edsel77x Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 by: Justin Landis Floyd Mayweather has been dominating the current Welterweight division with his incredible boxing skills, blazing hand speed and ability to outthink and outbox his opponents, making them look extremely sluggish. With this dominance Mayweather that has established it's interesting to contemplate how he would fare against other great Welterweights of the not too distant past. In this fantasy fight, Floyd “Money” Mayweather will face off against Tommy “Hitman” Hearns at 147 lbs. Tommy Hearns was a very prominent fighter in the early 80’s, when the Welterweight division was achieving similar notoriety and success, with fighters such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran and Hearns reigning supreme and engaging in all out wars in the ring for both titles and bragging rights. Tommy Hearns is a boxing legend. He is the first fighter to win 4 world titles in 4 weight classes and possesses an incredibly imposing physique and style for a Welterweight. Standing at 6 ft. 1 with an incredibly long reach of 78” and great strength and power, Hearns had an advantage over his Welterweight opponents. He had the uncanny ability to keep opponents at bay with his long reach and powerful jab and also possessed the ability to mix it up and bring the fight to the opponents. He attacked in a very aggressive yet methodical way that didn’t leave him vulnerable. This educated pressure, long reach and incredible talent made the Hitman a legend and a force to be reckoned with in the ring. As the fight against Mayweather begins, both fighters come out of the gates looking incredibly fresh, with Hearns attempting to pepper the smaller Mayweather with jabs while trying to force him into the ropes. Mayweather will avoid the onslaught early, dodging overhand rights and making sure Hearn’s jabs don’t do much damage and tagging Hearns with a few blindingly quick countering right hands. After a few rounds of reading each other, Hearns will up the ante and utilize his superior reach and strength, hitting Floyd with precisely timed jabs and a few overhand rights that Floyd will not be able to counter. Floyd will try to work his way inside and counter Hearns’ jabs and powerful right hands, but Hearns won’t allow it. Mayweather will become frustrated with his inability to counter the taller, stronger Hearns and will get himself hurt while trying to counter off the ropes in the middle rounds. In this 12 round bout, Hearns will win the middle and late rounds and will outpoint Mayweather via unanimous decision, winning 8 rounds to Mayweather’s 4 (Which would mostly come in the first half of the fight). Of course, Floyd would at times look impressive, especially in the early stages of the fight, dodging some of Hearns’ shots and working his way inside and briefly tagging Hearns with quick flurries after countering his overhand right, but it will not be enough. Tommy Hearns’s combination of strength, range and methodical aggression will be too much for Floyd and for the first time in Mayweather’s career, his opponent will coast to a point victory over him. The Prediction: Hearns by unanimous decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsel77x Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 McBride..., McBride...? Do you concur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Top Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 The article has mayweather winning rounds early and fading late, when does floyd ever do this? Is the opposite way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBride Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Tommy Hearns all day long and twice on Sundays. Mayweather is not even in his league. He is certainly the best fighter of the last 15 - 20 years, but nowhere near Tommy. Lets not forget Tommy was outboxing the alledged skillster, it was only when Leonard turned it into a fight that he turned it round. Mayweather has neither the size, or power to turn it into a fight with Tommy. He is either widely out pointed, or even stopped in the later rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapevine241 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 late stoppage by hearns. mayweather is skilled but too small to bother hearns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 There's a chance Mayweather could use his defensive skills to last the distance like Benitez did,but I don't see this as being anything less than a dominant win by Hearns.Not only was he a huge imposing figure at the weight,but he was also fast as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Gotta go with Tommy who unlike Floyd was a big welterweight and it was his natural starting off weight where as FMJ started off several divisions lower. I think this is a perfect example of styles make fights - Hearns long jab and power being the key. Also Hearns had fast hands and very sound boxing ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 for me hearns by ko , unless mayweather is content to box very defensively to go the distance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Top Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Mayweather KO early on, round 3 or 4. No way Hearns can live with his power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Mayweather KO early on, round 3 or 4. No way Hearns can live with his power Hearns can't deal with Mayweathers power? What power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Mayweather has a crap load of power...it's just the brittle hands that are the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Mayweather has a crap load of power...it's just the brittle hands that are the problem Brittle hands means he doesn't have power at this weight same as Calzaghe in the later years. There was never anything wrong with Tommy's hands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Top Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Mayweather KO early on, round 3 or 4. No way Hearns can live with his power Hearns can't deal with Mayweathers power? What power? The concussive KO power he continues to display as he fights all the best opposition available mlol/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Mayweather has a crap load of power...it's just the brittle hands that are the problem Brittle hands means he doesn't have power at this weight same as Calzaghe in the later years. There was never anything wrong with Tommy's hands! Means he won't risk breaking them by landing the power shots. Ask Ricky if he hits hard ;-) Though yes Tommy is the hitter, I always feel Mayweathers power is hugely under-rated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Top Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I was taking the piss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Sarcasm is strong in this thread. There was never anything wrong with Tommy's hands! He did break his right hand a few times rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Hearns wins by mid round KO. Hearns was awesome in his prime. He knocked out Eddie Gazo in 1 round, Pipino Cuevas in 2, Roberto Duran in 2 and Juan Domingo Roldan in 4. He also beat plenty of other legends. Floyd hasn't beaten anyone even close to Hearns' calibre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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