Floyd vs. Hearns

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  1. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    How would a young Floyd Patterson deal with The Motor City Cobra at LHW?
     
  2. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

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    You'd need a spatula to scrape Hearns off of the canvas.
     
  3. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    Patterson lights him up with combos at mid range the same way Leonard did except it doesn't take him as long to get to the job
     
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    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    gazelle punch ktfo
     
  5. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Here's Hearns thoughts on the fight;

    "Against me, I would have to respect him. I think that he could go the distance with me. I would have to out-think him and definitely out-jab him. He's a shorter man, so he can't get to me.

    "I would have to keep the jab on him and keep him at a distance and force him to use his head movement all of the time. Somewhere down the line, I would probably hit him with a couple of right hands.

    "I would probably get him with a good right hand if not an average right hand. If I was to go to the body, you know that might play into what he is probably trying to do strategically.

    "I think that if I got closer to him trying to land a body shot, that would be what he wants. So I think that my best thing would be to stay on the outside and just box him. But I think that he could go the distance with me."

    You can't pick Lil Floyd in this fight, but I think he would be competitive.
     
  6. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    I'd probably pick Hearns to out-point Floyd Mayweather Jr., but what does this hypothetical fight have anything to do with a match-up with Floyd Patterson?
     
  7. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Why the hell would you match up Hearns with Patterson?
     
  8. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    Because Hearns was a LHW champ at 27