As any boxing fan knows,the Hit Man has had some of the most impressive victories the sport has ever witnessed. Which of the three was the most awesome?
At the the time the Shuler win really impressed me. The big questions in that fight were could Hearns handle middleweights and would he be gun shy after the Hagler slugfest. All impressive wins though!!!
Cuevas IMO. The guy had something like ten straight title defenses, almost all by KO, and no one had ever seen him get knocked down, let alone out (not since very early in his career, back in Mexico anyway). Most people probably didn't even think Hearns would even win this fight, and a quick KO seemed out of the question.
PIPINO CUEVAS because he brought an end to the violent reign of Pipino the Terror. The prime killer of boxing at the time. Duran was an old man with little interest and Shuler was chinachinned.
Pipino was maybe the most feared guy in boxing at the time and Tommy just destroyed him. Always my favorite Hearns KO
Duran because nobody else did that to him. Before or since. Overall his most impressive win to me was Benitez. He was masterful. I guess that was more Motor City Cobra than HitMan.
