Tommy Hearns vs Margarito at 147

It was inevitable.


Hearns by brutal KO in the mid rounds.

 

You have to make Hearns a heavy favorite but as outmatched as Margarito is, he's the kind of underdog fighter that would have a style and approach at least suited for an upset.

I'm not saying it would happen, but a iron chinned come forward fighter will have a better chance at beating Tommy than most talented boxer types.

 

:nono:Hearns KO2 everybody in mythical match ups. Since he dusted Duran off that quickly,just imagine what he would do to Margarito

 

On second thought, you are correct. Hearns is the big favorite but unlike against Leonard Margarito is not out of chance of winning

 

Hearns by fairly wide decision

 

UGO, I'm glad this thread has made you think:mj:

 

That's the way i see it. Take guys like Whitaker and Mayweather. They are better fighters, but i'd like Margarito's chances against a guy like Tommy moreso than those two based on styles.

 

Margarito has the stamina/punching chance, but I think He gets jabbed into oblivion (bolivian) and pays the price when he attacks... Hearns by a very comfortable decision

 

Tommy reunites Tony with his brother.

 

I said mid rounds, let's make it early rounds now::

 

I stand-by this statement. Phony smiled in the early rounds from Shane's right hand, but he would NOT be smiling at Tommy's right cross.

Hearns KO 3. And by KO I mean just that. No stoppage here. Tony gets knocked COLD.

 

The Mexican gets toast.

 

I have to change this to a stoppage as well. Margarito still has that chance because of Tommy's shaky chin and stamina, but his offense is so fast and overpowering and he was such a gifted boxer, I just can't see Antonio lasting the distance.

 

I don't know how shaky Hearns was at Welter. He took a LOT of punishment in rounds 6 and 7 against Leonard and not only managed to survive, but he wasn't dropped and was able to regain command of the fight from rounds 8 -12. If Hearns was a fragile as legend has it, then I don't think he would have been able to ride out the storm in those middle rounds and would have been stopped. And even when he was stopped in round 14, he was still on his feet and didn't look entirely out of it.

I don't see Margarito having the hand speed and accuracy to get to Hearns the way Leonard did. Margarito's only choice would be to try to walk through Hearns and take punishment in the hopes that Hearns would wear himself out.

I see it as a really bad matchup for Margarito.

 

I agree. It took freakin Ray Leonard 14 rounds of punishment to stop Hearns at 147. Margarito would have NO chance against Tommy. None whatsoever! It would have been a replay of Hearns-Cuevas, only maybe Tony lasts 1 or 2 more rounds than Cuevas did. But the exact same result.

 

true, like I said, I believe that there is a 99 percent chance that Hearns destroys Margarito

 

Hearns takes him out Detroit style

 

I still really fancy this to be a tricky fight for Hearns. He might bomb him out early, and I bet he'll try to, but I see an awkward Decision win off the back foot & a fight he'll be glad to get over with if that doesn't work.

 

:giggle:Agreed! It would be a brutal ko within 5 rounds. TOny would eat power shots from all angles.:shadow:

 

Dunno man, I keep trying to imagine this, but I just don't see it. All I can see is Margarito eating leather and returing all that much.

 

'Spose I just see Margarito's range & activity making things awkward. You're maybe visualizing what Tommy did to Cuevas and Duran, but Tony has 6 inches reach on Duran and Cuevas was a pretty low out put slugger who Tommy could read and measure pretty easily. Neither gave Hearns any effective incoming to get him back on his toes and stop him setting up to blast them out.....

Either Hearns gets Tony out early or failing that has to do it on the backfoot and it's an awkward one, IMO. He can't replicate what Mosley did, for mine, which was basically slug and clinch since Hearns rarely clinched. Depends on TM's chin but I see it getting a bit messy if Hearns can't put his mark down early.

Hearns win obviously but not necessarily easily. Blast out stoppage is very possible mind.

 

Margarito with plaster destroys Hearns.

Margarito without plaster gets destroyed by Hearns.

 

Plaster or NO plaster MARGARITO gets KO'ed.....

He was eating punches from Cotto, no defense at all...with plaster in his hands still needed 11 rounds to stop the smaller fighter...

Hearns will destroy him....

 

Cotto's punches had no effect at all, so Margarito didn't need to defend. He went all out on the attack and was trying to cut off the ring. Cotto slowed down and he was able to do it. Cotto was a very durable fighter with decent stamina as well.

 

Hearns was an absolute destructive machine at 147. Even Leonard, the lone loss for Hearns at 147, went through absolute hell for most of the fight. A fighter with even an ounce less resolve than Leonard folds around the 11th or 12th.

And Margarito gets hit. I don't care if he's fighting Shane Mosley or Kermit Cintron, he takes punches from anyone he faces. That would get him laid out inside of 5 rounds against Hearns.

 

This could be a great fight, and I think Margarito can be tough so he'd weather a lot.. but Tommy would stretch him in about 3 or so

 

After seeing what Mosley did to Margarito I have to believe that Hearns destroys him.

Still...if they had never fought....after seeing Benn-Barkley and Duran-Barkley...everyone on this forum would have predicted the invincible Tommy Hearns to "put Iran in the grave" or some other such statement. Of course it didn't quite play out like that did it?

Naturally...you can argue....hearns wasn't himself that night. He was overtrained, ate bad shellfish the night before, lost his mother the week before, came into the fight with an injury, and was recovering from a recent gun shot wound.....

 

You're right. Let's close this forum down completely as nothing can ever be proven.

 

Yawn. Your usual weak arguement.

 

I'm not visualizing Duran or Cuevas. I am visualizing a fighter with less than zero defense and average power against one of the best boxers AND best punchers ever at 147. Magarito has a repuation for toughness, but he has never faced an opponent like Hearns. Margarito would be hopelessly outboxed or outslugged by Hearns. After watching Margarito get dismantled by Mosley, I just don't see him eating Hearns' beat shots for the full 12 rounds.