Quote Originally Posted by Mr140
Taeth are you crazy Hearns and Leonard be a nightmare for PBF and i would not every bet on PBF to win it against them. You talk about the old Floyd giving Leonard problems did you know that was rays like 14th fight he was still green and beat the S*** out of Floyde watch the fight. Then you make a knock at Hearns competition when PBF has way weaker competition then Hearns had. But what ever you in love with Floyd and never pick against him and then if anyone picks against Floyde you are all over them like they know nothing i am so sick of it drives me nuts every F****** time you do that.
First of all Floyd Mayweather Snr had only 17 fights when he fought Leonard which is what 4 more? Second when exactly did I knock Hearns' competition? Are you reading what I am actually writing? I said that he never KO or dominated any of the other ATG's he fought in their prime whether it was Leonard, Benitez, Hagler, and throughout his career at WW he became worse as the night went along and most importantly he got beaten up on the inside a lot which is where Floyd would fight him, He would slip the jab and throw combinations on the inside against Hearns. Leonard had trouble with Floyd's dad in that he would come forward take counters that would have stunned him from a harder puncher, but Floyd senior didn't hit worth a damn. Benitez who had trouble with Leonard early because of the speed difference really until later on when he was worn out. But it agreed almost by everyone Benitez was an inferior version of Floyd, he was slower, less defensively skilled than PBF and he gave Leonard a tough fight in which Leonard had a hard time landing stuff once Benitez got used to his style. Ronnie SHields said that Leonard was predictable and Floyd picks up on things like that really fast, and I am still saying its toss up because of Leonard being a natural WW and hitting harder than Floyd, but there is no reason IMO that Leonard deserves the nod at all. Hearns had one distance he was great from, but he had a weak legs, and he got worse the closer the fighter got to him. So in this fight I can't see Hearns winning if it goes 15 rounds, and he has a better chance at a 12 round fight because he might pile up enough rounds early on.