Was Hearns in his Prime for SRL 1

Context is everything meng........gotta read the book.

 

Hearns was about as good as he would be as a welterweight. He was still in the process of filling out. So I'd say no, not yet. The night of June 15, 1984 is when Thomas Hitman Hearns truly came of age and was at his lethal best.

 

He was a ****ing amazing Welter, one of the most formidable match-ups for anyone IMO.

However, I felt he reached his physical peak at 154.

 

Don't mind him, he's one of the biggest mongs around :good

 

Good post.

 

Steward was trying to stop Hearns training. Apparently he’d catch Hearns doing press-ups when he was supposed to be resting.

People at ringside noted that Hearns was so drained that he wasn’t sweating under the hot lights when in the ring.

Steward caught a lot of flak regarding his handling of the fight and many in the local Michigan press believed his inexperience of the big time was exposed.

Great win for Ray Leonard though. Let’s not take that away. Should have re-matched at 154 and then at 160 too…

My theory is that some time between rounds 12 and 15 these two were dead even. Hearns would always win a 10 round fight and I believe Leonard would always win the 15 rounder…

 

And over 12?
I would agree with you but I think weight drained or not that Tommy was at his peak. Your right, you can't take nothing from Leonard for a great win.

 

Well informed Ez!
I saw this fight once live back in 81. I distinctly recall SRL hurting the s... outta Tommy with a body shot somewhere around the 9th that sealed his doom. Is my 30 year memory playing tricks??

 

Many don't quite realise what the term "prime" means. Hearns was in his early prime. He was till a distance away from his "peak".

 

your last comment is interesting. It shows that Hearns was dominant as a fighter in rounds, but Ray had better stamina.

 

I thought it was the sixth round, where Ray should've ended it.