Who would you favor over Hearns at 154?

McCallum, SRRobinson, Burley, SRLeonard, Mickey Walker.

I wouldn't write Julian Jackson off either.

 

Mike McCallum and Bob Fitsimmons

 

It's a shame Leonard didn't try to prove it in 82 - 84 when he had the chance then isn't it?

He definitely decided to sit out half of 82, and all of 83 rather than rematch Tommy for the biggest purse available to him at that time.

 

He did eventually rematch Hearns, although it didn't seem like he won the 2nd fight.

 

McCallum
Leonard
Jackson (puncher chance)
Robinson
Norris (hell yes)
Hearns is my favorite fighter ever (along with sweat pea and Nunn) and 154 was his best weight, i don't give more than 10 fighters a chance against him.

 

Tough list of fighters there. Jackson was similar to Tommy. Each of them had a punchers chance if that fight ever happened.

 

Julio Cesar Vasquez

 

Nino Benvenuti is a good mention. I probably wouldn't give him more than an even chance though.

 

Randy Turpin was a huge middleweight who ended up fighting at 175 he could never have made 154.

 

Davey Moore had a tremendous shot. The one guy I would not want Tommy to engage in a shootout with.