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

I think it's nonsense when people claim Hearns was just a welterweight, implying he was too small to be a real middleweight.

Truth is, Hearns had an unusual frame that allowed him to fight comfortably at 147 and all the way up to 175, and he wasn't exactly small at any of those weights. He had a big frame, wide shoulders, a broad back, he was quite a imposing and menacing figure at 160 pounds and over too. His light legs made him capable of weighing in at unusually low weights for his overall size, but he certainly wasn't the usual "natural welterweight" some people claim he was, he was UNUSUAL. He wasn't the skinny-all-over type that Breland was either, he was wide as well as tall. He certainly looked at least as big as Hagler.

He didn't look like a flabby welter, or someone holding unnatural water or muscle for his frame, at 165 or 168 pounds.

 

To hav ethe boxing skills Hearns had and be so skinny. He hit as hard as anyone P4P!

 

Roldan never stunned Hagler. He was a big puncher, though.

 

I can understand what Barkley is talking about.

Hearns was'nt a heavy handed puncher.

Hearns power came from the snap at the end of his shots.....I think smaller fighters in stature were more effected by it, Cuevas and Duran for example.

Hearns was at his most devestating self when he was able to measure you with his left hand and then snap the right hand......he was'nt able to quite measure Barkley like that because Barkley was a tall and strong fighter.

I certainly can believe that Barkley tasted more power by a few others.

 

No supposedly about it, look at the guy unload with those hooks.

 

Sounds like a strange thing to say when you consider that Sims and Duran were able to hurt him