Who is the greatest Thomas Hearns Bernard Hopkins or Floyd Mayweather

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  1. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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  2. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    If I had to rank them :

    Hearns
    Mayweather
    Hopkins
     
  3. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Out of these 3.. IMO
    Thomas Hearns
     
  4. The_President

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  5. rushman

    rushman Devoid is Devoid Full Member

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    I agree.

    But Mayweather can still jump to the head of this list.
     
  6. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    bhop was great at fighting welters and junior middles for most of his 20 defenses
     
  7. Vano-Irons

    Vano-Irons Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Hearns
    PBF











    Bhop

    If PBF can beat Pac and Martinez before he retires then I think he jumps to 1st in this list
     
  8. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Hearns

    BHop
    PBF
     
  9. RING GENERAL

    RING GENERAL Ras Tafari Makonnen Full Member

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    I wanna say that Hearns was the greatest of the three.Still I have to say Mayweather.

    Face it,Hearns had a very suspect chin.Catch him on it and he would do his best rendition of the knockout sequence for Glass Joe from Mike Tyson Punchout.

    BHop and Floyd are about the same in ring IQ,which is each fighters greatest asset.BHop is a much bigger cheat than Mayweather with that third fist he calls a head,and I swear I've seen him use it on purpose.He's craftier than anything else,because he is not better than Mayweather on offense or defense,not to mention he has a slightly lower offensive output than Mayweather which is really something to say.So of this group I have to give it to Mayweather.
     
  10. AffectedToaster

    AffectedToaster Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is how i see it too :deal
     
  11. KnockOutArtist

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    And who has Mayweather met that hits harder than a prime Leonard or Hagler, or is even as skilled? It took Leonard 14 rounds to get that hard-earned stoppage and Hagler had to fight one of the most hellish fights ever seen to stop Hearns, which only he could produce because his chin was pure titanium. I'd also add that Hearns finished both fights on his feet.

    Hearns' chin didn't become suspect until his late 20s when he moved down from LHW back to MW, similar to Roy Jones Jr.
     
  12. RING GENERAL

    RING GENERAL Ras Tafari Makonnen Full Member

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    Well whatever you say about Hearns won't make him better than Leonard and Leonard isn't better than Mayweather and has himself said that Mayweather was better than him and would've beat him.
     
  13. KnockOutArtist

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    Leonard also says he wouldn't even want to meet Yuri Foreman in the ring.

    Foreman KO1 Mayweather.
     
  14. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Sounds fair to me, although I don't really have a problem with having BHOP and May switched. I'm getting closer to switching them myself. A win over Pac or Martinez and I might be there if Hopkins doesn't pull off a real tripper at nearly three hundred.
     
  15. Suga

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    1. Mayweather
    2. Hearns
    3. Hopkins