How would Spence have fared against all of Hearns opponents?

Leaving out Tommy opposition above 160 how would Spence have handled the rest of Tommy`s resume?

 

Personally, I think Spence vs Leonard is 50/50 due to the fact that Duran dominated Leonard and Spence is bigger and stronger than Duran. Spence bears Duran, Wilfred, and Barkley imo. Hagler would be very interesting

 

There is no way Errol Spence beats Duran or Leonard

 

Hagler was better than Spence in every way and had middleweight power as did Barkley, Spence would have a tough time dealing with Hagler`s 75 inch reach and jab, Duran handled Moore, a proven light middle puncher and Benitez proved himself v Hearns at 154, Spence has never been at that level, nor is he proven above 147.

 

Pick out the world title opponents then.

 

Duran was too small at 147 and Spence would be a stylistic nightmare. Leonard is 50/50 imo.

 

We cannot say the outcomes with certainty other than he would have been competitive with the top guys.

 

Really difficult to beat SRL at 147 pounds.

 

We don't know how effective Spence would be at Middleweight, as we've never seen him fight at that weight so that's a bit unfair. Judging Hearns fights just strictly at 147-154.

B opponents vs Geraldo, Sutherland, Shields, Curry, Weston, Minchillo, wouldn't be easy fights. And even though i'd favour Spence vs most of them, there could be a banana skin somewhere.

Then you have the A opponents Cuevas, Benitez, Leonard, Duran, now this is quite interesting.

Duran at his best i would favour vs Spence, but Duran was a bit hit and miss during this period. He had good performances vs Hagler, Moore, but then you also had Duran getting blown out by Hearns and uninspiring losses to Benitez, Laing. The very best version of Duran i'd favour vs Spence. But if he came in lazy and uninspired he could lose to Spence, but i think Duran would be motivated against the young popular champion Spence so i see Duran winning.

Leonard i think out points Spence no question in my book, your talking about one of the most skilled Welterweight's of all time, who has great attributes in every category speed, chin, power.

Benitez was in pretty good form at this point, he beat Duran in a one sided decision. Then went distance with Hearns in a competitive fight. I think Benitez could win close decision over Spence, but Spence's body punching may be able to slow Benitez down. But it would be very competitive for sure.

Cuevas would be very dangerous for Spence, we haven't really seen much evidence of Spence's chin. We did see Spence get rocked by Ugas who isn't a big puncher, Cuevas used to break bones and is one of the hardest hitting Welterweights of all time. I honestly can't call this one, as i haven't seen enough evidence of Spence's chin. Spence has the skills to beat Cuevas but could he withstand his power ?

 

Jesus christs....

 

When did Duran dominate Leonard?, regarding their first fight it was a very close contest, even sometimes in rounds where very little was happening in between.

 

Leonard hit harder than Spence does but Duran went toe to toe with him, he also when the distance with great middleweight like Hagler who had a 75 inch reach, Spence only has a 72 inch reach, he also floored and beat Barkley who had more power than Spence.

 

Duran was awesome in Montreal against the bigger opponent.