I think the problem when you compare Benitez to Wright is that Wilfred was not hit because of his head and upper body movement. Winky uses gloves and a jab to keep guys honest.. They hit the gloves and at the same time he has such a nice straight jab that guys cannot get set to punch him. But Hearns has a better jab and fast. With Wilfred Benitez, Hearns hurt his right hand in that fight and decided to outbox Wilfred, since he saw how Wilfred had knocked out Maurice Hope with one right hand to win the title, Tommy didn't want to make a stupid mistake. Hearns usually fought smarter with the better fighters he fought.. With Barkley he made dumber mistakes than when he would fight Duran or Benitez.. Seems like his focus was off with the lesser guys. So Tommy outboxed Wilfred and used his jab and combinations to win a 15 round decision. Wright doesn't have as much head movement as Wilfred, and does more coverering up with gloves and basically does what Marlon Starling used to, yet Winky has a better jab and sets his punches up with that and counters beautifully. Southpaw stance gives him another big edge, but with Hearns the straight right works nice for Hearns... Hearns would be able to jab between the gloves and land left hook body shots eventually and be more offensive minded than he was against Wilfred. Wright might get his jab working a little, but no one really does well with the jab with Tommy. Eventually the hands of Wright would drop and Hearns would get the right hand in, yet I am not sure Tommy would stop Wright, but he would set up winning the rounds one at at time and win a decision. Wright has not fought a guy with the jab and right hand of Hearns. I think the Hearns who fought Leonard with the simple jab and right hand outboxes Wright. With Ray, Hearns always became the jab and right hand man and didn't mix many shots because he knew Ray would counter alot of shots. So he made it simple, that would work with Winky. Hearns unanimous decision.


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