Close - yep a gift, Eubanks had declined Rocchigiani - no chance Eubanks clearly beat him, how is Eubank getting a home town decision in Germany against a German fighter? Malinger - close fight, Eubanks landed the more effective blows though, not really controversal Anyway all that aside, I see Hearns outboxing Eubanks early before getting starched late if its a prime for prime.
Eubank. Everyone seems to dismass a lot of those Singletary/Dewitt/Olijade/etc. type fights Hearns had above 154. The only guy he really starched was Shuler & there's a name you rarely see mentioned. Everything else was a struggle, unlike his dominance in the lower weight classes. I don't like Tommy's legs in this matchup or his habit of standing straight up. Eubank threw a sneaky right hand in there and Tommy is just going to try rolling back with it. That's the guys Eubank can hit. Sooner or later Hearns will get hit clean & he's not the guy that will absorb a big shot in this test of whiskers. And it won't be against a Kinchen or Andries caliber finisher when he does get hurt. Eubank tko9.
Remember Barkley who owned Hearns twice? Yes that man got put away in a round by BEnn who Eubanks just beat and drew with HEarns record at 160-175 isn't that impressive, so lets look at this in isolation: Hagler - lost in 3 rounds Andrias - late round KO, good win Roldan - early round KO - decent win Barkley 1 - devastating loss Kitchen - close win Leonard 2 - draw, should have got the win, Leonard was past prime Hill - excellent win Barkley 2 - losses again Its not showing him as a remarkable force at middleweight and he always looks vunerable to a powerful strong middle-super middle. In fact why didnt HEarns look to face Benn or Nunn??? The men that beat Barkley and became champs? Was he simply cherry picking at these weights?
Basing the outcome of a fight on what other opponents did to each other is never a good way to gauge the outcome of a fight. You also say that Tommy's record at 160-175 isn't that impressive which is a little harsh. One loss against one of the best middleweights in history and another against a man he was utterly dominating before he got careless; the rest are wins (or should have been in the case of the 2nd Leonard fight) aside from the 2nd Barkley fight when he was simply outhustled and shot in any case. I notice you also missed off the Shuler win which IMO is one of the most impressive rounds of long-range body punching you're likely to ever see. Cherry picking? No way mate. Anyone who has any knowledge of the man knows that Tommy would fight anyone. I liked Eubank but talent-wise Hearns was in a different league.
No but I was responding to the guy who said Hearns was mixing in class above at 160-175. P4P hearns is the greater fighter but at 160-168 Eubanks is at least his equal and stylistically would beat him. I feel Hearns didn't have the physical advantages at 160-175 and was vunerable to punchers at the weight. Eubank was an excellent finnisher, an accurate fast puncher who would stalk opponents down, who put it all on the line late in the fight could stop and beat him. Eubanks strength, chin and power would be the telling difference. If Barkley beats Hearns twice, Eubank would stop Hearns late on. I see this fight being very similar to Eubanks-Watson 2, where Eubank comes from behind to finnish.
Mechanically, it's not even a contest. Eubank didn't know how to jab in close until Lennox Lewis showed him how to coil properly. Link. Tommy, on the other hand is both one of the best and hardest hitting boxer-punchers that ever laced on gloves, particularly from middleweight down. Tommy boxes to either a late KO or clear cut decision, with Eubank having a puncher's chance due to Tommy's chin.
Pre Watson I'd give Eubank a decent puncher's chance for the reasons you said. Post Watson, when Chris became a little gun-shy due to what happened to Watson, it's Tommy on points all the way.
I cant believe so many here are giving Eubank a chance here. Its more than him not being in Hearns' class, he didnt have the style to beat Hearns either. Stylistically of all the British fighters, Benn would have had the best chance against Hearns. Eubank was a counterpuncher who didnt like coming forward, and wasnt good at doing so. Hearns would have easily outboxed him from the outside, and after tasting Tommy's right hand, Eubank wouldnt even attempt to get inside IMO.
your using the triangle theory b so your basically sayin dat since mayorga beat forest and mosley lost to forest mayorga would beat mosley your logic is flawed son na mean
What evidence do you have to prove the bolded part above? Hearns got caught and stopped in the fourteenth round against Leonard. Keep in mind that Eubank never went past 12. I guess you could attempt to argue that he "lost focus" against Hagler when he broke his hand on the latter's forehead. Getting KO'd in a fight when you were ahead on the cards doesn't mean you "lost focus", it just means that you got KO'd in a fight while you were ahead on the cards.