Hearns legacy unfairly skewed?

[puppy_dogg]

hearns- trinidad at 147-160 would be a slaughter, it would'nt matter what weight they fought at. tommy was a masterful boxer with super fast jab and tito has lots of trouble with them. remember, hopkins most effective punches on tito was his jab and straight right. go figure . i wonder how much damage tommy hearns could do to tito with nothing but a jab and straight right

[dansweeney]

ive heard it called the fabulous 5 as well, cause benitez was in that picture as well but he was not as great as the other four for sure. the ko of duran will always be impressive but duran at 160? the man was only 5'7 and everyone knows his best was the lightweight days, so your lookin at basicly a 30lb difference from his very best

that being true, duran gave hagler all he could handle in a 15 round war, and was up on 2 scorecards after 13 rounds, i think that makes hearns kayo of duran that much more impressive

[Tha Greatest]

From what I heard

I heard Leonard only gave Duran 3 weeks notice but offered a sum of money so big that Duran couldn't say no...and that Leonard had planned this so Duran couldn't get in peak shape...
Don't know if it's true or not but i wouldnt doubt it

he wait for hagler to get old and shot etc.

Those wars with Hearns and Mugabi took a lot out of him

[oldgringo]

Hearns may have been the 4th best of those 4 or 5...but when you stack him up with any 147-154 pounder in history, prime for prime, I'd favor Hearns almost every time with the exception of Ray Robinson and a few others of course. Even so, Hearns would have as good a chance as any to beat SRR at 147. If he and Leonard were to fight 10 times I'd favor Hearns to win 6 of them...especially in a 12 round bout.

It's also funny how the old Hagler is the measuring stick of the 4 fighters.

[m00ks]

Hearns could have boxed Hagler to a decision and people would have a different view of him.

[Tha Greatest]

Hearns could have boxed Hagler to a decision and people would have a different view of him.

Ya, that was his plan man..
but one person in his entourage gave him a rubdown like right before they were about to enter the ring and they had no choice but to **** it out

[dansweeney]

From what I heard

I heard Leonard only gave Duran 3 weeks notice but offered a sum of money so big that Duran couldn't say no...and that Leonard had planned this so Duran couldn't get in peak shape...
Don't know if it's true or not but i wouldnt doubt it

he wait for hagler to get old and shot etc.

Those wars with Hearns and Mugabi took a lot out of him

i heard the same thing,. that and the ring was huge, he wouldnt commit to the rematch until the last minute, and all along leonard was training his ass off while duran did nothing

[Tha Greatest]

i heard the same thing,. that and the ring was huge, he wouldnt commit to the rematch until the last minute, and all along leonard was training his ass off while duran did nothing

that's why i dont like leonard

he just tricked everyone into big fights except Hearns

he is a good boxer, but he just made his record look real nice by doin this stuff

[Exciterx30]

Here's how I rank them based on my preferences, not facts or records.

1. Thomas Hearns
2. Marvin Hagler
3. Ray Leonard
4. Roberto Durán