Hearns Wanted Tyson In 1989?

Definitely.
But those guys were "tomato cans" when up against Tyson.

 

I'd hate to think that the thin frame of Hearns taking bombs from a prime Tyson, It would be messy and lots of damage for the Hitman.

 

While that is a good point, and to be honest usually quite true, it doesnt mean that he could beat Leonard, but it does mean that he would have been a reasonable opponent for Leonard. I doubted he loses by KO1 against Leonard and if he met Leonard after Duran, he is a reasonable opponent and does reasonably well, even if i would expect him to get totally dominated still.

PLus dont forget the guys that i suggested didnt just have one result placing them at that level, they had several results which put them around about that level. Unless of course you think that Tommy Fluked it against Nate. I find that a little hard to believe to be honest.

 

Im the biggest Hearns fan and i would not have wanted to see that,now if they were 2 guys that were naturally the same size,but back in the real world,Hearns would be airlifted from the arena.

 

Jones was scared and cherry picking then,Hearns challanged him in the early 2000's and he still didnt fight Hearns.lol:rofl

 

Hearns wasn't even fighting :huh

 

But he challanged him though,and Roy said he was to old.

 

Phew. I'm really glad there were lots of posts on here pointing out that Tyson would have knocked Hearns out. Before that, I genuinely thought Hearns had a chance - the match-up was positively troubling me. Thanks lads.

 

Well, it would have done Roy a world of good knocking out a massively popular old legend who hadn't fought in years (let alone earnt any sort of shot against a top fighter) and was past it when he last had.

Holmes challenged the Klit's the other day, they have to fight him now or be accused of ducking right? Duran challenged Haye too (that's about his weight now) so that should be made in the near future :happy

 

Total mismatch! All the respect in the world for Tommy but Tyson could kill him,and i dont mean that as a euphinism