Gennady Golovkin vs Thomas Hearns

[emallini]

160

[gilgamesh]

Tommy Hearns outboxes Golovkin for a few rounds, and does some damage marking up Golovkin's face until he gets caught with an overhand right or a left hook, and gets knocked out.

Probably around the 6th or 7th round.

[DrDuke]

Golovkin wouldn't be able to outbox Hearns, but Hearns wouldn't take Golovkin's power. It's hard to imagine Golovkin not landing clean at least few times. Hearns would be KOed.

[gilgamesh]

Golovkin wouldn't be able to outbox Hearns, but Hearns wouldn't take Golovkin's power. It's hard to imagine Golovkin not landing clean at least few times. Hearns would be KOed.

Indeed. Golovkin couldn't outbox Tommy, but that being said, he is a skilled enough boxer that there's no way he doesn't land his money punch somewhere along the way, and that'll be that.

[giacomino]

There is certainly every chance GGG catches Hearns but it also wouldn't be shocking to see Hearns stick and move for 12 rounds and win a decision, smacking around GGG pretty good. Hearns wasn't the terminator at 160 he was at 147 but his punch carried a kick. IMO GGG is a little romanticized today because we've all been watching him for 10 years, but few of his fights have been against anywhere close to Hearns level talent

[Woldemar]

Golovkin by KO 9

[goose 5]

At some point, GGG tags Hearns and it's all over.