Tommy Hearns Names The Best Overall He Fought

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  1. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    no he did not hit clean is what I meant. Are we talking punch stat numbers or actual landing. Even that knockdown was suspect. Benitez was off balance and fell forward. I don't see Wilfred being easily beaten by Hagler. Remember Duran went 15 with Hagler, and Benitez beat Duran easier than Hagler did. Benitez had no trouble with Duran. Benitez is overrated? What does that say about Duran, who Benitez beat easiy.. Actually most guys beat Duran easier than they beat Benitez. Are you saying Duran is overrated?
     
  2. JohnThomas1

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    Names?

    SRL sure didn't beat Duran easier than he beat Benitez, he didn't even beat him in their initial battle.

    Duran also beat Palomino more soundly than Benitez.
     
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  3. mcvey

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    Hearns missed countless right hands Leonard ,commentating with Merchant remarked how hard Benitez was to catch.It was a competitive fight.
     
  4. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When Ray fought his style he beat him easily 2 times.. Hearns beat Duran easier than Benitez,.. Palomino lost to Benitez in a title fight. And then Benitez beat Duran easily. How is Benitez overrated, because with this criteria. it looks like Duran would be more overrated.
     
  5. JohnThomas1

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    You are like the "redrooster" of Roberto Duran.
     
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  6. PernellSweetPea

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    oh. well I never said Duran was not great. Duran is great. Most fighters are overrated in many ways. Some were dominant, although most dominant fighters didn't have peers who were dominant or they would have had more losses.
     
  7. redrooster

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    do I care? Have you ever seen me bring up these no name pubs who by the way, are not in the HOF

    While my man is

    what matters is that YOUR fighter wasnt able to do it when it counted. it showed that Sugar could never handle speed and movement which is the reason he ducked Nunn and opted for fat, slow, pudgy Roberto Duran. Yecch! leaves a bad taste in my mouth as a boxing fan.

    Fair's fair mate and in this fight, the odds even favored Sugar. The way you let on, one would think Leonard had losses dotting his record coming in

    ButI suppose that's how it is, when one is looking for excuses

    Not that there was anything inferior about your man; certainly not. But my man was much the better of the two
     
  8. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    the Leonard fight was competitive.

    but Benitez vs either Hearns or Leonard was unfortunately NOT competitive
     
  9. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm sorry but Benitez giving Marvin a fight is a little hard to swallow. If Hamsho made him **** in his pants I dont want to think what Hagler wouldve done

    I'm glad this match wasnt made
     
  10. JohnThomas1

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    Hahahahahaha!!!

    Pretty sure SRL and Benitez are in there too no?

    After all, that is the only thing that matters over and above losses.
     
  11. mcvey

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  12. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    the only thing that matters is my man has all those big names on his record.
    I dont even know who bodini is and here you are dropping his name every week as tho bringing up his name burns me up.

    you try every week and every week it fails. you try the same thing over and over and look at you, you get NO RESULTS!

    my man in the hall of fame no matter how you slice it

    My man whipped Sugar. he whipped Curry. he whipped Brown. he whipped Taylor. he whipped Blocker

    like Norris might say "I got so much speed, I dont know what do do with it!"

    what's wrong mate, did I get you depressed again?
     
  13. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    142-142

    yeah right. Like Tommy might say "he mustve been watching another fight"

    146-137 is more like it

    Wilred ate speed N leather all night long.
     
  14. JackSilver

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    Wouldn’t surprise me if he said Duran had the best chin of anyone he fought and that had he hit anyone with that same right hand, they would have face down on the canvas too.
     
  15. JohnThomas1

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    Really? When and where did i type this alleged name? I've never typed that name or even close to it in my life?

    Did this happen to "occur" before you were released again? How long did they let you out for this time?