Is there any version of Canelo that could beat Thomas Hearns?

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Is there any version of Canelo that could beat Thomas Hearns?

Poll closed Apr 17, 2024.
  1. YES.

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  2. NO. Tommy beats him every time.

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  1. Braindamage

    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    Mills Lane, Jimmy Lennin Sr. and Jesus.
     
  2. BCS8

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    If you can't see that Hearns and Bivol are different fighters then I can't help you.
     
  3. BCS8

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    He finished the Saunders fight with this punch

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    He finished Kovalev with this punch

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    Another 1 punch

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    Bodyshot KO

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    And another 1 punch body KO

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    Canelo has plenty of power.
     
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  4. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Most of them were one punch ko's. Accumulated punches. Kirkland and Kovalev for sure were one hitter quitters.
     
  5. Mark Anthony

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    Hearns was more proven at 175 than GGG.
     
  6. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Mollywhopper Full Member

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    Similar jabs except Tommy`s jab was much longer than Bivol`s is.
     
  7. BCS8

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    Yes and Hearns also had two arms, just like Bivol
     
  8. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Mollywhopper Full Member

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    Canelo doesn`t have the power that Hearns had, Barkley hit harder than Canelo does.
     
  9. Mark Anthony

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    Shouldn`t have added Khan here, he was sparked with one shot by a lightweight, Hearns knocked Shuler out with one shot in the 1st round.
     
  10. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Mollywhopper Full Member

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    The point is that Tommy`s jab was one of the best in the business and he had a 78 inch reach, Canelo`s jab is lackluster, he doesn`t like to jab at all. Bivol beat Canelo with straight shots, Tommy`s 1-2 was his go to.
     
  11. BCS8

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    1) it doesn't matter if Canelo hits harder than Hearns or not, because Hearns had an iffy chin and Canelo has an ATG chin
    2) Barkley (lol) certainly does not hit harder than Canelo. His 27 KOs in 63 fights don't impress me more than Canelo's 39 KOs in 64 fights.
     
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  12. Mark Anthony

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    Which light middles would have lasted the distance with Barkley? Iran didn`t spark more people cause he used to miss a lot.
     
  13. BCS8

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    The point is that Hearns was not a patch on Bivol insofar as elusiveness goes. Hearns stuck around to try and exchange whereas Bivol is primarily about not being hit. I can link to a ton of clips that show Hearns taking jabs and shots to the face from far inferior fighters than Canelo. Hearns exchanging with Canelo means he's gonna eat a shot his glass chin can't handle sooner rather than later.
     
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  14. BCS8

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    So he's worse than Canelo. Got it. And I agree.
     
  15. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Mollywhopper Full Member

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    How many of Tommy`s fights have you seen? Hearns out-boxed Wilfredo Benitez.
     
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