I saw this fight again and again and again and the more I see it, the more and more I think the judges had it right with the Draw. If Hearns had not had the knock-downs, Ray would have won by a very close Decision.
Simply put: Hearns gassed out at the end of the 2nd minute of nearly every late round. He had no rally or volley in those rounds. Ray totally CLOSED the 12th Round even though he was losing most of that round early. If Hearns was up to the task and closed out Ray in at least the 10th Round and beyond, he would have won those rounds and this fight easily- but it was the same thing with the first fight, by the time Hearns go to the late rounds he simply began to gas-out.
With that being said, Hearns/Leonard was a good series- could have gone for a 3rd match.
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