Tommy Hearns vs Bob Foster @175

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  1. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Foster would decimate Barkley. Come on man you know it too.
     
  2. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    sure, but I never saw Barkley decimated.. Benn knocked him out, although I would have loved to have seen how that fight would go without the 3 knockdown rule which on that fight was not a good rule.
     
  3. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    I agree Benn fouled Barkley. But regardless he was on Barkley like stink on #### that was was Benns day. I see Barkley ending up like Tiger to be honest.
     
  4. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Probably. he didn't have great defense. The funny thing is I think had the rematch of Hearns/Barkley been scheduled for 15 rounds, Hearns would have stopped him. That is a case where a longer distance would help Hearns. I think Barkley was ready to go.
     
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  5. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah who knocked him out?
     
  6. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's an execution
     
  7. Xplosive

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    Good God. This would end ugly for Tommy.
     
  8. Xplosive

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    Barkley vs BOB FOSTER?????

    Do you hate Iran or something?

    Talk about a mismatch.
     
  9. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Just mentioning it would be interesting. Not many guys knocked out Barkley or down with one punch.
     
  10. Xplosive

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    It wouldn't be interesting. It would be an execution. It's a mismatch of class, a mismatch of size, and a mismatch of styles.

    The Blade goes 3... TOPS!

    More than likely end inside of 2.

    This is a man who was bounced up and down by Nigel Benn, and you're wondering how he handles the power of BOB FOSTER????
     
  11. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    I would favor Foster but wouldn't be surprised if Hearns outboxed him. Who were the best Bob defended against at 75?
     
  12. heizenberg

    heizenberg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hearns does well up until Foster catches him and knocks him out.
     
  13. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Food for thought: Hearns' win over Hill is arguably a greater win at 175 than anything Foster has on his resume, not even factoring in the weight jump for Hearns.
     
  14. SuzieQ49

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    Dick Tiger > Virgil Hill

    Eddie Cotton > Virgil Hill

    Finnegan, Ahumada, Hank, Rondon, and fourie would have been difficult fights for Hill
     
  15. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    A 22 loss Eddie Cotton was not better than Virgil Hill. That's complete bull****.

    Tiger was old and in the wrong weightclass; there's an argument to be made that Hill was better at the time of those fights.