29 years ago today - Leonard vs Hearns

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  1. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Greatness was displayed by two warriors:

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  2. bodhi

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    Love this fight! Well, everybody does. What´s the most interesting IMO is how both fighters switched their styles with each other during the bout.
     
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  3. Danny

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    I wonder who else knows that this fight was close to happening in 1979?

    If it had taken place as early as then, Hearns would have been at a disadvantage!
     
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  4. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You're right. Hearns - Weston from '79 was posted the other day in another thread. Tommy improved dramatically from then until '81.
     
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  5. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A testament to their greatness that they were able to adapt so quickly and dramatically.
     
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  6. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Clip 5 shows the judges scorecards. Note how far Tommy was ahead after 11 rounds. Getting close to Leonard needing the stoppage.
     
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  7. duranimal

    duranimal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jeezus ****, 29 years ago most of the bitches yer snagged had serious jungle bush:lol:

    This is the fight too how Leonard has always had my 100%+ prop's:yep A truly incredible championship performence in how to rip victory from the jaws of certain defeat:deal

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  8. prime

    prime BOX! Writing Champion Full Member

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    1981 Chicago pay-per-view TV ad voiceover¨(with split-screen footage of both fighters in training): "Sugar Ray Leonard! Thomas Hearns! Who will win boxing's biggest fight?"

    (Both fighters stop and snort to the camera): "I WILL!"

    Amazing night for boxing. Perhaps Sugar Ray Leonard's finest performance. A true battle for the ages.

    The first of several heartbreaking, yet legend-building, world-stage defeats for Hearns.

    Leonard proved that night --pretty-boy hype be damned!-- he is an all-time great.
     
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  9. MRBILL

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    The two fight series of "Leonard-Hearns" is on my list of ATG fights I like to review... WORD!

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  10. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Seems like YESTERDAY, n...remember just where I was, 'n hollerin' myself hoarse.
     
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  11. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :goodme too.my man lost
     
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  12. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's funny, seemed like there was a devine presence 'round some guys; like a scenario that they'd always dramatically rally back 'n win, like Louis, SRR, Ali, Jones, 'n SRL.
     
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  13. Stevie G

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    They'd both have earned a lot less money too.
     
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  14. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah, but I never thought of Tommy as the loser in that fight. Great effort. Easy for me to say though, I was rooting for Leonard ;-).
    Gotta love Tommy though. He sent guys out on their shield and on a few occasions went out on his shield. You always got your money's worth and more with Tommy.
     
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  15. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Classic battle between two great fighters. Leonard in his prime,and Hearns just approaching his. It's a pity that their '89 rematch did n't happen 7 years earlier.
     
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