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Bernard Hopkins vs Thomas Hearns at 160
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Originally posted by PorterIsFuture View PostI never knew how much reach Hearns had until I decided to actually look. Always knew he was long, but ****ing 80? Jesus Christ..
I see why Mayweather ducked Williams.. That freaking Hearns build of 6ft+ and long ass range.
Unless Bhop worked off of counters, I see him having a really hard time..
not to mention that williams would lean in and fight and make himself smaller / shorter. he also didn't punch like tommy hearns.
hopkins could concievably be outboxed, too. tommy had super fast hands and could keep an opponent turning when he needed to.
i think hopkins chance is to catch up to hearns and stop him. i think that's unlikely. hopkins was a strong puncher, but hearns' chin is underrated.
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Originally posted by PorterIsFuture View PostI never knew how much reach Hearns had until I decided to actually look. Always knew he was long, but ****ing 80? Jesus Christ..
I see why Mayweather ducked Williams.. That freaking Hearns build of 6ft+ and long ass range.
Unless Bhop worked off of counters, I see him having a really hard time..
Hearns had terrific jab and straight and used reach relatively well but was prone to being outfought.
Hopkins wouldn't work from the outside, I think he smothers Hearns and forces a dogfight! Hearns whiskers were brittle bit I don't think Hopkins stops him, but outworks him over 12/15!
Old school clinch rules would also allow Hopkins to work more from the clinch and take it to Hitman!
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To close to call. People forget that Bernard could actually crack back then and he took Roy Jones the distance. If I had to pick I would give a slight edge to BHop because, like others have said, that was BHop's prime division and not Tommys. Would of been a hell of a fight though.
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