Tommy Hearns V s Carmen Basilio - Does The Hit Man Get A Stoppage??

Hannibal Barca · Apr 14, 2023

Mike Cannon said: ↑

Looks like I will be swimming against the tide here, and on my own, obvs Hearns was a beast at WW, and in most posters top 5/6 but there lingers for me the vision of him sliding and wilting in the championship rounds v Leonard, add to that ( again ) his capitulation against Hagler after only 7/8 minutes, albeit he was tagged by Marvin, but Hagler was never a one punch ko artist, I feel that if you can hang with Tommy whether its 3 rounds or 13, he wilts, he was a very good on top fighter, and a destructive puncher for sure, but did he have the grit, doggedness, and will to win of the craggy rough hewn onion farmer, almost certainly a resounding no, Carmen would show utter disdain for the thudding, lighting fast rights he would be forced to take, sure he would bust up, sure he would shed blood from those heavy scar ridden brows, like he has dozens of times in the past, Basilio was made of sterner stuff than the lean, long limbed, skinny legged Hearns, this man trained like a spartan, he was not a ko puncher, didn't dazzle you with footwork, BUT he was there, always there, stalking his opponents, incessantly, coming in low, in that awkward gait, the body punches were dismissed in the early rounds, but by the late stanzas your legs disobeyed you mind, the rounds felt like 5 minutes long not 3 , you have hit him with your best shots, when you were fresh, all to no avail, how now can you subdue Basilio so late in the fight ,your reserves are running out, like sand in a hour glass.......
stay safe guys.
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Great post.

Mike Cannon · Apr 14, 2023

Hannibal Barca said: ↑

Great post.
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Thanks buddy, appreciate your kind words.
stay safe matey.

Mike Cannon · Apr 14, 2023

surfinghb said: ↑

great post. you aint swimming against anything ... The only thing I will add is hearns has a chance to last and outpoint imo ... if the fights ends in a KO . .it will be Carmen walking away with the KO W
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Thanks buddy, makes it all worthwhile, to see you appreciate my thoughts.
stay safe hombre.

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