Would you back any ww or lmw to beat SRL twice in a row?

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  1. TommyV

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    Hearns over 12 and Robinson over 15 are as good a shouts as any so far.
     
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    Willie Meehan over 4
     
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    And...Greb...:rofl:rofl:rofl
     
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    and don't forget jim jeffries is faster than usain bolt
     
  6. horst

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    IMO, if SRL knows it's a 12 round fight going in, he chops Hearns down within the time frame just like he did in their first fight. Tommy's chin is never holding up to a prime SRL in aggressive mode.
     
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    :lol:
     
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    :D Do behave.
     
  9. Boxed Ears

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    Nat Fleischer said 84-49-16 "Battlin' Irish Kid Tulsa Cherokee McGhee McCoy O'Day (born Jackie Feingold) would've taken Duran to the limit at lightweight and got in that Clay's ass at heavyweight,".
     
  10. Bokaj

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    You could have a point. You think Ray was further past it when they met the second time, I gather?
     
  11. DonBoxer

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    Prime Willie Meehan ?:D
     
  12. horst

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    Yes. Don't you?
     
  13. Bokaj

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    Yeah, they just don't make them up like they used to.
     
  14. Bokaj

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    Yes, he probably was. And if the fight had been made at LMW instead of SMW I believe Hearns probably would have been KO'd (if he'd even been able to make weight).
     
  15. TommyV

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    There would always be an arguement though that if that was the case, why didn't he do it earlier? That may well have been the case, but a statement like that sort of inadvertently implies that Leonard could have stepped it up and taken out Hearns' anytime he wanted.