Joey Napoles vs. Thomas Hearns @ WW & 154

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  1. Dog Jones

    Dog Jones WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Is Tommy too big for Joey here
     
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    Yeah, I think Hearns is a bad matchup for Napoles. Too big, too rangy, too powerful, too fast. As brilliant a technician as Joey was, Tommy just had too many physical advantages over him.

    Leonard and Robinson are the only two welterweights I'd pick over Hearns.
     
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    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    There’s no way Nápoles wins this. He was a great technician but Hearns physical advantages and ring IQ on how to use them is too much. And that’s not even taking his power into account.

    Hearns TKO 10
     
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    Fortunato WBC Champion

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    I can't see Napoles' skin holding up against Hearns' offense. He'd be a bloody mess by the mid rounds and they would stop it.
     
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    Hearns way too big
     

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