Barkley on Hearns power "It was'nt what I thought it was"

What did Duran and Cuevas say?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umXLH89b9Bo

I would like to ask Leonard about Hearns' power at 4:00 into his video. I bet he didn't think Hearns' power was oversold then.

I've never seen anyone hurt Hagler more than Hearns did at the beginning of the first round, not that Hagler was all that badly hurt, he just never was really.

Barkley took Hearns' punches well but it seemed like he was on his way out until landing that right hand bomb.

 

That's because they weren't knocked out by it.

 

I have always thought that Tommy's single-shot power was a little overrated. For me he is not quite on the same level as Bob Foster or Julian Jackson in terms of concussive punching power. In terms of all-round offense he is as good as almost anyone else in history, but in terms of raw power I am a little bit dubious that Tommy at welter or light-middle hit as hard as say, Foster at light-heavy.

 

the thing with tommy is that at welter and light middle, he was one of the hardest punchers in the division's history. once he moved to middle it just wasn't the same. i don't have the stats handy but his knockout % dropped CONSIDERABLY. he was a HUGE welter, a big light welter, and a relatively small (bulk wise) middle. he had a big frame but once he moved up he wasn't as sturdy, solid, or built and it showed

 

Barkley could have fooled me the way he was wilting from those bodyshots...

Nah, for me Hearns was a scary puncher at 147/154, and still had formidable power at 160/175.

 

Few are though. This goes especially for Jackson, who was a bit of a freak in that department.
P4P Tommy at 147/154 hit every bit as hard as Foster at 175, imo.

 

Tommy Hearns power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs_stsBokVE&feature=related

Those left hooks to the body, a thing of beauty

 

had:? barkleys head been scrambled by then.i wouldn't like hearns to "tickle" my ribs.

 

Keep in mind even for their first fight Hearns was past his best. IN addition, he simply never landed his biggest shot on Iran, who did not have a great chin. Hearns was not the same puncher at middle that he was at 147 and 154 but he still flattened James Schuler with one bomb and had Juan Roldan, who took a ton of Haglers shots, bouncing up and down like a rubber ball. Even with the biggest hitters, sometimes the KO's come and sometimes they don't.

 

Hearns hit like a mule, At welter in especially he was without doubt in the very top tier power-wise. I struggle to rank anyone above him infact.

 

this:deal

 

Have you not watched any of Barkley's fights? He absorbed punishment like a sponge. It took a ton of shots just to hurt him, let alone knock him down or stop him.

 

No one did to Duran what Tommy did to him, in his entire career.........no one! Hearns had crushing power. Barkley was on the way out when he landed that huge shot in the 1st fight. Hearns has world class power, no doubt.