My heart says Hearns but again it's that whole "find a way" thing Even in the seniors tour second fight they had, Tommy had Ray on the deck twice and probably deserved to win the decision... yet who was in desperate trouble in round 12? If that had been a 15 round fight, we may have seen a KO13 for Leonard as much as it pains me to say
Nah Hearns wins this one. For a start he wouldn't be coming in around 140 like he did in Sept '81 - and Hearns at 154 was fucking scary
I think Leonard gets to him late. Hearns didn't like to clinch. He'd have to know when to do so to win this.
I agree he was but Leonard went up there and won a title by KOing the very good Ayub Kalule as a tune-up