Greater Power? Hearns or Mugabi?

For a single punch power I would easily go with Hearn's right. Devastating if he was able to time his opponent and land that shot clean. Being at the end of it was game over.

 

Mugabi.

A great puncher is different from a hard puncher IMO. Tommy Hearns' shots were fast, accurate, and had a lot of snap, Mugabi had raw power. Ernie Shavers would be better than Tyson in this respect.

 

Tommy Hearns was a much better puncher and fighter then that of John Mugabi......... Hearns' problem was his hands were brittle... He busted his knuckles to his right hand on the heads of "Benitez & Hagler" in 1982 and '85....... He then severely bruised his hand in 1986 on the head of Mark Medal....... Still, when he hand was properly healed, it was wicked between 147 to 160 pounds..... Hell, later on in the early 90s, Hearns had surgery on his right hand and he then came back to ICE a few dudes like Andrew Maynard in one round at 180 + or - pounds...... Hearns' power was there....

John Mugabi was just a wild ass winger hoping to hit paydirt.... Mugabi's skills sucked..... Mugabi was spoon fed a steady diet of bums and stiffs, along with a few old farts on his way to his title shot with Marvin Hagler.......... Hagler RUINED Mugabi.... The dude was never the same..... Screw his title win over Rene Jacquot in 1989, Jacquot looked scared shitless and fell from a glancing blow to supposedly bust or bruise his ankle in rd one........ A bogus win and fight..... Up then Terry Norris...... Norris wasted Mugabi with ease...... The last I saw of Mugabi in the ring he was being frozen by Gerald McClellan in 1991...... Cheerio....

MR.BILL

 

I think you will find Hearns damaged his hand on Benitez's elbow you can see it happen and hear him complain in the corner after,he used it sparingly the rest of the fight. I broadly agree with the rest of your post Hearns kod better fighters than Mugabi and at different weights.

 

Yes, but would he have done so had he equivalent skills to Mugabi?.

I think this is a wash really.Mugabi had glaring flaws and was not in hearns class as an all-around fighter, but his power was undeniable imo.

Hearns is obviously the better overall puncher.

 

Both in their 'punching primes' it would be close. But Hearns carried his power up past his prime weights of 147/154.

 

Christ, Mugabi was only 30 / 31 yrs old when he was KTFO by "Norris & McClellan."

MR.BILL

 

i remember mcclellen's one rounder against mugabi,it was on the undercard of frank bruno comeback v john emmen i think....mugabi was aone of my faves growing up,used to feature on sportsnight in the uk. granted,the beast wasnt in the hitmans league overall,hearns was soooo fast. even against barkley 1,he was breaking barkley in half until that right hand landed. mugabi's opponents werent in the same legendary league as some of hearns opponents but make no mistake,the beast could really hit,as his ko record denotes...his comeback in australia in the late 90's(i think) should really be discounted as he was way over the top by then. mugabi was a tad unlucky,coming along when hagler,albeit a slowing down hagler, was still on top. still,mugabi was a pretty good fighter in his own right,just not very top level,at a time when you really needed that something special

 

Mugabi was a strong thudding puncher ala a Frank Bruno, he looked impressive flattening the fringe contenders and Journeyman that were meant to take you a few rounds. But like Bruno, Mugabi struggled to show his power against the best.

Hearns punching power is timing based and although natural talent, it did take Manny a long time to get Hearns punching properly. He had what over 100 wins in the amateurs? But less than 10 of them were stoppage wins.

Hearns though overall was more powerful with the single punch IMO.

 

But what would that have to do with power?

 

John,

I'd tongue that chicks bung hole in the photo.... BOING!!:hey

As for Mugabi and age, well, I'm sure his power was still there, but his chin timing and reflexes were no longer there at age 30 / 31...:-(

MR.BILL

 

Very hard to say. Hearns main asset was speed. He landed well leveraged punches with speed, when most fighters were not fast enough to do it. Mugabi on the other hand was wild and would go for broke and land hellacious punches from left field. Punch for punch hard to say. Hearns with the right and Mugabi with the left. Hagler would be a better judge of who punches harder. Hagler was hurt by Hearns but not by Mugabi. But Mugabi never could land his best punch on Marvin early. So who knows.

 

i think Mugabi had better raw power but hearns had the better technique which enabled him to land the harder shots

 

Only one real answer, at World level, Thomas Hearns had the 1 shot power ....

Mugabi did have power but it was without any method, and rarely used to dispose of the kind of men Tommy did...