Thomas 'Hit Man" Hearns/Doug "The Cobra" Dewitt Rds-11&12

[PLURscopeZ]

Good god those jabs are amazing!!! Thomas hearns mann 

[cinna71]

great fight

[Doderhultarn89]

Dewitt was a good boxer and had a hard chin. He fought the best and was alway fun to watch even when he loosed

[HoustonTexasBoxer]

Hearns had a lot of class. He embraced Doug after that tough fight and gave Dewitt respect. I like that sportmanship. Who wouldn't. That is what is missing in boxing now. Guys who try like Thomas and Doug did and then embrace like that and act like gentleman after the fight.

[imdunin]

You're so right my friend the respect and sportsmanship is long gone. It made me sick to watch that asshole david haye badmouthing valuev and gate crashing klitschkos photo shoot and flapping his big mouth. I so wanted valuev to fuck him up. these two guys were both a class act. Dewitt was a throwback take on anybody,as for Hearns what a fighter if he,d fought Hagler the way he fought Leonard and visa versa he woulda beaten them both. He shoulda jumped on Leonard and boxed hagler

[willsclassic]

He was, surprisingly.

Hearns, what was it with him? All the skill in the world. Glass chin? Lack of killer instinct?

[TigerMeadows]

Could be just down to luck on the day of the big fights. He put in a good overall career performance and fight record.

[imdunin]

Come on Hearns lack of killer instinct? Chinny maybe but if he got you going he finished you,punched out guys from welter to cruiser.One of the all time greats for sure

[Kedbuka]

Good fight. DeWitt was good!

[pnutbutrncrackers]

This is one of the most underrated fights in 'recent' memory. No one talks about it & yet it was superb!

[ptldjk]

These guys put on a hell of a show

[rawcer]

Yes, I'm sure. And yes, Hearns dominated. Dewitt was a spoiler type who had athletic ability and technical skills but no great power--but even for the top guys fighting him was no picnic. A few years later he tried to come back and quit after six or seven rounds of getting blistered by then-great James Toney.

[JayWater39]

i know doug dewitt im from yonkers originally

[imperialpod]

Dewitt was a lower level world class fighter, no doubt, Hearns and his kind were top world level, when Dewitt raised his game he could compete with any of them.

Toney beat an old Dewitt, long after Benn had stopped him in 8. He also had Benn down in the 3rd but underestimated Nigel's power.

Dewitt was a hard man, hats of to him!

[imdunin]

Yeah he fought those two way past his best but he still dropped Benn who was a fucking animal in there

[imperialpod]

Absolutely, if he had taken Benn seriously then anything coulda happened.

[imdunin]

I know he had some injuries which may have held him back in training, and he also said in an interview he liked to party. As you say he was a hard man but he was a also a skilled boxer with a decent punch. That left hook counter he dropped Benn with was textbook,i expected him to pour it on and go for the finish but he was a bit cautious,probably cos he'd seen Benn hurt b4 and poleaxe guys who came in for the kill e.g Anthony Logan

[imperialpod]

True, Benn was at his most dangerous when hurt, plus Doug had already felt Nigel's power so was understandably weary.

You're right also about Dougs skills, he could box when he wanted too but he knew he had a great chin so tended to get sloppy at times.

[Midwaytyrant]

@imperialpod Dewitt was weary of Nigel's power? I disagree DEWITT feared no ones power especially not Benn's when compared to the men he fought before who were FAR greater than Benn was. Dewitt was passed his prime and had taken too many shots by then and yet he still dropped Benn.

Dewitt was a guy who I wanted to see fight- Dewitt may even belong in HOF for what he gave Boxing as a fighter and his entertainment value, HOF is not out of the question considering Calzaghe (undeserving) and Hop.

[rawcer]

The reason Dewitt wasn't afraid of Hearns was that he had worked extensively as a sparring partner for Marvin Hagler. When he finally left the Hagler camp Hagler wanted him to stay on, but Dewitt said he'd learned all he could from him and was reaching a point of diminshing returns.