Thomas Hearns/Wilfred Benitez 1981 segment 2 of 13

Tommy Hearns/Wilfred Benitez fight on December 3,1982 in New Orleans, LA. At the Superdome.

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• Thomas
• Hearns
• Wilfred
• Benitez
• boxing
• fight
• Marvelous
• Marvin
• Hagler
• Sugar
• Ray
• Leonard
• Roberto
• Duran
• Cuevez
• Nunn
• Tate

[PeekaPeep]

Btw, that's some WICKED head movement from Benitez right there at the end of that round. Anyone who can make a notoriously quick and accurate puncher like Tommy miss that much has got some serious skills in the ring. Benitez was certainly one of those individuals. Amazing display of defense...

[arkansoul]

No one in the history of boxing can dodge a 15-punch combination like Benitez.

[carmodifire]

@28rampage i THINK HE WOULD BE BANNED FROM BOXING! haha, I think that Hearns should have done more stregnth training for his legs, and he overtrained for the Leonard 1, he came in underweight. I think he could have won it if he didn't. He didn't even know how to clinch then!

[28rampage]

@carmodifire yeah i think hearns could outbox anyone with that whiplash of a jab but he seemed to get caught at some point or another in the big fights, imagine he had the chin of hagler lol now that would be interesting

[carmodifire]

@28rampage That's the price for being tall at a lower weight. But, otherwise it wouldn't be fair, as no one would be able to beat him. I think ever SRR would be outpointed by the Hitman, till he KO's him late.

[sinusbradycardia]

@PeekaPeep Wow, even with all that speed and flurry of Hearns, he barely taped Benitez. Hearns was so much bigger, so fast, a great technical fighter, stronger than Bentinez. Hearns is winning because he is overwhelming Benitez with what I mentioned above. Hearns did very little damage. It is amazing to watch Benitez. Even if a fighter when on the defensive against Hearns and played all defensive Hearns would still get them, unless it Benitez.

[bvb7589]

Bad technique against Benitez...You hit those kind of "defensive boxers" in the middle of the body and after they can't move, then you hit them at the head....Mexican boxers do it all the time; it works wonders. That's why J.C. Chavez beat all of them BADLY. 107-2-6 speak for itself.

[28rampage]

@honestman43 yeah thats right all i remembered from the fight was the last right hand that put him down but still tommy landed much better shots than that and yeah i know tommy's weaknesses as i've studied him for a while, he seemed to struggle with brawlers who could take his shots and if they got inside they usually hurt him bad, he actually blamed his legs for his problems and went to a specialist who told him his leg muscles required for boxing were to weak

[honestman43]

@28rampage It actually took a 4 punch combination for Duran to put down Barkley.

Hearns has always had a weak chin. His legs would go when he got hurt. Probably his biggest weakness was not being able to take a few good punches.

[BruceinFalkirk]

@set2light

On the other hand, Hearns annihilated Duran and, here, he masterfully outboxes the man who, in his previous fight, masterfully outboxed Duran.

[28rampage]

@carmodifire yeah a lot of people were afraid of tommy even the hardman duran was supposedly intimidated when hearns was around him

[carmodifire]

@28rampage cuezas said the only time he was scared was when he fought hearns