was Tommy hearns = to lennord

Yeah, but I would have ducked Aaron Pryor too.. So I dont call him for that.

 

The thing about Hearns that most here are not mentioning is that he gave Leonard more problems in the ring than almost all of the other fighters that he faced. And the only reason that Ray gave Tommy a rematch was because he thought that he was shot.

 

He is ranked ahead of Tommy because he not only beat Tommy in both their respective primes, but because he beat all of the Fab 4 as well as Benitez, whereas the rest of them are scattered among each other as far as wins go.

Hearns was one of the most formidable WW's of all time H2H, a real nightmare for most, with maybe only a select few capable of giving him the neccessary style matchup problems. Noone's going to have an easy time with him.

 

Also, as has been discussed ad nauseam, Leonard did NOT duck Pryor, that has been disproved so many times. I would figure it's becoming common knowledge by now, given hiw many times myself and others have refuted any and all points from Leonard detractors.

 

Tommy was outboxing Leonard until the seventh round, I think, when Leonard landed a left hook that Tommy never recovered from.

 

:rofl

Leonard was the more well rounded fighter with a better resume against their peers...but I still would've favored Hearns to win if Ray would've given him a rematch in a more timely fashion, and even so far as to pick him to win a trilogy with Leonard if it ever went down. Ray wasn't scared of anyone, but he knew what he was doing in waiting that long to give Tommy his rematch.

 

Absolutely:good :scaredas:

 

Very true.

 

in the first fight Hearns chin failed him. He would have won that fight if it weren't for his Glass Jaw.

 

I think Ray Leonard deserves credit for not being discouraged, and taking his man out. Ray was a hard hitting welterweight, not on the level of Hearns, but he had some pop. :good

 

Bu, bu, but Legendary Nights implied he was scared! So it must've been true.

By now, I almost hate their series because of all the people who watch that show, simplify what they see on it and say dumb things, and act like they know what they're talking about.

 

Hearns didn't get screwed in the first fight, he was stopped legitimately. The man was out on his feet, and had he not been saved by the referee, he could have taken some brutal shots. Sugar Ray was one of the best finishers the sport has ever seen, alongside Joe Louis.

The second fight is largely irrelevant to me, because both fighters were shadows of their former self.

When the two met prime for prime, Sugar Ray Leonard was the one pounding Hearns into submission, not the other way round.