I'd quite like to see the argument for Hearns ahead of Ross.
I'm undecided on Basilio against Hearns, resume-wise. Which one is weaker, all things considered, I haven't decided. But I think they are both...
Hearns's resume falls off badly after Cuevas, and Cuevas was not world champion at the time, or ever. Duran was. And you'd have to say Leonard was...
He beat him three times at welterweight.
Compared to what?
I wonder what's at the root of the Hearn/Bellew relationship. It's almost as if Bellew has some dirt on Hearn and Hearn gives him all these...
Won the trilogy with Jimmy McLarnin. Beat Billy Petrolle when Petrolle was #1 at welter. Beat Ceferino Garcia three times.
Yeah, that's how I see it. I don't see him as an all-time great welterweight at all really. His reputation is that he moved up to middleweight and...
Saensak Muangsurin doesn't really merit a mention at all. Hearns did have a win against Angel Espada though.
Yeah, I definitely spoke out of turn when I said Hearns might have a better resume than Rodriguez.
The casual fans like undefeated records, or long winning streaks of knock-outs, etc. That's how managers and promoters build fighters into a...
It would be like Liston-Wepner. Yes, I know Vitali was a lot better than Wepner. But a 1960 Liston was a lot better than a 1970 Liston.
I think Hearns might have a better resume than Basilio or Rodriguez at 147 on that list.
You can start with the top 10 you posted in the OP. Which ones does Hearns have a better resume than ? Hearn was never even world champion at...
Britton is the worst omission on that list, by far. Ted Kid Lewis would make my top 10. Walcott maybe.
