Could ANY other welter/middle/LH have taken Hearns' shots in round 1 that hagler did

[El Kabong]

If Arguello could hurt Pryor then a professional "All growed up" Tommy Hearns would have stopped him.

Maybe De la Hoya or Mosely could have taken that power for a bit, but I am thinking that even those guys (who had really solid chins) would wither under those shots

[Slim the BoxingManiac]

If Arguello could hurt Pryor then a professional "All growed up" Tommy Hearns would have stopped him.

Maybe De la Hoya or Mosely could have taken that power for a bit, but I am thinking that even those guys (who had really solid chins) would wither under those shots

Arguello was a powerful hitter. I wouldn't put that to Pryor's discredit quite too much.

Interesting enough that you referred to a professional Hearns as "all growed up." Jogged my memory I bit. Hearns barely got any knockouts as an Amatuer. He used his boxing skills to beat everybody in the beginning. He didn't develop his punch until he got into the professional game.

Hearns was certainly fantastic. If the guy had an iron chin, he'd have been unstoppable. Imagine how much of a monster he would have been with an iron chin and excellent skills on the inside.

My imagination is running away from me. I apologize.

[Master]

I think if Hearns could KO Duran he could KO anyone, especially at the lower weights the only people I could think that could have survived would be at middleweight Ray Robinson and Eubanks.