Floyd would have dominated 1981 Hearns that fought SRL

[-Antonio-]

You're crazy. Fighters like Hearns and Forrest, tall guys with long jabs and strong right hands, they are a problem for Floyd.

[Ryn0]

I don't believe that, Hearns is a totally different monster from anything Floyd has faced in the past. I think Hearns beats him in a decision

[E-Thug]

what an utterly disgusting thread. because floyd unanimous decisioned a 39 year old fighter who hasnt fought in 1 year & 5 months, he's gonna beat a undefeated tommy hearns?

are you serious? how did you come to this conclusion? when floyd almost got ktfo by that same 39 year old fighter who hasnt fought in over a year?

You ought to be castrated for this.

Agree with you 100%. An absolutely disgusting thread. Floyd got a decision over a 38-yr-old, shot, **** head and foot movement fighter and all of a sudden he's supposed to beat Tommy Hearns? No chance, Hearns will knock Floyd's head off his shoulders

[jrosales13]

Umm... no not at all.

Hearns jab size right hand would Floyd major problems.

1981 Hearns possible KO's Shane last night..

I even think 1981 Leonard stops Shane last night.

And, Hears also did his best work against slick boxers.

[Telepath]

Umm... no not at all.

Hearns jab size right hand would Floyd major problems.

1981 Hearns possible KO's Shane last night..

I even think 1981 Leonard stops Shane last night.

And, Hears also did his best work against slick boxers.

Heh, you think?

I honestly can't see the version of Mosley that showed up for Floyd surviving more than six rounds against either Leonard or Hearns. Leonard would probably stop him earlier because he had a more swarming style and would be all over Shane's arse. This isn't a diss on Floyd, or on Shane. But yeah... comparing two, arguably both over-the-hill gentlemen, one of which who has been fighting most of his career in lighter classes, to a prime Ray Leonard is mildly absurd.

I don't see the Floyd of May 1st surviving against either Leonard or Hearns either.

[!! Shawn]

You are crazy. Hearns would have landed that right and in the 2nd and finished Floyd. Through all of his losses, nobody EVER outboxed Tommy Hearns.

[BUSINESSMAN]

hearns would lay floyd pacman and the rest out. true story.

[BennyST]

You make it seem like Hearns never lost or had weaknesses. Lets be realistic, Floyd aint getting knocked out early. It just aint happening, his defense is to good. Over the long haul of the fight favors Floyd because Hearns always tires, starts looking sloppy stumbling over his own feet.

Even when Hearns was outboxing Ray it looked so sloppy. Ray could have finished him round 7 but wasn't aggressive enough.

Leonard only won that fight because of his crazy aggression and determination, willingness to walk through whatever Hearns hit him with and his much greater offensive arsenal and firepower. Floyd doesn't have enough power at 147 to even hurt Hearns at all.

Mayweather, as good as he is, doesn't fight like that and never could against Hearns. Hearns would have a much easier time keeping Floyd at bay than he did Leonard. Leonard is bigger, stronger, as fast (if not faster) and has much more one punch power. That is the way he beat Hearns. He didn't outbox him. Floyd would try to outbox him and lose.

Hearns is just too big, too quick, too powerful and too skillful. He's not more skillful than Mayweather but with everything combined it adds up to a fight that Mayweather would lose. Hearns would keep him on the end of his jab the whole fight and like it not, he would have to take a few of those right hands over the course of the fight as his right hand was sneaky, very fast and even a partially blocked would hurt you badly.

The right hand of Hearns is an entirely different weapon than Mosley's. It's longer, faster, more sneaky, and much, much more powerful. He would land it a number of times throughout the fight and he would land it early more often than late. I don't think Floyd would get knocked out, but I do think he'd take a few and get badly hurt and probably knocked down. I think he'd lose most of the first half of the fight simply having to stay away and be very defensive after being hurt or knocked down. He'd have to catch up and win every round after that and he wouldn't. He'd still lose most rounds with Hearns boxing. He would have a lot of trouble with his jab and would struggle to get past it to get any work done and score points. Hearns would take at least half, or more, of the second six rounds and win a solid UD.

He hurt everyone he hit with it. Hagler, Leonard, Benitez, Duran. The only guy he couldn't knock down with it is Hagler and he busted Hagler up and nearly put him down. Benitez is as close to that fight (Mayweather) as anyone of those and Hearns knocked that defensive genius down a couple of times and had him badly hurt. He also outboxed Benitez because of his speed and reach. Benitez is bigger than Floyd, fights as good and maybe even better off the ropes, and is just as slick with his counter punching. Floyd is better inside and faster and his punching is shorter but he also doesn't have as much power and doesn't fight (when he needed to he brawled with the best of them) as much as Benitez did.

Floyd would have get inside more to win or score points because he would not, and I repeat, would not knock Hearns out. He would have to win by KO and that just wouldn't happen. It's just one of those fights he wouldn't win. Nothing to be pissed off at though. Hearns was an absolute freak at 147 and I see very few 147 guys beating him ever. You have to have an insane chin, be tall and rangy, very fast, very skillful and you need to possess amazing stamina and power otherwise you are going to lose because you have to fight Hearns. You have to get in and **** him and hurt him because you won't outbox him. Mayweather could beat lots of fighters but Hearns isn't one of them.

[badass316]

LOL! The hitman would probably knock floyd out with the first right hand he catches him with.

[trk]

Hearns is a real tough opponent for Floyd. I'm not sure he would be able to win. He could beat Leonard or Duran at 147 though, those would be much easier matches for him.