Quote Originally Posted by powerpuncher View Post
Best right hand in the history of boxing IMO. His chin was his Achilles heel. He seemed to have little other weaknesses. Huge puncher, very fast hands, great jab, devastating right hand, tall, big reach, knew how to box.
Yeah, but the chin thing seems to have passed into officially recognised history.

But I remember correctly, it was only Marvin Hagler and Iran Barkley that ever stopped him (I think?), and the knockout punches would have sparked out most fighters.

Hearns perceived vulnerability was possibly magnified by his being off balance quite a lot, his balance was his Achilles heel in my book, and being tagged with fairly harmless shots that looked as if they hurt him. His trainer always privately said that his balance was shit, but he made up for it with hand speed and power.

He could also gas out in the later rounds ..... at most of his early career he was huge for his weight and had boiled down so much he didn't have energy reserves.

Anyway, he himself never doubted his chin. You can see that from the way the way he engaged and fought. If he doubted his chin, he had all the skills to turn into a safety first boxer (a more skilled version of Wlad), but he didn't do that.

I can see how biased I am though.