The only way to beat Hearns is to walk through him like Marvin Hagler and Iran Barkley. Otherwise, he stays at a distance where he can hit you and you can hit him. This was Manny Stewart's strategy to destroy Cuevas and Duran.
@Maeror2010 yea but leanord was able to take hearns best shots. it was a good stoppage yes hearns was a head but sugar became the slugger and finished him off
Didn't matter one bit that the fight was in Tommy's backyard. It didn't matter that he kept that jab out there to obstruct his vision and hold on from time to time. Tommy was 4" taller and Cuevas had no answer to that problem. He couldn't reach Hearns and Hearns could easily reach him.
See, when Hearns would stick his left hand out like that in Pipino's face to size him up, Pipino should have been ducking down to the left and then coming over with an over hand right. That would have kept Hearns off balance to where he couldn't throw his right hand. Still, Hearns was a light heavy weight pretending to be a middle weight.
@carmodifire I see. Anyway, I meant to say that Pipino should have ducked down and to the right of that jab Hearns was sticking in his face and then come over with an overhand right. It took such a long time to figure out this tactic used by Hearns. He knocked the crap out of everyone with it including Sugar Ray and Hagler though he lost to them.
@MisterNifty Well, Hearns won Leonard 2. He made the opponents scared because of the right, so he could keep using the reach. And that 'flicker' jab is hard to slip and duck. Remember, Hearns' reach is good so an overhand right might not make it close enough.
Mantaining a jab more than one second is prohibited in boxing and Tommy Hearns did it breaking the rules; and this is how he won this match. A few people noticed this.
loooool!! it's just part of boxing. cling is also prohibited, but everyone uses it to recover or work in "corps a corps". Hearn is much better than cuevas that's all
@sonkeke So I'm right! Probably I didnt explain in detail: Hearns trhowed his left jab and maintained his left arm straight OBSTRUCTING Pipino's view; so Pipino could't see the right punch from Hearns. This fault from Hearns is not a simple one, is not a cling, is not a rabbit punch... this fault gave him a victory...a nasty victory. Í know that at that time Hearns was better than Pipino, but that action was not necessary at all.
@Tico2007Tico2007 I see what you mean but for me it's not a fault it's a part of boxing and pipino could drive off this left arm. I dont think that dirties his victory! your point of view ..
cant see how this fight was a joke?,cuevas was a champion for 4 years,hearns beat leonard 2nd fight in my opinion,even leonard said he beat him,hearns just got caught in the 1st fight.,against hagler he broke his right hand on his granite head haha,so if he didnt it mite have been a different story,not taking anything from hagler the mans an all time great same for hearns and leonard
@gerbee10sia there are many other reasons that he dominated you fucking idiot... but obviously your a new boxing fan and an idiot so I guess I cant expect anything even slightly intelligent from you...haha
I don't consider this fight to be as much an embarassment for Cuevas (this was the end of a 4+ year Welterweight title reign for him) as it is a demonstration of just how difficult and scary to fight a young Hearns was.
Freakishly tall, very fast, his arms were like pythons, and he hit like a cannonball. How does any normal welterweight deal with that? Answer: You had to be a Sugar Ray Leonard or a have a brain and skull made of concrete like Marvelous Marvin's to deal with that.
Not to be mean but Cuevas fought like a scared rabbitt the whole fight. The last damn thing he needed to be doing was trying to create distance from a guy with such a far superior reach.
Why wasn't he aggressively coming to H earns trying to land a big punch? That was his only hope.
Against lessor fighter he was a terror but against Hearns he fought scared.
Looks like Hearns vs Duran. ...Pipino was a good champ, it was his 12th defense of the title. Hearns was just too much, Cuevas was out on his feet in the 1st rd., he didn't know where he was, Hearns was devestating. Hearns beat Leonard in the rematch and he was ahead on the score cards when the ref stopped it in the 14th 1st fight. If the 1st fight was a 12 rd fight, Hearns wins. Hagler was an ANIMAL on that night, Hearns freakin hit him with wicked shots, Marvin was not going to be denied.
How was Cuevas a champion? this fight was a joke. he could've been a guy off the street or some other set up. he never tried to get inside of Hearns and as soon as he went down his trainer or dad or whoever that was stops the fight?! wtf?!? a complete joke! no wonder Hearns lost to the top guys like Leonard and Hagler .
no i dont think so i think leonard 15rds was to much for a guys who knocked out everyone leading up to that fight he gas out had it been 12 leonard would have lost and hagler never gave the tommy a rematch. but complained leonard never gave him a rematch. they know hearns would kill them had they fought again
Leonard managed to draw Hearns into a brawl, at the end. Plus Hearns was running out of gas. His trainer thinks that they prepared wrongly for the fight.
Yeah. Robinson was more complete. A more well rounded fighter as far as his legs, his ability to take a punch and he was more durable. He probably was a shade faster than Hearns as well and his arsenal was awesome. Hearns depended on that right more than Robinson did any one punch.
I think Sugar Ray would knock him out but not before he went through some serious dificulty.
@ExplosiveThinMan I remember you from one of the old boxing forums. Can't remember which one, though.
But Hearns I would give the puncher's chance here for sure. Robinson was dropped and hurt by the likes of Levine, Lamotta, and Bell at 147 so you never know. But given Robinson's track record, I do think he'd come back if he was hurt.
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d0ct0rsweet 2 months ago
Hearns weighed 2 lbs under, I think he would have won otherwise.
carmodifire 3 months ago
Tommy was so fast,cuevas did well to get up from that right.
carbonbodyworker 6 months ago
Pretty amazing that Cuevas even got up.
zenmachinefilms 6 months ago
The only way to beat Hearns is to walk through him like Marvin Hagler and Iran Barkley. Otherwise, he stays at a distance where he can hit you and you can hit him. This was Manny Stewart's strategy to destroy Cuevas and Duran.
Rdenn9001 7 months ago
@Rdenn9001 ray leanord walk thru him in the first fight
kingzula 6 months ago
@kingzula
Hearns was winning on points when the fight was stopped. He was exhausted in the fourteenth, but he wasn't out. He should have won that fight.
Maeror2010 5 months ago
@Maeror2010 yea but leanord was able to take hearns best shots. it was a good stoppage yes hearns was a head but sugar became the slugger and finished him off
kingzula 5 months ago
Didn't matter one bit that the fight was in Tommy's backyard. It didn't matter that he kept that jab out there to obstruct his vision and hold on from time to time. Tommy was 4" taller and Cuevas had no answer to that problem. He couldn't reach Hearns and Hearns could easily reach him.
hassledguy 7 months ago
LMAO!! that was a funny knock out! Cuevas had the spaghetti legs! lol
VoiceOfReezun 9 months ago
See, when Hearns would stick his left hand out like that in Pipino's face to size him up, Pipino should have been ducking down to the left and then coming over with an over hand right. That would have kept Hearns off balance to where he couldn't throw his right hand. Still, Hearns was a light heavy weight pretending to be a middle weight.
MisterNifty 9 months ago
@MisterNifty Welterweight title
carmodifire 8 months ago
@carmodifire I see. Anyway, I meant to say that Pipino should have ducked down and to the right of that jab Hearns was sticking in his face and then come over with an overhand right. It took such a long time to figure out this tactic used by Hearns. He knocked the crap out of everyone with it including Sugar Ray and Hagler though he lost to them.
MisterNifty 8 months ago
@MisterNifty Well, Hearns won Leonard 2. He made the opponents scared because of the right, so he could keep using the reach. And that 'flicker' jab is hard to slip and duck. Remember, Hearns' reach is good so an overhand right might not make it close enough.
carmodifire 8 months ago
Cuevas got rocked with a right and dropped on his face in round 2.. Hearns showed why he was known as both "Hitman" and "The Motor City Cobra."
leonardweirich 1 year ago
Mantaining a jab more than one second is prohibited in boxing and Tommy Hearns did it breaking the rules; and this is how he won this match. A few people noticed this.
Tico2007Tico2007 1 year ago
loooool!! it's just part of boxing. cling is also prohibited, but everyone uses it to recover or work in "corps a corps". Hearn is much better than cuevas that's all
sonkeke 11 months ago
@sonkeke So I'm right! Probably I didnt explain in detail: Hearns trhowed his left jab and maintained his left arm straight OBSTRUCTING Pipino's view; so Pipino could't see the right punch from Hearns. This fault from Hearns is not a simple one, is not a cling, is not a rabbit punch... this fault gave him a victory...a nasty victory. Í know that at that time Hearns was better than Pipino, but that action was not necessary at all.
Tico2007Tico2007 11 months ago
@Tico2007Tico2007 I see what you mean but for me it's not a fault it's a part of boxing and pipino could drive off this left arm. I dont think that dirties his victory! your point of view ..
sonkeke 11 months ago
@sonkeke Well, you are probably correct. Boxing is boxing, I mean sometimes is not perfect. Excuse my english.
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@gonzomoya420 u dumb coward jew.... cuevas wad a champ.. 11 defenses. Tommy is da man u coward pickle kissing queer
Archafka 1 year ago
cant see how this fight was a joke?,cuevas was a champion for 4 years,hearns beat leonard 2nd fight in my opinion,even leonard said he beat him,hearns just got caught in the 1st fight.,against hagler he broke his right hand on his granite head haha,so if he didnt it mite have been a different story,not taking anything from hagler the mans an all time great same for hearns and leonard
dingleedell 1 year ago
hearns weapon is his long arms, but at welterweight he was beating small guys
he is in a division dominated by 5'4"-5'9" guys. he is 6'2" that's a heavy advantage.
gerbee10sia 1 year ago
@gerbee10sia there are many other reasons that he dominated you fucking idiot... but obviously your a new boxing fan and an idiot so I guess I cant expect anything even slightly intelligent from you...haha
thecrazyoftheinsane 1 year ago
@thecrazyoftheinsane yes there is, and it was his long reach and his youth. those are advantages that reflects and dominated this fight,
gerbee10sia 1 year ago
I don't consider this fight to be as much an embarassment for Cuevas (this was the end of a 4+ year Welterweight title reign for him) as it is a demonstration of just how difficult and scary to fight a young Hearns was.
Freakishly tall, very fast, his arms were like pythons, and he hit like a cannonball. How does any normal welterweight deal with that? Answer: You had to be a Sugar Ray Leonard or a have a brain and skull made of concrete like Marvelous Marvin's to deal with that.
andxx0r 1 year ago
@andxx0r, well said man.
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Not to be mean but Cuevas fought like a scared rabbitt the whole fight. The last damn thing he needed to be doing was trying to create distance from a guy with such a far superior reach.
Why wasn't he aggressively coming to H earns trying to land a big punch? That was his only hope.
Against lessor fighter he was a terror but against Hearns he fought scared.
shire2005 1 year ago
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shire2005 1 year ago
Looks like Hearns vs Duran. ...Pipino was a good champ, it was his 12th defense of the title. Hearns was just too much, Cuevas was out on his feet in the 1st rd., he didn't know where he was, Hearns was devestating. Hearns beat Leonard in the rematch and he was ahead on the score cards when the ref stopped it in the 14th 1st fight. If the 1st fight was a 12 rd fight, Hearns wins. Hagler was an ANIMAL on that night, Hearns freakin hit him with wicked shots, Marvin was not going to be denied.
blite13 1 year ago
How was Cuevas a champion? this fight was a joke. he could've been a guy off the street or some other set up. he never tried to get inside of Hearns and as soon as he went down his trainer or dad or whoever that was stops the fight?! wtf?!? a complete joke! no wonder Hearns lost to the top guys like Leonard and Hagler .
gonzomoya420 1 year ago
@gonzomoya420 u dumb coward jew.... cuevas wad a champ.. 11 defenses. Tommy is da man u coward pickle kissing queer
Archafka 1 year ago
@gonzomoya420
Cuevas had held the welterweight title since 1976.
BruceinFalkirk 1 year ago
Perfect performance
Maryjaneslave 1 year ago
damn, that ring is small...
poinkero 1 year ago
Hearns must be the hardest punching welterweight ever.
aks73 2 years ago
i know right i still cant believe he lost to leonard in that first fight what do you think happened?
savealotakeem 2 years ago
@savealotakeem leonard is a more inteligent fighter
KAKINO0202 2 years ago
no i dont think so i think leonard 15rds was to much for a guys who knocked out everyone leading up to that fight he gas out had it been 12 leonard would have lost and hagler never gave the tommy a rematch. but complained leonard never gave him a rematch. they know hearns would kill them had they fought again
savealotakeem 2 years ago
@savealotakeem lol you really had some argument until you said hearns would beat hagler in a rematch
KAKINO0202 2 years ago
@savealotakeem
Leonard managed to draw Hearns into a brawl, at the end. Plus Hearns was running out of gas. His trainer thinks that they prepared wrongly for the fight.
BruceinFalkirk 1 year ago
Hearns vs Robinson, anyone??.. That would have been one helluva fight.
Armando316 2 years ago
@Armando316
Yeah. Robinson was more complete. A more well rounded fighter as far as his legs, his ability to take a punch and he was more durable. He probably was a shade faster than Hearns as well and his arsenal was awesome. Hearns depended on that right more than Robinson did any one punch.
I think Sugar Ray would knock him out but not before he went through some serious dificulty.
ExplosiveThinMan 1 year ago
@ExplosiveThinMan I remember you from one of the old boxing forums. Can't remember which one, though.
But Hearns I would give the puncher's chance here for sure. Robinson was dropped and hurt by the likes of Levine, Lamotta, and Bell at 147 so you never know. But given Robinson's track record, I do think he'd come back if he was hurt.
Armando316 1 year ago
Damn, I miss them Thomas Hearns matches!
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