What makes people think Hearns was chinny?

[Ivansmamma]

He was weight drained for the first fight. He had problems making 147 @ that time. He even weighed in @ 146 I believe. It wasn't like Leonard clocked him one good time and layed him out either. It was late in the fight Hearns was exhausted and just got caught with something.

If you say he was weightdrained i take your word for it but he was in trouble earlier in the fight to a few rounds before he got stopped.

[oldgringo]

He was stopped a few times, hurt badly a few times, wobbled several times.....

People tend to exaggerate. 'Glass chin' isn't really being fair to Hearns. The guys who KO'd him were one of the 5 greatest Middlweights of all-time, one of the 5 greatest Welterweights of all-time, and a rugged Super-Middleweight who could really hit on a home run shot.

I remember Hearns being shook by Roldan and James Shuler, but both of those guys were pretty strong fighters. Roldan also hit Tommy behind the head a lot. He took some really good shots from those guys and ended up winning though.

[Bushidō]

I think you always have to consider his chin in fantasy fights because he was stopped by guys that were way below his level

[The Gambler1981]

I think you always have to consider his chin in fantasy fights because he was stopped by guys that were way below his level

The only guy that stopped him that was below his level was The Blade and he was not that bad of a fighter.

[Ryn0]

It wasn't bad, but it was always his chin that let him down hence it was his weakness.

Theres no shame in being Kod by Leonard, Hagler and Barkley (especially at a higher weight)

[oldgringo]

I meant James Kinchen, not James Shuler, when talking about Hearns being stunned.

[oldgringo]

It wasn't bad, but it was always his chin that let him down hence it was his weakness.

Theres no shame in being Kod by Leonard, Hagler and Barkley (especially at a higher weight)

You could also say that it was his inability to fight defensively that got him KO'd in those fights, specifically against Leonard and Hagler. I think the Barkley TKO was more a case of Hearns getting overzealous with a battered opponent in front of him, later getting hit with that concussive haymaker.

[Kut]

He had a solid chin. He has balance problems, especially as a WW. His style was full of action and it is normal to get some clean shots if your left hand is so low all the time.

And in case of Hearns I am very thankfull for god that he didnt have a Hagler-like Chin, otherwise he would be one the best fighter of his era (he certainly is one of them).

[DLT]

he was chinny. The Hagler-Hearns fight is so overrated to me. Most of those punches didnt even land clean and Hearns was out

[bojangles1987]

Because he was knocked out in three big fights. Leonard and Hearns could really knock people out, so that doesn't prove he has a bad chin.