jezzamundo wrote:Hearns is probably the biggest puncher at welterweight ever, same goes for light welterweight and P4P one of the greatest punchers of all time. His power carried well and he could knock guys out at middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight too. That said, he was not a knockout artist at divisions 160lb and up, where he usually won by outboxing his opponents. He was troubled by guys who could take his punch and pressured him. I wouldn't be surprised to see Calzaghe knocked down, but I don't think Hearns knocks him out.
Calzaghe only ever fought at super middleweight and light heavyweight, so we have to assume the fight is at that weight. I see Calzaghe winning by a close decision.
x2. Case in point, Hearns-DeWitt. It went the 12 round distance. Hearns stated after the fight it was DeWitt's altheticism that enabled him to go the distance,Calzaghe would too but he's also a better all around boxer than DeWitt so i give the nod to Joe by Relatively close but clear cut UD. Yeah,He'd probably visit the canvas early along the way but JC had great recuperrative abilities. Look at Hearns-Roldan also. Hearns rocked him all over the place,a relatively stationary target in Roldan,but took awhile to put em away for keeps and once again,thats a stationary target boxer,decent chin yeah,JC's got a decent chin as well,better recupperative powers and much better boxing abilities. Finally,also,Hearns-Benitez,and Hearns-Shields fights need to be checked out and analyzed before thinking Hearns can just plow through anyone.
On a side note,I always thought there should have been a Hearns-Hagler II showdown. Hearns had very underrated boxing abilities himself and had a good chance to be able to outbox Hagler,just like he would've won a 12 rd UD against Leonard. A shame Hearns busted that equalizer right hand in the opening round against Hagler,all the more example of his vulnerabilities/flaws though.
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