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Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
I would have Thomas Hitman Hearns on a p4p ATG list and he lost to great fighters in Leonard and Hagler. He was fearless and went up the weights destroying most along the way. Just because he lost does not mean he was lower than Floyd.
Absolutely! I was only talking about this the other day. Unfortunately there are “ifs” that stop him being ranked maybe top 1 or 2.
1. If he had beaten SRL in one or both of their fights (not inconceivable)
2. If he hadn’t thrown his game plan out of the window against Hagler at the first bell because of something that riled him in the build up week.
And also , I’m more convinced about him than any other Boxer ,that if he fought Floyd in a mythical match up that he would beat him .
Floyd would get beat by Leonard and Hearns at welterweight. These were true greats at the weight and I could only see Sugar Ray Robinson be better.

It was not Floyd's best weight but I was impressed when he went up the gears and beat Shane flawlessly after being rocked twice by the right hand. It showed he fought within himself most of the time and could show his quality when it was required at that weight.