It's at 175lbs. I've never seen this match up here at this weight, which surprised me. We've had plenty worse ones. Who wins and how?
If you think Tommy hits even half as hard as Herr Schmeling with the right then insanity. The Toy Bulldog begins an unceasing left hook to the body atttack in round 1 and Tommy capitulates in 2.
I'm not sure, Hearns seems to have right style to beat Walker but Mickey was so good at pressuring opponents. Besides, I think that this weight suits Walker more. I'd like to see more knowledgeable opinions here.
Styles favour Hearns, but I pick Walker at the lower weights. No-one weighing below HW stopped prime Walker, and I don't think Hearns can protect his mandible for 15. Walker shifts into position brilliantly, and came out of nowhere with huge monster shots. I think he comes over the top of a jab with a Milligan-esque hook and puts Hearns down and out. Hearns' lack of clinching ability is also a real problem for him here. The extra weight is interesting. As I think while they both got worse as they moved up, understandably so, Hearns may benefit more from it. To me, it looks like the extra weight helped Hearns' foundation and legs, he recovered from punches better, and he was facing bigger guys. That could really help him here, but then again, with slower legs, Walker could land more. I think I'll stick with my gut and say Walker wins. Real 50/50, across all weights though. These two are made to beat one another, but I'd say Hearns is the better fighter on the whole.
It's not the weight that worries me it's the height. Walker about the same hight as Duran? I gotta go with Hearns.
Andries would have taken Walker`s shots better than he took Tommy`s shots, WAlker didn`t hit harder than Barkley and Hearns took Barkley`s shots for 12 rounds in their rematch, don`t know how many one punch KO`s Walker attained during his career, nobody on this forum has seen Walker throw as shot as hard as the right hand Barkley finished Hearns with.
There's not much footage of Walker, certainly not much freely online, but there's still footage of some nasty shots. This content is protected
