Thomas Heans vs Nigel benn at 160lbs

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  1. Destruction and Mayhem

    Destruction and Mayhem PHASE ----3

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    The only question is: Who gets knocked out?

    Someone will get knocked out. Make no mistake about it.

    Some may argue...."well Hearns will outbox him for a clear decision."

    not happening. Hearns was in love with his power and was aggressive by nature. He'd find out early than he can hurt Benn and therefore will try his best to knock him out. The question will be therefore..."Can hearns keep him down?"

    My hunch tells me that Hearns can't keep him down...and Benn will come back and knock him the fuck out.
     
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    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    I won't pretend that Benn has no chance, but I damn sure don't think him winning is the MOST likely scenario.

    I think Benn getting the Roldan treatment is the most likely scenario.

    Hearns mid round KO.
     
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    Jesus of montreal WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Hearms would have to fight a terrible fight to lose this one
     
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    I can see this scenario too.

    On paper Hearns wins 8 times out of 10.

    Benn though had mad intangibles. On paper McClellan beats Benn 10 times out of 10 and most of those times by first round KO and on paper Iran Barkley beats Benn more often than not. However those fights turned out differently...especially the McClellan fight which beforehand I had predicted a 1st round KO for the American.

    Benn could be hurt but it was difficult to keep him down permanently. Also Benn never lost to an American ( check it). Dunno what it was but he refused to lose to a yank.

    So untangles favour Benn in this one even if Hearns has more talent
     
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    Forget "on paper", with a non-incompetent ref, G-man has a first round KO over Benn.

    Hearns at his best is a more fluid boxer than McCllelan anyway, and his right hand was no less powerful.

    In a 10 fight scenario, Benn catches and stops Tommy like 2-3 times.

    The other 7-8, he gets the Roldan treatment.
     
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    meetthefeebles Drunken Geordie Bastard

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    The way to beat Benn was to outbox him. Watson made him look foolish and Eubanks just countered him into submission. Anyone who went to war with Benn usually lost, and lost by KO.

    Not saying that would necessarily happen here, but Hearns wasn't the type of fighter, stylewise, who usually beat Benn.

    MTF
     
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    meetthefeebles Drunken Geordie Bastard

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    Can't see a lot of evidence to show that Hearns hit harder at 160 than McClellan. And Benn would have beaten Roldan to death.

    MTF
     
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    Oh, really?

    Exhibit A. Hurting Hagler worse than any other fighter did with a right uppercut.

    Exhibit B. Knocking the undefeated James Shuler cold with one right hand.

    Exhibit C. Knocking cold the very durable Roldan.

    My question would be, where's the great evidence that McClellan hit harder than Hearns?

    Is it because he stopped a past primmed, shaky chinned Jackson? Or is it because he stopped the corpse of what was once John Mugabi?

    Don't get me wrong, G-man was a TREMENDOUS puncher, but sometimes he's discussed as if he was a Bob Foster caliber puncher, which I don't think he was.

    Nothing whatsoever proves that McClellan was a better right hand puncher than Hearns.
     
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    Forget all of that argument...McClellan was clearly at least Hearns' equal in power. Personally I think he hit a little harder than Hearns. I think McClellan was on Julian Jackson level. Just look at the way people reacted to his punches. The guy was scary
     
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    Yeah. Hearns was a tremendous puncher, no question about that. But McClellan was all about his power. He had absolutely hellacious, bone-chilling power.

    MTF
     

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