Floyd would have dominated 1981 Hearns that fought SRL

[RayLeonard82]

utterly disgusting thread.


because 39 year old mosley off the ring for 1 year & 5 months equals a prime ray leonard & tommy hearns.

Question for you? Before fighting SRL who did Hearns beat that was close to Floyd Mayweather?

I just think ppl sometimes favor and overate older eras because they were years ago. Hearns had weaknesses that were exposed by Iran Barkley, Hagler and SRL.

[Mr. Philadel]

No one ever beat Hearns in a boxing match. You had to brawl with Tommy to take him down.

thankyou!!....Floyd would get handled by Tommy....that jab has to be one of the sickest sticks in the history of boxing.

[RayLeonard82]

SRL got hit a lot by the slow plodding Ayub Kalule so you cant say Floyd would have gotten as hit as often Ray did against Hearns.

No way does Ayub Kalule who was slow as heck even touch Floyd. Ray was getting nailed with unecessary shots. Lucky Kalule had no power.

Floyd gives Hearns more trouble than Ray

[Bright-Eyes]

SRL got hit a lot by the slow plodding Ayub Kalule so you cant say Floyd would have gotten as hit as often Ray did against Hearns.

No way does Ayub Kalule who was slow as heck even touch Floyd. Ray was getting nailed with unecessary shots. Lucky Kalule had no power.

Floyd gives Hearns more trouble than Ray

Give it up,rooster.

[-EX-]

I used to think he would've gotten a decision, but after Mayweather got hurt and nearly knocked down by a past-prime Mosley, I've changed my opinion.

Mosley being past prime doesn't affect his power...

[K!ng]

Mosley being past prime doesn't affect his power...

He was slower and not as precise with his punches, though. And Hearns had much more power, was faster and more precise.

[PH|L]

Floyd has become the most overrated, overhyped boxer that I've ever seen. I know he's just out to get paid so I ain't blaming him but some of this boxing fans are just straight up idiots.

Floyd dominates Hearns. LOL

[RayLeonard82]

Floyd has become the most overrated, overhyped boxer that I've ever seen. I know he's just out to get paid so I ain't blaming him but some of this boxing fans are just straight up idiots.

Floyd dominates Hearns. LOL

I just think Floyd is much better than SRL and would have been to strong over the long fight than a weight drained 144 pound Hearns. Remember SRL didnt fight the 154 Hearns that Duran fought. He fought Hearns at 144 pounds.

[Tiozzo]

yeah right

[Telepath]

I think Floyd's a more complete fighter than SRL. Not just speed and flashy combinations. Floyd is a more complete technical fighter and would not have gotten nailed by Hearns as much as Ray did because of his defense. Floyd can fight Hearns close range and still not get hit. Keep both hands up high, block and just tapping Hearns with body shots, straight right hands. Slowly break him down without getting careless

Nah... Ray was the more complete fighter... because, you know, he could actually punch. REALLY punch. And I think he was just as fast at 147 as Floyd is now, probably faster.

Outboxing a guy that's got such a great jab as Hearns had, who was also incredibly rangy, is NOT an easy task. Hearns, as stated before, was a freak. All that range, speed, and INCREDIBLE power in the right hand. Ray really had a MONSTER chin, people seem to forget that. That's the reason he won... Hearns was a bigger hitter, but the chin versus the power made Ray the bigger puncher in the fight.