Tommy would have stopped Barkley in 4 rounds had he not gotten careless. And he would have stopped him with bodypunches. Barkley was standing close so Hearns couldn't measure him well. so he was working Barkley's body
He never fought Leonard or Hearns. Fighting an older Mosley or Margarito is good but not the same thing. We will never see Many fight Hearns and Leonard, all we can do is talk about it.
Hearns is a beast and would hand the same result to Pac he handed Aaron Pryor (The Pacquiao of the 80s).
The only problem with your post is that Pacman really isn't a very good infighter despite his athleticism and explosiveness. I agree that Pac could consistently evade Tommy's jab but I don't really think he'd do very much with his opportunities on the inside besides get clinched or absorb uppercuts to the body. Like Tyson in his prime, Manny is a dynamic mid-range fighter who would have to work really, really hard to land anything of subtance on a tall, rangy fighter with Hearns' skill set.
Vitali Klitschko vs Lennox Lewis THE FACTS Vitali took the fight on just 10 days notice. Vitali was clearly winning the fight 4-2 on all 3 scorecards at the time of the controversial doctor stoppage. Lewis barely survived the 2nd round and almost got KO'd, he was badly hurt, holding on for dear life, wobbling everywhere and staggering around the ring like a drunk. Lewis was badly hurt several times in the fight and was getting outslugged, outworked, outmuscled, outlanded and outboxed by Vitali. punches landed Vitali 156 Lewis 102 Lewis was exhausted, worn down and hurt from the accumulation of punches and was ready to get KTFO again, he collapsed onto his stool at the end of the 6th round, Vitali was clearly the fresher of the two, he would've KO'd Lewis for sure if the fight had continued. After the fight, Vitali intimidated the **** out of Lewis and made him look like a *****. The whole crowd cheered for Vitali and booed Lewis. Lewis promised Vitali a rematch. Vitali destroyed Kirk Johnson in 2 rounds and called out Lewis again in the post fight interview. The gutless coward Lewis retired shortly after that fight. Lewis turned down 40 million dollars for a rematch and retired like a coward because he knew he would get destroyed by Vitali. Vitali dominated Lewis and scared his ***** ass into retirement. George Foreman: "Vitali was winning the fight. Lewis got lucky. There has to be a rematch!" Jim Lampley: "A lucky escape for Lewis who was clearly losing the fight" Even Emanuel Steward was upset and pissed off at Lewis for blatantly ducking a Vitali rematch. Lewis is scared to death of Vitali.