Quote Originally Posted by cockey cockney
Yeah maybe Hearns won the rematch but no doubt about it Ray was the better fighter.
I have a hard time with that one actually.. It may be that Ray was better, but really Thommy was doing very well in their first fight.. And could have won it if he had learned to hang on occasionaly, imo. He was convincingly outboxing SRL, using his own bolo punch and taunts against him.. I just watched that fight for the first time in a couple years last night so I dunno it's fresh in my mind.. Hearns was a great great fighter, but I suppose he didn lack that sort of instinct that SRL had, to recover from being hurt etc.. I think really it's just his chin wasn't as good, other then that Hearns had practically everything leonard did and alot more power and range. Plus he beat most great opponents of SRL spare for Hagler, but that fight and the Mugabi fight afterwards took alot out of Hagler and SRL pretty much rested and waited till the time was right to fight him, dictated all the terms of the fight, then wouldnt give him the rematch.. I never respected that.. I personally think Hearns SRL I is one of the greatest fights ever and doesn't get enough recognition as such.