Wilfred Benitez vs Terry Norris @154

Hearns beats them all for me and Norris and jackson are dispatched early tito late stoppage and mike on points in a close fight but you are right he could be hurt and all of those fights would be exciting as most of hearns fights were.

 

Hearns would have Jackson out of there in record time.

 

If Hearns landed the same shots on Jackson the way he did on Barkley, Jackson doesn't survive. Period. And a fight between a prime Benitez and prime Norris would've been a fantastic chess match, but I see Benitez being just a little better, winning a dec.

 

True, but JJ is a much bigger puncher than Barkley.

Combine that with Hearns shaky whiskers and Tommy goes to sleep.

I love Tommy, and I rate him as a fantastic Boxer, but if JJ hits him (and he will) Tommy is going down and staying down.

 

You say this like Jackson was never laid out.

 

Oh, I know he was.

Just got a feeling that "The Hawk" would take it.

Murderous puncher at the weight.

 

Benitez did some good work at Jr. Middle. But this was not his signature weight class. I might lean towards Norris here. Terry was brutal on guys who moved up in weight to meet him.