1980 Thomas `Hitman` Hearns versus 147 Mayweather ? Who why and how ?

Hearns UD. Mayweather can survive, but how can he set up his offence against someone as tall, rangy and skilled as Hearns?

 

Hearns UD

Mayweather wouldn't land his customary right hand enough. Now if this is against the Mayweather that fought three days ago, than Hearns picks up a TKO victory

 

mismatch off the century. if the promoter is smart he will have an ambulance, a hurst and a preist waiting right outside the arena.

with little difficulty hearns ko's mayweather in the 6th.

an over priced slaughter.

 

hard to say how Hearns would win, but stylewise he would.. More than likely a late KO. I say Floyd would UD Duran because Duran never could adjust to elite guys who were fast.. Benitez,Leonard,Hearns. All easily beat him. Floyd has that speed.

 

Hearns KO 9. Floyd is a genius in the ring, but he has never
faced anything like a prime Hearns. Hearns had the height,
reach, handspeed, footspeed, and jab to give Floyd trouble.
Then there is the right hand. Floyd would not be able to survive
Too many of tommy's right hand bombs. Tommy lands the right
flush in the 9thring then its lights out for Floyd

 

I think so also. Tommy would have a hard time hitting Floyd with the right the first few rounds and it would be a technical fight where Tommy is landing his jab up and down and throwing his right to the body of Floyd. Then as the rounds go by the jab starts to break down Floyd and Tommy's right gets closer and closer and Floyd gets hit clean and stopped in the late rounds.

 

Hearns KO.

 

That's how I see it. SRL was intensely focused on evading Tommy's right, but spotted Hearns the early lead in the process. Likewise, I think Tommy puts PBF in the same defensive hole, but keeps him there throughout. Does Floyd have the power, strength and stamina to come back late and take Hearns out? Ray was a rugged WW from the get-go, while Mayweather is coming up from 130. Tommy's chin, stamina and ability to withstand body punishment have been questioned, but Floyd's not the guy to answer those questions.

Hearns was justifiably proud of his skills, and highly intelligent. I believe he'd opt to supply a boxing lesson here, rather than attempt taking Mayweather out.

 

Right, Ray Robinson is. Especially when people choose Hearns as the superior H2H Welterweight fighter.

Floyd is really outgunned here in every aspect of the match-up. Hearns takes an easy UD if not flat out stop him well before, with his megaton bomb of a right hand.

 

Watching and listening to Robby surgically thud his rights into the ribs of Dykes from the outset, and ravaging the taller Bobby on the inside, I think he'd take a very different tack from SRL, and hammer after Tommy downstairs from the opening bell.

Again, I think Floyd would be so paranoid and mindful of that lethal right that a dedicated defense against it would see him through to the final bell. No call for a rematch though, as the issue of superiority would be conclusively settled.

 

Hearns by KO, much more horsepower, speed and range than anyone one Floyd has ever faced...Hit Man Hearns, the Motor city cobra by KO

 

that is why the only guys who could really beat him had to get inside on him. Hagler knew he had to fight that style and he figured his chin and being a natural middleweight was an advantage he had. Had Hearns been the natural middleweight and Hagler was moving up I doubt Hagler would have chosen that route.

 

Hearns would probably win. How, I'm not sure. At worst he'd win a decision with his height, reach, speed, footwork, and power. Hearns could box and punch, so his versatility would pose big problems for Mayweather. Floyd simply would be forced to be too defensive to win rounds, and what offense he did use would either not land or would get countered so ferociously and fast that Floyd would become even more cautious so as not to get stopped or caught with something significant, which would allow Tommy to outbox him. At best, if Tommy does happen to nail Floyd with that devastating right, it could be good night.