Not fair. Armstrong started out as a featherweight and lightweight, only later moving up to welter and middle. He would have the same problem...
Pernell was very hard to hit, but he’s up against someone who can match his speed. Hearns also has an overwhelming advantage in reach and power....
Norton’s skill involved going after the slick movers like Ali and Holmes.He was very good at cornering them and taking away their movement. That’s...
I don’t see how that explains the outcome Being angry could be counterproductive. It can make a fighter reckless, leaving himself open.
How about Mike Tyson (71" reach) vs Tyson Fury (85" reach) or vs Sonny Liston (84" reach)
How do you think a proportionately smaller Mike Tyson would do against Hearns. Tyson was about 5'10 or 11 and about 220. Much more compact than...
You are saying Durán wasn't quick enough to use his style effectively against Hearns. It certainly showed in that fight. I get that: speed is...
I meant in the first fight Ray's strategy wasn't a whole lot different when you compare his fights with Benítez and his first Durán fight. The...
What I'm hearing is that Ray fought the same way against Benítez as he did against Durán.
I heard something like that as well. That seems like being over cautious. What worked against Durán may not have worked against Hearns. Benítez...
That's a very thorough analysis of Hearns' and Leonard's styles. Let's compare their performances against another common opponent, Benítez....
Wow! Why all the hate?
Well, it was quite obvious that Durán didn't bend down as he should have against Hearns. One of the announcers even pointed that out before Durán...
People tend to forget that Leonard's corner went into that first fight extremely confident. Angelo Dundee predicted an early KO because after all...
Choice of words? Do you mean Durán could never get out of the way of Hearns' shots? As we've said before, certainly not in 84, but in1980? The...
