Who do you favour to beat a Prime Hearns @ Welterweight

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  1. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    SRR is the only man who would have his number imo . I know that SRL beat him in their first fight, but it far from convinced me that ray had tommys number
     
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  2. McGrain

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    Robinson
    Burley
    Napoles
    Leonard
    Barney Ross
    Mickey Walker


    How about Rodriguez, Griffith and Gavilan?
     
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  3. Sweet Pea

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    Hearns could KO about 5 fresh Ross's back to back IMHO. There is absolutely NOTHING Ross could do to even make this fight competitive. I don't get that choice at all.
     
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    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Here's Ross, tell me how he takes Hearns, considering he's often being out-jabbed by McLarnin and has a severe height, reach, and power disadvantage:

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  5. Sweet Pea

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    Ross fares a lot better at the 135-140 range IMO.
     
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    great points PEA
     
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    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    the first two are great picks. but the last 3 are really questionable
     
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    To be clear, you think Hearns would KO Ross easily in an uncompetitive bout?
     
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    Frankly, I don't think it's relevant that Hearns would outjab Ross, Hearns would outjab pretty much anybody at this weight. I think that the experienced Ross is a good bet to find the right way to counter that jab, take Hearns into the later rounds close out a close one.
     
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    Well Leonard's already beaten Hearns.

    Walker isn't going to get discouraged or stopped. I think Hearns gets pulled by the corner with something broken, in a classic.
     
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  11. Sweet Pea

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    Yes. I don't see how it's even possible for this fight to be competitive.

    Again, Ross just fares a lot better at the 135-140 range, just a better fit physically, especially when considering he would have to face guys like Hearns, with every conceivable advantage, at 147.
     
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    How would he go about it? I don't even think he'd hit Hearns often without getting countered huge, and I don't think he'd be able to take what Hearns dished out.

    Hell, I don't think he'd fare as well as someone like Napoles did against Monzon to be honest.
     
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    Probably head-hunting off individual slip/ducks using quick pivots to be combat any spookie combination punching, flurries if he's being smart, very single hard shots if he's intimidated (which seems unlikely).

    I don't think anyone could stop peak Ross, anyone. If he lost the fight it would be because you are more correct that I am and he got dumped on his ass a lot, not because he was blown out.
     
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    We'll have to agree to disagree, the footage just doesn't back it IMO.
     
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    Fair enough chap.

    For me, if you're picking a guy who's never been stopped, and shown the heart of a lion, to be bruttaly stopped in a one sided miss-match you need a bit more than you have.

    On the other hand, putting him on a list of guys who should be favoured may not have been genius.

    You've reviewed this footage thoroughly? What do you make of McLarnin?
     
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