Would Prime Tommy Hearns dominate the WW division today?

[IronDanHamza]

You people Forgot that the 147 + lbs Duran has a lot loses. Duran's the Greatest 135 pounder but he's not that good & durable as Pac at 147.

The 147 lbs Hearns was a skinny, young, Chinny Fighter. Cotto & DLH could trouble him. 147 Pac will Punish him, One straight Left to the Chin will Left Hearns in the Defensive! People Forgot that Pac's Chin from 126 & Up & away were pure Granite!

Dont Adore these Old ATG that Much! Check their whole resume! Pac's is the Greater ATGs than most of them now!

[BennyST]

At 147 i'd give the edge to hearns over anyone active of over the past 15 years. But there are a couple that i think would make the fight close. Oscar gives him the toughest fight. He was also a big welterweight. IMO he closest resembled SRL im terms of body size & relative power.

Then I'd go with Forrest. Because he overall may have had the best skillset to size ratio of any ww within the last 15 years. He also had good power too.

Then i'd give the Punisher a 3rd closest chance. Because Hearns wouldn't be punching down to him. The Punisher is a better inside fighter than Hearns, he had the chin & stamina at ww to compete.

I'd follow him with Tito & Cintron. Tito for his power & stamina. Cintron for his size,skill & power. I still think Hearns would have at least a 60% chance of beating them. But these are the closest fighters to coming away with a w, imo.

The rest I can dig, but there you are completely and utterly 100% flat out wrong. Hearns was a great inside fighter and better than Williams. People forget that about him all the time because he didn't choose to do it much at all, but he had shorter hooks, greater body punching, and better set up angles and sight than Williams could dream of.

Just throwing lots of punches without defense on the inside because you don't know how to use your height doesn't mean he's a good inside fighter. Hearns was a good inside fighter. He had great sight and slid on the angles to get in those brutal body shots.

You never saw it much early in his career because he still had the legs, but a bit like Roy Jones today, the later in his career it got the more you saw just how much more skilled he was inside than the 'inside' fighters he was fighting. He'd block shots, set them up for perfect body shots and slip them in short and sweet. Great stuff.

[Bushbaby]

The rest I can dig, but there you are completely and utterly 100% flat out wrong. Hearns was a great inside fighter and better than Williams. People forget that about him all the time because he didn't choose to do it much at all, but he had shorter hooks, greater body punching, and better set up angles and sight than Williams could dream of.

Just throwing lots of punches without defense on the inside because you don't know how to use your height doesn't mean he's a good inside fighter. Hearns was a good inside fighter. He had great sight and slid on the angles to get in those brutal body shots.

You never saw it much early in his career because he still had the legs, but a bit like Roy Jones today, the later in his career it got the more you saw just how much more skilled he was inside than the 'inside' fighters he was fighting. He'd block shots, set them up for perfect body shots and slip them in short and sweet. Great stuff.

As long as you didn't call me names & say I'm crazy, we'll agree to disagree on that bro. Like I said, I still think Hearns walk the bunch, but i'll give any of those guys a better chance than the rest.

[BennyST]

You people Forgot that the 147 + lbs Duran has a lot loses. Duran's the Greatest 135 pounder but he's not that good & durable as Pac at 147.

The 147 lbs Hearns was a skinny, young, Chinny Fighter. Cotto & DLH could trouble him. 147 Pac will Punish him, One straight Left to the Chin will Left Hearns in the Defensive! People Forgot that Pac's Chin from 126 & Up & away were pure Granite!

Dont Adore these Old ATG that Much! Check their whole resume! Pac's is the Greater ATGs than most of them now!

I was going to answer, but then I realised you're one of 'those'.

[gatagata]

Yes....Floyd could give him some trouble but I still would favor Hearns...Cotto would be turnt to ground beef and Pac would never go up to 147 if Hearns was around...

This right here.

[Bushbaby]

That post was so ******, I'm surprised U gave it even what u did.

[BennyST]

As long as you didn't call me names & say I'm crazy, we'll agree to disagree on that bro. Like I said, I still think Hearns walk the bunch, but i'll give any of those guys a better chance than the rest.

Nah, of course not. I can understand where you're coming from in a way, but I think there is a big difference between volume punching and actual skill on the inside. Hearns' skill, when he chose to use it, on the inside makes Williams look like an amateur.

They both had their strengths and Hearn's was obviously on the outside more, but when he chose to fight inside he was as brutal as they come. This is a short, but good example against a very good fighter.

[Pastrano]

He'd not just dominate, he'd LEVEL it with the ground!

[Vadrigar.]

Pacquiao would get knocked out in a similar fashion.

[JDezi4]

HELL YES!!! AND ALL BY KO!!! I'm not gonna say he'd be undefeated the whole time, but Floyd, Pac, and Cotto would all get massacred... Floyd being his toughest fight becuz he's not afraid to run

(Cotto's technically not afraid to run, but he's not as good at it)

Manny would get dropped early becuz he has no defense and Hearns hit like a mini-Foreman