Quote Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
Hearns went to war more than Lennox and in my mind and he took better shots and had more confidence than Lennox. Just the way he fought makes me think that he thought he could take the punches. Lennox always sort of jabbed and leaned back and then threw the right almost as though he were afraid of the counter coming his way. And his foot positioning was terrible, whereas Tommy had better foot movement prior to 160 pounds. I think Lennox's style was more a safety first style to protect his chin and he did a good job not getting hit, but Tommy tried more to make fights exciting. So what might look like a weaker chin might be a guy who tried to excite the fans more. Tommy also went punch for punch with Hagler. as well as Iran Barkley and others like Delgado.. Dewiit. etc. Alot of people just know Hearns from his big fights. He had alot of smaller fights where he took punches.
Yes he went punch for punch with Hagler but Hagler was never one punch ko sort of fighter he used to wear you down with his short jolting punches like he did with Mugabi and Hearns was stopped early anyway and he didn't go punch for punch with Barkley he stayed on outside and was giving Barkley a beating and when Barkley landed his only good punch in that fight Hearns was down and i remember him being wobbled quite bad from that other guy it was before Barkley fight can't remember his name but i think Hearns has ton of heart but i think real problem is his weak legs thats what lets him down but in chin terms Lewis has better one he took flush shots of Gary Mason who had excellent ko record of 35 wins and 32 kos if i remember right also took flush shots of David Tua Ray Mercer Vitali Shannon Briggs Frank Bruno Evander Holyfield and Tony Tucker all good hw punchers im sorry im big fan of Tommy but in chin terms Lewis has better one.