Tommy Hearns vs. Floyd Mayweather

Hearns by murder at 147.

 

Mayweather was a tough cookie at his best, but Leonard easily outboxed him, Tommy in 80/81 probably stops him.

 

Wholeheartedly agree with all of this. Good post. :good

 

Agreed, but if he does last the distance I really doubt the scores would be even that close.

 

Mayweather doesn't have the same mobility at welterweight as he did at super-featherweight and lightweight. He'd need the same kind of movement he showed against Corrales and thats simply not possible. His reflexes aren't quite as sharp as they once were either. He has the option of dropping inside against Hearns, which he'd need to do when it comes to hurting him. No way could Mayweather hurt Hearns at long range. Leonard couldn't do it, so no reason Mayweather could go one better.

The major weapon for Hearns would be the jab.

If Mayweather was a serious banger at welterweight his chances increase. But its still going to be a tall order for him. Bad style match-up here for Mayweather.

Hearns TKO10

 

Mayweather's punch out-put would drop with Hearns. He'd be thinking too much on how to get past the jab. Not only was Hearns' jab lethal, It was used regularly.

 

It's like W. Klitschko vs Byrd: terrible matchup for Mayweather. He lacks the power and size to bank on Heans' sole weakness and his defensive style won't work well enough against such a rangy, speedy and powerful fighter.

 

Mayweather is very tall for a WW? At 5'8 he was a tall SFW, but at WW he's a smallish guy at best. Hearns was huge at the weight, and was really more at home later on at 160 and 168. This is a physical mismatch, plus a hard style match-up for PBF. If they matched up better physically, it would be interesting.

 

Style and physicla make up make this a great fight for Hearns who was all but unbeatable at 147 and 154 over 10 rounds.

 

It's Nightmare On Elm Street for poor Floyd. Great fighter but he's so badly matched in this one.

 

Hearns UD 7-5 or 9-6.

 

I see Floyd having difficulty winning more than a round or two at welterweight, let alone the fight itself. Hearns is just a stylistic nightmare for him; the mastery of distance, left jab, and speed would be far too much to overcome.

 

Double post.

 

It took a special fighter (and SRL at 147 was a truly special fighter) to come through the valley of death and eventually wear down a Hearns who was still young and had not properly filled out.

To quote Mr T:

"What's your prediction of the fight Clubber?"

Evil glance to camera.

"PAIN..."