Why do people think Thomas Hearns would beat Floyd so easily?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Tommy Hearns is Floyd's worst nightmare


Body of paul williams

Power of golovkin

Skills of vernon Forrest

Jab of winky wright


Total monster

[Sweet Jones]

A weak response.

It doesn't matter when Tommy fought.

Look at the evidence at hand.

Tommy had huge physical advantages and enormous power.

Floyd's sole ambition would have been to not get hurt. He'd have been in survival mode. It'd have been a blessing if he'd have just lost a decision.

Forget Tommy's wobbly legs. How could Floyd have wobbled them? He doesn't possess the power.

Yes, Floyd was accurate. But realistically, how many shots would he have thrown? Do you seriously thing he'd have been aggressive and fought him?

Do you think he could have just pot shotted him?

There's no way Floyd could have beaten him.

What is this based on?

[fanofslug]

Tommy Hearns is Floyd's worst nightmare


Body of paul williams

Power of golovkin

Skills of vernon Forrest

Jab of winky wright


Total monster

And was beat soundly by Iran Barkley.

[Flabble Scrote]

And was beat soundly by Iran Barkley.

That was at 160, obviously the first Leonard fight at 147 is a better comparison prime for prime, Floyd may be a little better defensively than SRL but im not sure he has the power or balls to attack like Leonard did, Hearns was winning the fight apart from when he got wobbled

[Scipio2009]

Are you having a stroke? Lets try to keep the relevancy. How did you see the fight? Benitez beat Hearns is that it? you know what, I don't care, carry on.

Hearns won the fight, but he didn't completely obliterate Benitez, at any point in the bout. With all of the gifts that Hearns brought to the table, Benitez was able to use his own effective jab, ring smarts, and his feet to keep a solid grasp of the parameters of the fight (though not able to top Hearns all that often). And the scorecards are public record; the fight was a 15-round majority decision [even, Hearns +5(10 rounds to 5), Hearns +9(12 rounds to 3)]. With his wits and all of his 5'10", 70" reach frame.

Floyd has the skills to adopt Benitez's gameplan and expand on it. He doesn't have all of the height, but he walks into the hypothetical matchup with an absurd 72" reach (for being all of 5'8). 2007 Floyd Mayweather (the Floyd that fought Oscar at 150lbs)comes in with a longer jab, a more effective set of jabs, and the physical ability to utilize his feet to dictate space.

Again, if you actually watched the fight, you wouldn't still be trying to spin.

[Scipio2009]

please watch the fight that Floyd would likely use as his blueprint

[Scipio2009]

How could he have dictated the pace against Tommy?

You haven't debunked anything.

Benitez neutralized Hearns in spots by cutting him short behind his own jab, and using his feet. Mayweather has a significantly longer jab than Benitez, in addition to boxing ability that at least rivaled, if not surpassed, the boxing ability of Benitez.

[Scipio2009]

Tommy Hearns is Floyd's worst nightmare


Body of paul williams

Power of golovkin

Skills of vernon Forrest

Jab of winky wright


Total monster

Aaron Pryor is Floyd's worst nightmare; Tommy Hearns is simply a tough style matchup to figure out.

[Sledgeweather17]

I've heard people say, hypothetically, if Floyd and Hearns had met in their prime that Hearns would have destroyed him via knockout.

I get Hearns has the height advantage and could potentially out jab him but why do people think it would be such an easy win for Hearns. Floyd is crafty, I think he would figure Hearns out and avoid his right hand, plus putting some lead rights himself.

The only guy I could see beat Floyd out of the fab 4 is Sugar Ray Leonard.

Only problem Floyd has is his hand issues. It's the reason he fights only once or twice a year and also the reason he hates pressure fighters, throws one or two shots at a time instead of combos, and doesn't go for knockouts. His hands break easily and they break too many times.

That's why I think Duran is the guy that would have given him more problems than Hearns and Sugar, those two would have just got ****** into Floyd's rhythm, he would have been in his comfort zone.

Not saying Duran was better than them, just saying, his style would have given Floyd more problems coz of Floyd's hands.

[LetOutTheCage]

Because styles make fights and this is the worst type of matchup you could give Floyd.

This, Hearns wasn't just a slugger he was also a very good boxer. That reach advantage along with his excellent jab would cause Mayweather all sorts of problems Then you factor in Hearns' power... We saw Mosley wobble Mayweather badly twice in their fight, if Hearns catches him with any of his power shots he knocks Mayweather out cold.