Hearns-Weston, Anybody See This?

I have it.... "Mutt and Jeff." Hearns was just too tall, lanky, skilled, fast & powerful for Harry Weston..... I rarely review the tape / fight....... Weston claims a thumb caught his eye and detached his retina, but I've seen worse swelling in other fights in which the victim recovers just fine..... Who knows??

MR.BILL

 

I remember that fight.

 

Weston was a terrific boxer ... he was starting to really test a very young Hearns and he did get stopped on an eye injury. He was through after the bout ... Hearns dodged a bullet with that one as he was on the way to getting schooled ...

 

I saw it too and agree, he was coming on real well. Also, he did not quit, Gil Clancy stopped it. I recall at the time Clancy saying after the bout about the eye, "I'm not going to let a great fighter like Harold get hurt." Little did he, Harold or anyone else know that there was a detached retina involved and that Weston would never fight again.

Scartissue

 

I know Westons daddy raised him to be a fighter ala Delahoya. He started learning basic's at a very young age.
Johnny Bos mentioned Harold is doing very well in his biz as of late.

Always a breath of fresh air in this racket.

 

Well Bill since you have it you should take a second look, Weston was coming on pretty good. Obviously it was bad if he had a detached retina. I remember my dad looking forward to Cuevas knocking out Hearns(so he thought) he was thinking that Tommy didnt look to impressive in this fight,an rationalized based on this fight that Cuevas would beat him.

 

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I haven't seen this fight in a long time. Wow, VERY interesting fight. Two things jump out at me. This fight getting stopped may have hurt Tommy in the long run. If it goes the full 12, I think Weston gives Tommy a serious test, and most importantly, some experience clinching when hurt/tired. With that experience, who knows, maybe he could have fended off Leonard better.
Secondly, I see Weston a much shorter fighter, pressing in on Tommy and executing his offense with some confidence. Now granted, this was not the Tommy Hearns who gave Leonard hell over two years later, and Harold Weston, while good, is no Jose Napoles, but this fight kind of gives me an idea what Hearns-Napoles might look like. Am I reaching there?

 

Always good to learn the truth underlying the legends' careers.

 

Hearns didn't bother to clinch until after the Leonard I fight. Literally, Tommy thought he was above using a clinch in the ring. He paid for this act of machismo.

 

Yep, Cuevas' manager Lupe Sanchez had Cuevas curb his usual aggressiveness until about the fourth round. when Hearns would be more suseptable to a body attack. Two problems, Cuevas cannot fight defensivly and Cuevas had the Mexican boxing shoes, which were notoriously bad for footing. slippery soles. Hearns was also way faster than they had anticipated, the result eas inevitable...