Pound for Pound the best overhand right ever: Tommy Hearns

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  1. Nopporn

    Nopporn Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    People love Hearns because he always came to fight. His aggressive style was what people love to watch. The straight left and right knocking out Duran was one of the most brutal knock outs I've ever witnessed. Hearn would have beaten Hagler if he had had a granite chin.
     
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  2. BoppaZoo

    BoppaZoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hearns and
    Kostya Tszyu are the two best overhand rights ive seen.
     
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  3. squanto

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    Rocked the **** out of Hagler too :good
     
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  4. bballchump11

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    because it's so easy :rofl:rofl
     
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  5. NeckBreaknAiken

    NeckBreaknAiken Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Go to sleep, hoe. :nono
     
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  6. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He never rocked Haglar . . . that was the amazing thing! i think Tommy was shocked when he tag MMH and he walked through it . . . what a sight! what a fight!
     
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  7. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    "Earnie hit me so hard, he shook my kinfolk back in Africa!" - Ali said after his fight with shavers

    but tommy's was the best
     
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  8. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    The shot that Hearns landed on Hagler that affected Marvin the most was actually a short right uppercut.

    He didn't land his straight right on him the same way he did on Cuevas, Shuler, Duran, etc....with distance and full leverage, but he landed some hard shots that were sort of like right hooks around Marvin's guard.
     
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  9. bernie4366

    bernie4366 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Another guy who didn't see the fight popping off like an expert.

    Hagler was rocked bad. If Tommy didn't hurt his hand, it would probably have been a different fight.
     
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  10. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    lol, hearns stopped him in his tracks (might have stunned him) and haglar just kept on coming MMH NEVER took a step back! man I watched that fight about 50 times son . . . 51 if you count before my last comment! Hell, I wanted tommy to win because he was my favourite fighter after SRL at the time. I never became a fan of MMH after i watched the SRL fight for a second time and realized he beat sugar.

    I do agree, if tommy didnt hurt his hand it would have been very interesting because tommy was boxing beautifully (not because he had MMH in any trouble). I wish they had a rematch because of tommy's hand . .oh well!
     
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  11. bRoNeR**a**G

    bRoNeR**a**G Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I always thought it was a straight right, but whatever it is, he was the best at it. Downright scary.
     
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  12. boxon123

    boxon123 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Isn't this an overhand right. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgWxFh0msxI[/ame] not [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o7A3rMN6Co[/ame]
     
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  13. KO-KING

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    More of a straight right, rather than overhand right
     
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  14. megavolt

    megavolt Constantly Shadowboxing Full Member

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    The right he landed on Duran was more of a hook. Look at the direction it continues after it lands (because its damn near impossible to tell before it lands, video capture quality wasn't up to snuff back then)
     
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  15. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    Hopkins has a pretty damn good overhand right.
     
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