearns getting 5'6, 140 lb Pryor out of there inside the distance.

I have the cover of Ring magazine on my avatar because it's a picture of legendary Finnish boxer Gunnar Bärlund, this doesn't mean that I agree with their rankings.

[mickyward5656]

There has been a few threads here and there about who could beat floyd and at what weight. But no one has picked or said anything that i have noticed about Tommy "hitman" Hearns.

In my opinion, that long hard jab and strong relentless punching of Hearns is the only 1 I would be surprised if Floyd beat. I cold see Floyd beating Whitaker, SRL, Duran, Pryor, and all the other greats of the last era around 147 lbs, but hearns I see him losing too if they were to fight.

What do yall think abot the Hitman Hearns?

Your nuts! No way Floyd beats SRL he is way faster, more skilled, hit harder, fought better guys, and alltogether a much better fighter.

Pryor and Duran would take his sole. No way he can handle the pressure from thoes greats.

Him and Sweet Pea is a toss up, anybodys fight.

I agree Hearns kills him.

Also imo, currently Mosley, Cotto, and Williams all beat him. Theres a reason he will not fight a quality welterweight, he may say theres not enough money in them, but he can't lie to himself....