What WW could outbox Hearns?

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who in history do you think could outbox Thomas Hearns at WW?
     
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  2. Ragamuffin

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    A younger Emile Griffith may have given the Hitman a run for his money.
     
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  3. Brixton Bomber

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    This is a hard one.

    You had to outfight Hearns to beat him. Outboxing him? Man... SRR? SRL (on his best day)?

    Hearns was a phenomenal boxer.
     
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  4. 2piece

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    No body

    Thread over.
     
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  5. Phil_Ivey_76

    Phil_Ivey_76 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Agreed!

    I think if Hearns had the chin of Robinson, he'd beat anybody that ever lived at that weight.
     
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  6. heerko koois

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    Prime Curry maybe...
     
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  7. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    not yet..
     
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  8. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was just gonna say that. I'm sure there'll be people who will disagree.
     
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  9. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Napoles and Robinson come to mind.
     
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  10. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think a prime Hearns would clean out the current WW division.
     
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  11. mr. magoo

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    Possibly Robinson or Armstrong.
     
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  12. salsanchezfan

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    Not many could outbox him. Hearns was one of precious few fighters who could control an entire fight using only a jab. He used his freakish height and reach as well as you could ask him to, and that meant a lot of noses bent on the end of those long arms that most welters could never get around.
     
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  13. Mendoza

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    Out box? Maybe none. Out work or KO, a few
     
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  14. 2piece

    2piece Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think of all the other champions and there are many who have great boxing skills I just can't imagine anyone overcoming that reach.

    I could be wrong though, I can handle it, I've been wrong a lot of times.
     
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  15. Seamus

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    Hagler and Leonard overcame that reach.

    If reach were everything, Julius Long would be King of the Sport.
     
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