Quote Originally Posted by p4pking
Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
Size of the ring does not matter,Floyd would back away,fight on the outside and that would be perfect for Hearns to land the looooooong jabs and that rocket of a right hand. Floyd does not have the power to keep Hearns off at all and that was HeArns only weakness,a slightly suspect chin. He could box,he could brawl and so what if he went to war with Floyd,I really don't see Floyd hurting him or stopping him coming forward. Hearns would be too big,too strong and would bully Floyd and beat him. In fact,the Hitman would KTFO all these current WW!!
I agree with a lot of your post... THat size of the ring wouldn't matter, because Hearns would actually have an edge fighting from a distance and Floyd would be best suited to beat him in the pocket.. Not that he would, that's just where I think Floyd would do best. A slightly suspect chin was by no means Hearns only weakness though as Taeth just said he had almost poor infighting ability, he had great timing, speed and pop.. Making it easy for him to catch people coming in, but once they got there he was much, much more hittable.. The Hagler and Leonard fights are perfect examples.. Anyways I would agree that Floyd just didn't have the power to hurt Hearns enough, but I do think Mayweather could give him a hell of a fight by fighting in the pocket. I don't think Hearns would neccesarily stop Mayweather either, he could, obviously.. But Floyd is very very crafty and would at least do enough to make it very close and last the distance imo. In fact Floyd and Mosley are the only WW's who I would think could last the distance with Hearns if he were around today. One things for sure... He would ice Tony, Cotto, Williams, something FIERCE. none of them are skilled enough to get inside without eating that big right. Judah.. haha, now that would be brutal.
CC,super post although I TOTALLY disagree on Mosley lasting the distance with Hearns. Totally. Molsey would have a heart attack woht Tommy's height,jab and straight right hand. He couldnt' handle Vernon Forrest,no way could he handle Hearns. Shane,apart from in the OscAR fight,the first one,has never really impressed me fighting backwards,he looks confused. Hearns would beat him up.His low hands are ok for guys with shorter reach but someone like Hearns would land time and time again,and no one can take Tommys punch! He even shook that head of granite Marvin Hagler!

I agree Hearns was not as good on the inside but the best example of that is v Hagler,the ultimate search and destroy fighter. And Hearns could land on the inside for sure. Hagler was able to get to him with his power and like you said,Floyd wouldn't have that deterrent and like yo said,I doubt Floyd would do that. Anyway you look at it,I only see one outcome,a Hearns victory.

And you know how much I like Tony and Cotto,but Hearns would probably KTFO those guys in the same night and still have energy to beat Williams too!