The best 175 pound version of Hearns v An old 1919 245-pound Willard of the Dempsey fight 12 rounds How does it goes ?
Oh, I'll take a swing at it...I'll say that, if it's both men at their best,...and not just an "A grade" Hearns and a lazy, fat Willard, then Willard would impose his massive size and strength on Hearns, and lean on him like Ernie Terrell did on Bob Foster,...Willard would wear him down and either stop Hearns in the 9th or 10th or win a dreadfully boring 12 round decison over an exhausted Hearns.
Willard outmans over the first few rounds. Tommy didn't even have that much pop as he went up in weight. He's got nothing going here.
I think Hearns could look pretty good until he started to slow down. Then, not so much. Hearns' only chance is sticking and moving. If his stamina held up he could plausibly win a points decision. I'd favour Willard though. Simply too many lbs in his favour and I don't think Hearns could take his punches over a prolonged fight.
WTF? Willard at 250 lbs vs the Hitman. As SRR once said about him going after Marciano: "What, do you want to get me killed".