Chris Eubank Snr vs Thomas Hearns

"As we saw against Leonard twice."

Yes, as we saw against one of the 5 best fighters who ever lived.

We're talking about a guy who isn't even a top 5 UK great.

 

AGAIN...these are I assume prime for prime. Was Hearns prime for Leonard ll ...that's what I thought. Stop making it convenient for. Its prime for prime or I dont want to hear it.

 

Eubank usually fought to the level of his opponents, so I think we'd be in for a great fight.

I'd lean toward Eubank. He just never seemed as vulnerable in the ring like Hearns could on occasion. Eubank hid the pain better and fought through it with more ferociousness. When Hearns got hurt, people in the last row could tell.

 

Laughable that anyone here is picking eubank. Mind blowing in fact. One word - LEVELS

 

You think that's laughable?

It was only a month ago that some idiot on here (forgot who) was claiming Eubank would have beaten Monzon.

If only the mythical Eubank was as good as the ACTUAL Eubank.

 

I also need to remind people that Hearns was past his prime when he lost to Barkley.

Let's be very clear - Leonard and Hagler were the only two guys who beat a prime Hearns.

Tommy Hearns is picked to lose against EVERY Joe Blow in history who could punch, and it's comical.

Did Eubank stop Benn with one punch? No, he stopped FRAGILE ASS Benn via accumulation. ON HIS FEET, no less! Didn't even drop him! Even Watson stopped Benn quicker. Is Watson hailed as a puncher?

Why in the living Hell is Eubank touted as some Bob Foster-like puncher? Where is the evidence to support this?? Where??? His hailmary in the Watson rematch?

I see no reason why Hearns would fall apart if Eubank landed. And he wouldn't land often... he'd be too busy get pasted.

 

Nobody is touting him as a Bob Foster-like puncher. But Super Middle wasn't Hearns' division.

 

That's easy, Bulldog24 aka Atberry.

 

If Hearns wins, Eubank will be his best win at both MW and SMW by some distance. Hearns is doing much better in fantasy match-ups at these weights than he did in actual fights. With that said style-wise Eubank seems a pretty good fit for Hearns. His chin and power are not good news for Hearns, though.

 

It says "at their available bests" so I was assuming we were using 160 - since that actually was Eubank's best division.

 

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Hearns outworks him from range. Eubank would catch many of those jabs from the hip and stay just out of range, so Tommy comes in and thoroughly outworks him combinations, keeping Eubank in a shell when he comes in or in a stance/posture when he waits.

Eubank very rarely countered the jab so Tommy is safe to throw many to keep him occupied before moving in with a blistering cluster behind a cross.

Hearns UD

 

Eubank turned the fight down right after the Benn fight in 1990, telling Bob Arum he was not fit to tie Tommy's laces.

 

P4p, yes. At MW and SMW, no.

 

Barkley only lost on the 3 knockdown rule though. He was far from finished and I am confident he would have seriously hurt Benn had he landed with his own best shots. Benn, by no means, had an iron chin.

Back OT, it's an interesting one but really this is Hearn's fight to lose. I don't see any puncher at MW/SMW stopping Eubank so it's almost certainly gonna have to be on points. Tommy can win on points fairly easily I feel BUT with Tommy there is always the danger he goes all macho and tries to slug it out with Eubank. If he does that, he loses by TKO.

Eubank is not a fighter to trade with if there's any hint of weakness around the jaw/legs. He's similiar to Hagler in that he has a cast iron chin and has power of his own.

BTW that's probably the only time I will compare Eubank to Hagler