Bennie Briscoe vs Thomas Hearns

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » 18 Sep 2006, 12:33

Can the"Hitman" beat "Bad" Bennie?

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 18 Sep 2006, 12:38

Hearns by a 15 rd UD.

kingpawn · Post by **kingpawn** » 18 Sep 2006, 13:37

Hearns could've beaten anyone, as long as he could avoid the big shot with that weak chin. If he could've had Hagler's chin, he goes on to beat Leonard in their first fight and Hagler in their fight, too.

Who knows? With a better chin, perhaps he goes down on some people's lists as the greatest fighter ever.

I'll go along with John L. -- Hearns by UD 15.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 18 Sep 2006, 14:24

I'd go with Briscoe by a ko/stoppage... Bennie would have been too strong for Hearns and would have worn him down... I dont see Tommy going 15 with Bad Bennie!.... 8)

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 18 Sep 2006, 15:06

Tommy Hearns had the skill and speed to outpoint Briscoe, but did he have the durability to go 12/15 tough, bruising rounds with the Briscoe that pushed the great Monzon the distance on more than one occasion? I'm not so sure.

At Middleweight Hearns was not the dominant force he was at the lower weights and in Bad Bennie he would be facing one of the strongest, toughest, meanest, hardest hitting Middleweights of the modern era.

Tommy boxes his way to an early lead with his superior speed and skills, but 'Bad' Bennie keeps absorbing those jabs, whilst slowly getting closer and closer with his hard, jab, right cross and left hook and eventually catches up with The Hitman like Roldan almost did and Barkley did.

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 18 Sep 2006, 16:42

KOJOE90 wrote:Tommy Hearns had the skill and speed to outpoint Briscoe, but did he have the durability to go 12/15 tough, bruising rounds with the Briscoe that pushed the great Monzon the distance on more than one occasion? I'm not so sure.

At Middleweight Hearns was not the dominant force he was at the lower weights and in Bad Bennie he would be facing one of the strongest, toughest, meanest, hardest hitting Middleweights of the modern era.

Tommy boxes his way to an early lead with his superior speed and skills, but 'Bad' Bennie keeps absorbing those jabs, whilst slowly getting closer and closer with his hard, jab, right cross and left hook and eventually catches up with The Hitman like Roldan almost did and Barkley did.

Sounds right to me

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 18 Sep 2006, 19:13

BoxBuzz wrote:
KOJOE90 wrote:Tommy Hearns had the skill and speed to outpoint Briscoe, but did he have the durability to go 12/15 tough, bruising rounds with the Briscoe that pushed the great Monzon the distance on more than one occasion? I'm not so sure.

At Middleweight Hearns was not the dominant force he was at the lower weights and in Bad Bennie he would be facing one of the strongest, toughest, meanest, hardest hitting Middleweights of the modern era.

Tommy boxes his way to an early lead with his superior speed and skills, but 'Bad' Bennie keeps absorbing those jabs, whilst slowly getting closer and closer with his hard, jab, right cross and left hook and eventually catches up with The Hitman like Roldan almost did and Barkley did.[/quote

Sounds right to me

Sums it up for me too.

el tigre del sur · Post by **el tigre del sur** » 18 Sep 2006, 20:26

KOJOE90 wrote:Tommy Hearns had the skill and speed to outpoint Briscoe, but did he have the durability to go 12/15 tough, bruising rounds with the Briscoe that pushed the great Monzon the distance on more than one occasion? I'm not so sure.

At Middleweight Hearns was not the dominant force he was at the lower weights and in Bad Bennie he would be facing one of the strongest, toughest, meanest, hardest hitting Middleweights of the modern era.

Tommy boxes his way to an early lead with his superior speed and skills, but 'Bad' Bennie keeps absorbing those jabs, whilst slowly getting closer and closer with his hard, jab, right cross and left hook and eventually catches up with The Hitman like Roldan almost did and Barkley did.

Nice breakdown. A lot depends on whether Briscoe could take Hearns power shots early on. From what I've seen & read of Bennie he would be able to and then it's just a matter of time before he catches up to him and exposes Tommy's greatest weakness.
A lot of people talk about Hearns and what if his chin was better. The fact is it wasn't and that's just part of the whole Hearns package. He was a tremendously skilled and entertaining fighter though.
Nice match-up.

dr_devious · Post by **dr_devious** » 19 Sep 2006, 05:26

I see Briscoe taking the early bombs from Hearns, and winning a come from behind KO decision in the mid-late rounds. Tommy wouldnt have the durability to hold an animal like Briscoe off. I recently saw a recording of the Hagler-Briscoe fight from 1978, and Marvelous Marvin was backing off Briscoe and won via his greater skills. If Hagler had to back off from Briscoe then Hearns would get flattened at some point