Barkley/Hearns II - Scorecards?

I thought that Barkley won clearly, but I haven't watched it in years.

 

Was really disappointed in Hearns for this one.He fought way to cautiously.Though he was passed his prime,other fights he had during this period, he made an effort to be quite aggressive.

 

1992-03-20 : Thomas Hearns 174½ lbs lost to Iran Barkley 174 lbs by SD in round 12 of 12

• Location: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Referee: Mills Lane
• Judge: Jerry Roth 113-114
• Judge: Chuck Giampa 113-115
• Judge: Lou Tabat 114-113

 

I had it either a draw or hearns by one...hearns sctually stopped throwing rights as his hand was damaged after 2 rounds ...yet he took it to wire....a real shame cos tommys hands during 1991-1992 were blistering ...hed seem to have got back the speed he seemed to lose in 1988......

One f the most gruelling hard fights ive ever seen

Iran barkley was tommys vietnam...a war he couldnt win no matter how outgunned how massacred his foe was...

 

Was it that close? I remember scoring the fight quite convincingly for Barkley. But I will watch it again.

 

Barkley was Hearns crytonite. Who knows why. Sometimes styles make fights. I thought Hearns had a chance to win this fight, but he let some of the mid rounds go to Barkley. both guys were damaged after this fight. A grueling fight. Hearns had a broken nose and Barkley 2 broken ribs and cuts and swelling. as did Hearns. Hearns in the later round hurt Barkley with a left to the body and left to the head. I am not sure why he didn't do that more.

 

Tommy was fighting with a broken right hand after the early rounds..as well as one of the worst broken noses ive ever seen...his whole face looked different almost joan rivers or mickey rourke deranged after the fight....its a measure of the man that with one hand he pushed a brutish Barkley to life and death.

 

I think it was worse russell....foreman was badly battered and bruised....but he still looked like foreman....tommy experienced fubar...he actually looked different such was the extreme facial damage to his nose

 

Especially when you consider he was often thought to be a bit fragile body and durability wise. His legs were probably struggling even by the Roldan fight.

 

Great points especially the final one. The fact that he could still comfortably outperform the best light heavyweight in the world (Hill) at the stage that he did is crazy. The only kicker is that the further he went on the more susceptible he became to brawlers but he was still in there hammering away. Never ducked anyone either.

 

Iran Barkely's resilience was remarkable. Look at all the losses and he bounced back to beat Hearns at 175 too.