Tommy Hearns On How He Would Fight Manny Pacquiao...

Of course hearns would beat manny. Pac would probably need 4 inch heels just to reach hearns.

 

Floyd didn`t have the reach to deal with Tommy`s jab, he`d out-box Floyd from long range, Tommy was more skilled the DLH and would have beat DLH far more convincingly than Floyd did, Hearns win over Benitez trumps anything on Floyd`s resume, he was just too small and didn`t use enough feints to set up his shots to take on a welter monster like Hearns.

 

Hearns out-boxed Benitez who was bigger than Manny and had far better reflexes, Tommy`s hand speed and combo`s would be too much at long range.

 

Hearns was far more skilled than Margharitto and fought better opposition.

 

Hug?

 

Stylistically PBF is a harder fight for him dumbass casual. Arguably the best defensive boxer in history who can counter with a high ring iq in PBF or a guy like pac who wants to come forward and trade? They both lose to Hearns but you're damn fool for making that comment.

 

Hearns beats both Pac and Floyd.

Floyd has a better chance of hearing the last bell, but Pac gives Tommy a much harder beginning (rounds 1-4) than Floyd, and Pac has a better chance of pulling off the upset.

 

Tommy had handspeed which Margarito did not. That was his strength and that is where his knockouts came from. The guys who did well against him engaged him in brawls and took his punches. Manny would have to take many punches since Hearns rarely missed except against Benitez. I think Hearns probably knocks out Manny in about 4 rounds at welterweight. It might get a little interesting has Manny tries to land punches, but Tommy would get the punches in. Probably a similar fight to Bruce Curry.

 

Tommy would box Pacquiao until he lands the right hand to knockout Pacquiao like he did to Duran.

 

How'd you come to that conclusion?

The style to beat Hearns were always power punching brawlers, and obviously the main two losses of his career came from an aggressive southpaw and rapid, power combinations. Pacquiao has the sort of power which could possibly take Hearns out. Mayweather doesn't, and doesn't have a prayer of out-boxing him. Mayweather's defence would mean he lasts longer, but he'd just be a lamb to the slaughter rather than having a chance of landing the fight changing punch. So while in an actual fight Maywather might last longer, stylistically he has a significantly lesser chance of actually winning. Although neither have any genuine chance of even coming close to winning.

 

Fighter a killer like Hagler at 160 isn`t like fighting a tiny fighter like Manny, he doesn`t have the same reach as anybody that beat Hearns. Hagler was hurt by a Hearns right hand early on then shook off 6 more in the first round, Hagler could take any middleweights punch while Manny was stoppe by JMM, Manny doesn`t have a better chin than Duran or Roldan had.

 

Hearns would smash Pac, and he's much more mellow now.

 

I literally think that Pacquiao doesn't make it out of the very first round. But there's more evidence of him being a worse style for Hearns than Mayweather.

 

Maybe, I just feel Hearns is really undderrated by some guys on this forum.

 

Hearns would've knocked him out Marquez style in the the first round.