He was very impressive against the non pressuring fighters but the Spinks ,and Holyfields and others? I do believe who ever he did fight,the right hand he throws would get anyone's attention.
He was obviously a good fighter at LHW, but it was way above his best weight. He'd lose to the best fighters, but give most a very tough fight.
Way above his best weight. He'd lose to any top (as in another champion) fighter that was able to put him under pressure and swarm him. Said fighters would still have to take the power of Hearns which even at 175 was considerable. So in essence, it would take the same styles that beat him at the lower weights, but that the average champion at 175 would be better able to take his punches. He'd still have a puncher's chance though with almost anyone. Although his power was diminished, he still had the hand speed at 175 to maximise that power. His jab was still top notch too.
I agree with most who say that Hearns probably would have fallen victom some of the more dangerous hitters. On the otherhand, I think he would have faired well against some of the better boxer types. He did afterall outbox a peak Virgil Hill, and I'd likely pick him to beat some of the other slickersters as well. Archie Moore, Dwight Qawi, etc might have cracked his chin.
Hearns would do well against the not aggressive boxer types, like of course Hill,Conn,Pastrano or Maxim or a come forward, but not particularly powerful like Tiger. But fighters like Bob Foster,M.Spinks, E.Charles,A.Moore , Saad Muhammed were too powerful for him, and would eventually ko him. Even 2nd tier fighters like M.Johnson , Mustafa-Muhammed, or Galindez would' be a very serious threat.
We got posters on here who think Wilfred Benitez was in his prime versus Matt Hilton and that Holyfield fought at light heavyweight... I'm starting to get nervous for Classic. More and more general idiots are making their way in...
It's lockdown, people have more free time. More ******s are showing up. Let's hope things get better, eh?
Hearns matched up really well against most light heavyweights. He still had his power. And the added weight seemed to give him reserves later in fights that he didn't have in the lighter divisions. I remember when the USA Network was really pushing a light heavyweight unification. And the light heavyweight champs at the time were Moorer, Hill, Charles Williams and Andries. They all got together on one broadcast the night Moorer and Williams co-headlined a show to discuss a tournament. It's funny looking back and realizing Hearns fought two of the four (Hill and Andries) and kind of beat them soundly. For boxers who kind of laid back or didn't force the fight, Hearns could probably hang with just about any of them. Mate Parlov. Joey Maxim. Billy Conn. Tommy Loughran. I think Hearns does just fine. Pressure guys at 175 would've given him more trouble than the boxers would've. And the REALLY big punchers take him. But he might win a shootout with some of them. Hearns was no slouch at 175.
I agree. Hell, Galindez may have had trouble with Hearns. Victor wasn't really a big puncher, either.
Considering we found out how fragile his chin is, I think Tommy would have had a great chance of stopping Kovalev.
