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15 Rounds Welterweight Bout

The Hitman would get the better of the slick boxer/puncher El Feo by landing more quick long left jabs and right hands to take a decision. What do you guys think and who do you got?

The Cuban, for me, stops Hearns late.

As great as he was, the Hitman was on another level of greatness at welterweight and like I said before his height and reach would be too much for El Feo to handle and he was no SRL. Hearns would not allow Rodriguez to counter him as he would stick his jabs, right hands and combinations at long range to take a decision like I said before. Anyways, that's your opinion and it's no disrespect for the great El Feo who fought great fighters in his era, but he never fought the legend in another era like Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns.

goose 5 wrote: ↑25 Jan 2025, 12:55 The Cuban, for me, stops Hearns late.

That could happen. Thomas Hearns' legs probably could betray him in this fight. And Luis Manuel Rodriguez was a busy fighter. He threw a great amount of volume of punches, something that is key to beat Hearns. You got to pressure him badly, just like Sugar Ray Leonard and others did.

scorpio83 wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 07:27

As great as he was, the Hitman was on another level of greatness at welterweight and like I said before his height and reach would be too much for El Feo to handle and he was no SRL. Hearns would not allow Rodriguez to counter him as he would stick his jabs, right hands and combinations at long range to take a decision like I said before. Anyways, that's your opinion and it's no disrespect for the great El Feo who fought great fighters in his era, but he never fought the legend in another era like Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns.

El Feo wasn't Pipino Cuevas. El Feo was much more versatile and busier than The Hitman.

elmersalsa wrote: ↑28 Jan 2025, 13:35

scorpio83 wrote: ↑26 Jan 2025, 07:27

As great as he was, the Hitman was on another level of greatness at welterweight and like I said before his height and reach would be too much for El Feo to handle and he was no SRL. Hearns would not allow Rodriguez to counter him as he would stick his jabs, right hands and combinations at long range to take a decision like I said before. Anyways, that's your opinion and it's no disrespect for the great El Feo who fought great fighters in his era, but he never fought the legend in another era like Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns.

El Feo wasn't Pipino Cuevas. El Feo was much more versatile and busier than The Hitman.

I love El Feo, but with all due respect I'll said it in my own opinion once again, Hearns would sticking his long left jabs all night and landing good right hands on the elusive Cuban to take a decision at best as El Feo was no Pipino Cuevas which was true, but he wasn't Sugar Ray Leonard who had the same trainer in Angelo Dundee. The only way El Feo would stop Hearns if he gets in close and countered his long jabs and right hands, which the Hitman wouldn't allow it if he used his size and power against El Feo unlike Hearns' first fight with SRL. However, at best El Feo would take a decision. If they fought at 154lbs, then the Hitman would make El Feo the Cuban of Wilfred Benitez by dominating him with quicker long jabs and right hands, then he knocks the Cuban down for the count of 8 or 9 and the Hitman would take a decision which I forgot to mention what if they fought between 147lbs and 154lbs.