Aaron Pryor vs Tommy Hearns at 132 pounds

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Originally Posted by Bobthepen

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Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

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Originally Posted by Bobthepen

Always thought Hearns was overrated...

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Care to explain the reasoning behind such an opinion?

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Yes. I'm not saying he was a bad fighter, far from it, he was a great fighter. I just think he was the weakest of the fab four.

He wins polls as the greatest light middle of all time, but his record does not convince me, and I would have McCallum stopping him every day of the week had he not avoided that fight. The losses to Barkley, Leonard, and Hagler just jade his legacy a bit too much for me to consider him as highly as others do.

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I hear you there. However p4p I have him the best of the fab four he had the height, reach, skills and power to go up the weights with ease.

lyle is right ıt would be tough for pryor when hearns was already a grown man.

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Originally Posted by Bobthepen

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Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

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Originally Posted by Bobthepen

Always thought Hearns was overrated...

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Care to explain the reasoning behind such an opinion?

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Yes. I'm not saying he was a bad fighter, far from it, he was a great fighter. I just think he was the weakest of the fab four.

He wins polls as the greatest light middle of all time, but his record does not convince me, and I would have McCallum stopping him every day of the week had he not avoided that fight. The losses to Barkley, Leonard, and Hagler just jade his legacy a bit too much for me to consider him as highly as others do.

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I think people rate fighters because of their entertainment value as well as technical ability, however disspassionate they are trying to be, and the hitman was a million dollar fighter in the value for money stakes.

Aaron Pryor was a beast at Jr Welterweight, Tommy Hearnns was a beast at Jr Middleweight. Both great in there own weightclasses it could of never of happened as pro's. Let's forget about what ifs and just admire what they done in there own weightclasses.

thomas hearns would of kept pryor away with long jab then drop the bomb on him with right hand.