Possibly the best KO ever, Hearns vs Duran

[NiteProwleR]

Gorgeous right cross

[ChimpFL]

Hearns definitely my favorite fighter all time. Always exciting win or lose. Won the Light Heavyweight title against an undefeated Virgil Hill in 1991. Also first fighter ever to win titles in 4 weight classes. He was about to fight Hagler again but Leonard came out of retirement for that megafight.

[ScreamedByGraves]

@sweetviolenturge

Thanks, bro. I really appreciate you saying so.

Fuck yea man. That’s best stuff I’ve heard in a long time. Respect.

[sweetviolenturge]

Oh, yeah. I remember that fight well. It took place on my 22nd birthday & I was a big Sibson fan.

[AnotherTMAguy]

@sweetviolenturge , did you ever know Ricky Womack? He had beaten Evander Holyfield several times in the amateurs but never made it to the big stage.

[sweetviolenturge]

Holyfield I’ve met but I never met Womack. Shame how things turned out for him though.

[Deep-South]

you need to write a book.

[anon83109478]

@AnotherTMAguy

One of the best sparring sessions between Hearns and McCallum. @sweetviolenturge , any stories mate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS0Boow5mzo

What an insane jab Hearns had. I need to watch more of his fights.

[Deep-South]

@anon83109478

Hearns

The Hitman - Thomas Hearns (IMPOSSIBLY Insane KO’s)

[AnotherTMAguy]

Its depressing watching his fights TBH. He was a freak that maximized his immense talent, and we’ll never see his like again.

Steward said he wasn’t the most talented fighter in his gym, LOL.

[williepep]

@boxing_wiz

That is Awesome! Forever, I hated Duran. I’ll never forget when he beat Ray Leonard, June 20th 1980. I was a little kid and had a little league baseball game that evening. After the game when were in the back of my of my friends parents truck driving home (the old days). They were listening on the radio getting round by round updates. I was so sad, I cried when they anounced “Winner by Majority Decision, Roberto Duran.” I hated Duran, everything about him.
Fastforward to 1995-1996. I’m at some fights at the old Aladdin. It might have been the night before Tyson fought McNeely. I’m standing talking in a group of guys and I noticed Ray Leonard is right next to me. I didnt show it, but I was almost starstruck, I always thought he was the greatest. I tried making small talk while everyone is B.S’ing. He was one of the most smug, arrogant guy I’d ever met. It was so off putting I couldn’t believe it.
Not 5 minutes later up walks Roberto. His nephew (Santiago Samaniego) was on the card. He was shaking everyone’s hand. He talked to everyone around him, signed autographs, took pictures. The guy I had always looked at as a nasty mean guy was the exact opposite. In 15 minutes, the way I had viewed two of the greatest fighters had flipped. Duran seemed like a genuine guy. Ray was fake and a fraud. It allowed me to view Duran completely unbiased. Only then I could watch his old fights and appreciate him. It is a weird sport. A few fighters that I thought were certain ways turned totally different.

Thanks for telling about this, pretty damn neat.

[Ministry_of_Truth]

@Deep-South

Thomas Hearns vs. Roberto Duran | FREE FIGHT | Happy Birthday Thomas Hearns

The size difference was disgusting. 5’7" vs 6’1"?

Duran was an animal, but also far too small.

[Samoa]

Duran beat Iran Barkley at a higher weight after Barkley had obliterated Hearns.

But yes, Duran’s prime weight was 135. He was a hall of famer long before he fought Ray.

[Deep-South]

It’s a shame that the great pipino cuevas ,a devastating puncher in his own right is more known for his losses to both hearns and duran.

ON THIS DAY! - ROBERTO DURAN KNOCKED OUT PIPINO CUEVAS IN A BATTLE OF BOXING LEGENDS (HIGHLIGHTS) 🥊

WOW!! WHAT A KNOCKOUT - Pipino Cuevas vs Thomas Hearns, Full HD Highlights

[Deep-South]

Tommys cleanest ko

Thomas Hearns (USA) vs James Schuler (USA) | KNOCKOUT Fight | 4K Ultra HD

[Deep-South]

On the receiving end

WOW!! WHAT A KNOCKOUT - Thomas Hearns vs Iran Barkley I, Full HD Highlights

[Bobbyolympic]

What you amateurs fail to understand was that Duran was a much smaller man who reigned the lightweight division at 135 lbs for years before moving up weight classes as he aged, winning titles in 4 different weight classes. He was also 34 years old at this point. Way past his prime fighting in a division he had no business being in. Hearns also a fantastic fighter also was arguably in his prime at age 26. Duran had already had over 80 fights at this point in his career, having started fighting in 1968. Duran had no business fighting middleweights like Hearns and Hagler especially at this point in his career. But because he was so damn durable and tough he did

[Bobbyolympic]

Treating this fight as a huge win for Hearns is revisionist. Duran was a huge underdog in this fight. Especially just having lost to the middleweight king Marvin Hagler in his previous fight by decision in a fight no one thought he would ever make it through. Hearns and Hagler were huge men. Side note Hagler beat Hearns in probably one of the best rounds ever in boxing history.

[Deep-South]

yeah we know all that but that doesn’t take away from the win.
Duran should’ve stayed in his lane but got too greedy.

[anon83109478]

It pains me to say this, but Special B has a little bit of a point.