On a head to head basis??? If not...who would you slide in after the Sugars? Napoles? Gavilan? Walker? Armstrong? Griffith? Rodriguez? Walcott? Floyd?
Of course R.Robinson is the G.O.A.T. Followed by Ray Leonard ( despite what his haters say, he beat the best comp at that weight) and yes than Hearns in that div. Basing it more on his potential at that weight, other then Robinson or Leonard. I see no one else at that weight beating him.
For legacy at welterweight no, head to head well that's a difficult one, because he's a bit of a nightmare proposition for any of them.
I wish we'd have gotten to see more of him at 147, but it's a small miracle he made the weight there as long as he did. H2H, he could be a nightmare matchup for anyone there on paper, but there's still alot of guesswork because the only great 147 pounder he fought, he faded against and got stopped late (though Cuevas was good). I thought he peaked at 154, and I'm wary of giving the 147 lb version that credit since not having to cut the last 7 pounds made him a better, stronger fighter. As did the experience from losing to Leonard. Maybe he is a top 3-5 guy at 147, or maybe he drops more fights than we expect. I think it's the latter, but it's a tough call. At 154, everything came together.
Can someone remind me who he beat at welter besides Cuevas? Britton beat Leonard, Charley White, Mike O'Dowd, Kid Lewis and Mickey Walker. I would even put Packy McFarland ahead of Hearns, in addition to the easy ones like Walcott, both Sugars and Napoles.
Unless we are discussing imaginary fights that didn't actually happen, isn't this the most provable statement possible?