Knocked'em OUT COLD! The Most Intimidating Knockout Beast of the 80s - Thomas Hearns

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 14 фев 2024
  • In the glorious 80s, Thomas Hearns' blood-chilling stare struck terror into the hearts of his opponents, and his sniper-like right hand was a weapon of mass destruction. Over the span of a decade, the Hitman scored dozens of headshots, solidifying his status as the first-ever four-division champion. Now is the time to appreciate the clean work of this anomalous knockout artist, who brought his big guns to each and every mission.
  • СпортСпорт

Комментарии • 2,1 тыс.

  • @votesport
    @votesport  3 месяца назад +169

    Our video about Roberto Duran: ruclips.net/video/3l7_tUXbrVs/видео.html
    and Ray Leonard: ruclips.net/video/kgMFbh8tmrw/видео.html
    In the 80s, a remarkable rivalry unfolded in the world of boxing when four outstanding champions in adjacent weight classes competed to determine the best, engaging in nine bouts among themselves. This period is now referred to as the era of the "Four Kings." One of the champions was Thomas Hearns, featured in the video. Soon, we will release separate videos about the other kings as well.

    • @Fatdog-Dakind
      @Fatdog-Dakind 2 месяца назад +11

      Sugar Ray knocked all these guy down!

    • @darylmolinejr.6166
      @darylmolinejr.6166 2 месяца назад +7

      I would also suggest a chronological "battle of kings." Where you take each interaction in turn.

    • @Anonymous-jf2gy
      @Anonymous-jf2gy 2 месяца назад +11

      @@Fatdog-Dakind Hagler was better than Sugar Ray

    • @thomaskrehm5203
      @thomaskrehm5203 2 месяца назад +4

      ​@@Fatdog-Dakindnot Duran. Not Hagler. And Hearns knocked him down twice and detached a retina. SRL = weakest of the four kings.

    • @shivahuggins1276
      @shivahuggins1276 2 месяца назад +8

      @@Fatdog-Dakind No he didn't. He never knocked Hagler down, he lost to Duran and only made him quit because Duran was disgusted with the games Ray was playing in the rematch, and he lost the second fight to Tommy, who knocked him down twice. Even Ray admitted he lost the Tommy re-match.

  • @afc358
    @afc358 2 месяца назад +528

    Hearns/Duran/Hagler/Leonard will NEVER be repeated. The absolute golden age of boxing.

    • @certifiedtech30
      @certifiedtech30 2 месяца назад +26

      Ali/Frazier/Foreman/Sphinx

    • @scoop2963
      @scoop2963 2 месяца назад

      Ffs wise up you​@@certifiedtech30

    • @DarthVaderich
      @DarthVaderich 2 месяца назад +6

      ​@@certifiedtech30Norton, etc.

    • @Steve-pk2fs
      @Steve-pk2fs 2 месяца назад +2

      Come out the past we did love them guys but this was 30 plus years ago 🤦🏽‍♂️ guys now days are much stronger

    • @aldiggydog
      @aldiggydog 2 месяца назад

      Hell yeah!

  • @vxer1000
    @vxer1000 2 месяца назад +177

    Tommy was a class act. His opponent died in a motorcycle accident, and he gave the title belt to his mother. I grew up near Detroit, so I would always be rooting for him. He wasn't a show boat. He was always business in the ring. He gave the Motor City something to look forward to every fight.

    • @m.scottreeder
      @m.scottreeder 2 месяца назад +4

      James Shuler, killed in March, 1986.

    • @rundix3351
      @rundix3351 Месяц назад +6

      He was robbed in a few big fights too.

    • @lennydykstra9169
      @lennydykstra9169 Месяц назад +4

      they didn't call him the hit man for nothing

    • @paulanthony5274
      @paulanthony5274 24 дня назад +2

      @@m.scottreeder Yes, such a shame and very soon after his fight with Tommy.

    • @ALL_KNOWING_GURU
      @ALL_KNOWING_GURU 22 дня назад

      that was legendary iconic beautiful classy af 🛐🛐🛐

  • @Mongieboy
    @Mongieboy 2 месяца назад +78

    Know what I loved most about these guys? The respect they had 4 each other. Absolutely golden era and solid gold warriors.

  • @kaypie3112
    @kaypie3112 2 месяца назад +101

    The overhand right to Durans face.
    Oh My Lord.
    A collosal punch.

    • @carlodonn8983
      @carlodonn8983 2 месяца назад +14

      Perhaps pound for pound the hardest punch thrown in boxing history!!

    • @kaypie3112
      @kaypie3112 2 месяца назад +11

      @@carlodonn8983
      Yes…it looked like a Tomahawk missile.

    • @Scott-fy7fm
      @Scott-fy7fm 2 месяца назад +7

      It was scary how loud that came through over that crowd noise

    • @potentially__9445
      @potentially__9445 2 месяца назад +8

      The most WTF punch I’ve EVER witnessed, CHILLS!!!!!!!!!

    • @sgtlamancha805
      @sgtlamancha805 Месяц назад +8

      How that didn’t break his jaw and/or cheekbone is a miracle. What a punch

  • @kamisori49
    @kamisori49 3 месяца назад +924

    25:35 After the fight HEARNS instructed his team not to mention his broken hand so that HAGLER's success would not be diminished. Oh man, I simply LOVE these two! True warriors and legends. RIP Marvin Hagler.

    • @stuartdamon3610
      @stuartdamon3610 3 месяца назад +81

      Hagler was awesome! ❤
      So was the Hitman! ❤
      Warriors.

    • @speeddemon9555
      @speeddemon9555 2 месяца назад +58

      @@stuartdamon3610 along with Sugar Ray ( Robinson and Leonard ) + Duran the best ever.

    • @Al7amed
      @Al7amed 2 месяца назад +12

      ​@@stuartdamon3610not warriors, fighters
      A warrior is a man who is going to war knowing that he can't return alive.

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes 2 месяца назад +15

      @@speeddemon9555SRL paid off judges

    • @boomersD9CAT
      @boomersD9CAT 2 месяца назад +31

      They remained friends right until Marvelous passed away…😢🙏🏾🙏🏼

  • @doug3066
    @doug3066 3 месяца назад +347

    This was a great time in boxing. So many talented boxers. Thank you for this tribute.

    • @CamiloCBG
      @CamiloCBG 3 месяца назад +8

      Absolutely.

    • @DinnerForkTongue
      @DinnerForkTongue 2 месяца назад +15

      A real golden age of the glove.

    • @eranliber5993
      @eranliber5993 2 месяца назад +7

      My thought exactly ​@@DinnerForkTongue

    • @claytonandrews7234
      @claytonandrews7234 2 месяца назад +6

      The GREATEST TIMES IN BOXING HISTORY

    • @Kayoss13212
      @Kayoss13212 2 месяца назад +4

      Fr. These days a top boxer fighting a fellow top boxer is rare, because they don’t wanna mess with their win/loss record. They’d rather pick fights that they know that they will win.

  • @kendaddi5857
    @kendaddi5857 2 месяца назад +43

    I have watched a lot of boxing bouts in my life. No one hits clinical clean shots like Thomas Hearns. In my opinion he is the most skillful boxer of all times.

    • @ramlangoddos4425
      @ramlangoddos4425 2 месяца назад +3

      You forgot Roy Jones Jr?

    • @richardcollins2622
      @richardcollins2622 2 месяца назад +1

      Tommy was very skilled but most skilled ever? Not many would agree with you but we’re all entitled to our opinion. Skill encompasses everything, including defense. And Tommy had frequent defensive lapses. He is one of the most dangerous fighters that’s ever campaigned between 147 and 160 because of that eraser overhand right coupled with his jab and ridiculous reach. But he wasn’t a great inside fighter, his footwork wasn’t always in order, he wasn’t always defensively responsible, and there was always a question how he would react if you could touch his chin…those things are part of a fighter’s skill level. The problem many had was getting through his jab and right hand in order to take advantage of those known weaknesses.

    • @kendaddi5857
      @kendaddi5857 2 месяца назад +3

      @@richardcollins2622 Very true. In my opinion his only weakness was that he couldn’t take punches. One good punch and he is out. So yes, if you include defensive skills he may not be the most skillful but in terms of attacking skills, sharp and accurate punching, stance, poise , hand speed etc, he was just unbelievably good. He throws a punch, misses and re-hits without withdrawing the hand. That’s sheer speed. He wasn’t a clumsy round the house puncher or slugger as you would see greats like Sugar Ray Leonard, Ken Norton, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and even Floyd Mayweather jnr fight sometimes. He hit straight, sharp, direct, accurate, and hard punches. The only other boxers I could compare with him are Big Daddy Riddick Bowe, Mohammed Ali and Larry Homes. But honestly Hearns edges all of them in punching skills. As u said, it’s only my opinion. I have really watched a lot of boxing fights in my life but I could still be wrong. It’s just an opinion.
      The three fights or so Hearns lost, he really wasn’t outboxed. His opponents just got one good punch and he became dazed. They rushed and finished him off. That was his weakness.

    • @rparker8761
      @rparker8761 Месяц назад

      If he had GGG's or Hagler's chin, he'd be the best ever. But he'd get hit and his legs would get rubbery. @@richardcollins2622

    • @felipeelamigodelosamigos4490
      @felipeelamigodelosamigos4490 Месяц назад

      ​@@kendaddi5857barkley le quito el titulo 160 y el titulo de las 175 libraz su verdugo

  • @reubenparies6678
    @reubenparies6678 2 месяца назад +22

    Possibly the greatest era of boxing ever. And that Hearns/Hagler first round stands as the greatest and wildest round of boxing EVER!!!

    • @troublemaker2121
      @troublemaker2121 3 дня назад

      As I was watching the first round I was thinking it's over for hearns

  • @JHall-hh3pt
    @JHall-hh3pt 2 месяца назад +162

    The 80's era in my opinion is untouchable in so many ways, Music, boxing, cold warm, mobsters, drugs, women, television shows, Movies...etc.....what a decade..

    • @TheOlmonroe1
      @TheOlmonroe1 2 месяца назад +6

      Heck yeah!!

    • @michaelrowley941
      @michaelrowley941 2 месяца назад +7

      Definitely the best era for me watching boxing like hearns v hagler.. hearns v suger Ray Leonard ... hagler v suger ray leonard and the Duran fights and ali fights before these and of course mike tyson got everyone sitting on the edge of they're seat Definitely best years for me and imo the best era of boxing anyone will ever see because boxing today all the champions and great boxers coming up are all avoiding each other for as long as they can atleast back then they would all fight each other atleast twice best v best 15 rounds nothing will ever beat that

    • @cbiizzy
      @cbiizzy 2 месяца назад +6

      best era

    • @kendaddi5857
      @kendaddi5857 2 месяца назад +2

      I agree totally. It was a decade with a difference indeed.

    • @c3bam1
      @c3bam1 2 месяца назад +2

      Without a doubt! 👍🤣😂

  • @bubbakemp5817
    @bubbakemp5817 3 месяца назад +237

    The era of these four boxers, to me, was the greatest of all time! The just beat the hell out of everyone and each other! These guys put on some excellent fights!

    • @eifiondavies1889
      @eifiondavies1889 2 месяца назад +29

      I and my disabled son that is none verbal,autism mobility problems,trying to get him to sit down next to us is a no no.until the evening times I put boxing videos on,at this time we have a connection,he sits next to me as excited as I was years ago ,these fighter’s still excite me.the era of the 4 kings.all 4 deserve the title of the G.O.A.T

    • @combatshox
      @combatshox 2 месяца назад +7

      they really did.but we can still watch .and enjoy.👍👍

    • @DinnerForkTongue
      @DinnerForkTongue 2 месяца назад +5

      You are so right. Just Hitman's fight with Sugar alone was a huge showcase of grit, twitch and power. I went "jesus" so many times.

    • @CharlesWestinghIII
      @CharlesWestinghIII 2 месяца назад +2

      Yes, this was the golden age of boxing. Unlikely we will see this level ever again. Talents, money and interest have moved onto MMA

    • @morielbasto8405
      @morielbasto8405 2 месяца назад +7

      Herns, Leonard, Hagler, Durant.
      4kings

  • @OSUBucknado
    @OSUBucknado 2 месяца назад +39

    The body work Tommy employed was devastating. Sometimes overlooked. What a GREAT era of boxing!

    • @mattcooper2230
      @mattcooper2230 2 месяца назад

      Rr

    • @mattcooper2230
      @mattcooper2230 2 месяца назад

      Dc.

    • @chevy4x466
      @chevy4x466 Месяц назад

      The left hook to the body defied physics, it was like a whip

    • @Night-op7zf
      @Night-op7zf Месяц назад

      He had explosive punching power. If Deontay Wilder learnt to box properly from a young age he could have been a heavyweight version of Hearns. Scary thought.

    • @hulksmash8660
      @hulksmash8660 15 дней назад

      ​@Night-op7zf Man, if Wilder had Tommy's punching technique it would have been scary, if he'd have used his length and height the way Tommy did and he had a good teacher like Steward training him since he was young he could have been the hardest puncher ever.

  • @stephenbarrosse831
    @stephenbarrosse831 2 месяца назад +11

    I could watch Thomas Hearns highlights all day. He is just poetry in motion. He is just a such a beautiful fighter, with his long frame and stabbing jab. Thank you for the video!

  • @drewcipher666
    @drewcipher666 2 месяца назад +53

    The Motor City Cobra.... The HITMAN ...MR. HEARNS.....fans always got their moneys worth and usually a great finish that was the Golden Age of Boxing...MAN !!

  • @andrewmorris2820
    @andrewmorris2820 2 месяца назад +115

    I sparred Tommy when he was on the tail end of his career at the VIP gym in Venice, Ca. Those long arms, jab, and right hand were lethal. He also had a deceptive left hook that he'd throw more as a counter as you were coming in. He definitely had me seeing some stars. What a talent.

    • @kevinvilmont6061
      @kevinvilmont6061 2 месяца назад +3

      😎

    • @ericpadilla2454
      @ericpadilla2454 2 месяца назад +2

      Sure u did buddy

    • @andrewmorris2820
      @andrewmorris2820 2 месяца назад

      No I'm just making it up clown. I trained at the Hoover Street Gym and Broadway gym in South Central and the word came out that Hearns was looking for work. Even at my age now I'd drop you faster than wet shit. Panty waste. @@ericpadilla2454

    • @cfields12121
      @cfields12121 2 месяца назад +4

      @ericpadilla2454 Let him have his moment bro😭😭

    • @user-sy9vt4kv9g
      @user-sy9vt4kv9g 2 месяца назад

      Always get one dreamer in the comments 😂😂

  • @Birdman47401
    @Birdman47401 2 месяца назад +7

    That was the golden age of boxing for me. Marvelous, Sugar Ray, The Hit Man, Durant, Barkley and many others. So much talent and so many rivalries

  • @Socialisten
    @Socialisten Месяц назад +3

    "Having amassed 20 victories, 26 of them by KO ...".
    Now THAT`S a record that will never be broken!

    • @jeffdarnell7942
      @jeffdarnell7942 8 дней назад

      You've got THAT right. It STRETCHES the numbers!!! That's for sure.

  • @user-dm8pr4zd8j
    @user-dm8pr4zd8j 2 месяца назад +61

    I was born in 1970. Tommy was my favorite fighter growing up. All these fights used to be free. Saturday afternoon " Wide World of Sports". Then on HBO. God I miss those days. Boxing was incredible back then!!

    • @Dave-Gear32
      @Dave-Gear32 2 месяца назад +2

      That weight class in the 80’s was legendary.

    • @NavarinoDC
      @NavarinoDC 2 месяца назад +2

      Yeah, they were also free, live on TV in the UK too. That's when boxing was at its height. Pay-per-view ruined boxing IMO.

    • @FranssensM
      @FranssensM Месяц назад +1

      You make a great point. They were free on tv so kids could watch with their families. Learning about great boxing, those people were respected. Everyone knew the fight was on, we’d all watch. Great times.

    • @joeuser633
      @joeuser633 Месяц назад +2

      All kinds of great sports every Sunday on The Wide World of Sports. Damn I miss the old days.

    • @graysonmichael8335
      @graysonmichael8335 Месяц назад +1

      so true! these guys deserve much more love than theyve gotten

  • @user-hn2oh8xd9v
    @user-hn2oh8xd9v 3 месяца назад +65

    One of the most exciting fighters ever!!! I cant remember one boring fight of The Hitman. Legend

  • @hymansahak181
    @hymansahak181 Месяц назад +7

    The Hearns right hand is still the most precise right hand of boxing. Pinpoint precision.

  • @timfify
    @timfify 2 месяца назад +6

    Holy crap boxing has to be the hardest way to make a living the power from one of those punches would detach my head from my body.

  • @jamesbeitia1353
    @jamesbeitia1353 2 месяца назад +158

    Tommy Hearn is my favorite fighter of all time. What an awesome documentary. Thank you for putting this together.

    • @richardselby1711
      @richardselby1711 2 месяца назад +7

      He was built for Boxing, long, lean and wicked quick.

    • @RO-uf9ii
      @RO-uf9ii 2 месяца назад +1

      And mine 👍.

    • @masterdingus7074
      @masterdingus7074 2 месяца назад +1

      ​​@@richardselby1711 Have I spotted a fellow New Englander?

    • @johninnes881
      @johninnes881 2 месяца назад +4

      And mine too an absolute gem and a maniac legend so humble so likable so brilliant to watch he was ALWAYS SMILING NO MATTER WHAT.❤❤❤

    • @jamesbeitia1353
      @jamesbeitia1353 2 месяца назад +4

      @johninnes881 I believe you and I loved Tommy Hearns for the same reason. He never, from what I remember, trash talked his opponent. Such a likable guy, so humble of a soul. For him to attend James Shulers funeral and handing the belt to his mother speaks volumes. I didn't know anything about that until watching this documentary. It just makes me love this fighter even more.

  • @howarddavies782
    @howarddavies782 2 месяца назад +15

    Marvin Hagler said that if Tommy didn't have a glass jaw he would have been the best out of all of us. That's a tribute. Great video of the Detroit Hit man.

    • @TechieTard
      @TechieTard 2 месяца назад +23

      Crazy thing is that he didn't have a glass jaw, it just wasn't made out of titanium like Sugar Ray's or Haglers.

    • @RO-uf9ii
      @RO-uf9ii 2 месяца назад +2

      @@TechieTardvery true 😂

    • @sgtlamancha805
      @sgtlamancha805 Месяц назад +5

      There seemed to be a spot on Tommy. Iran Barkley hit it too. Same reaction as when Hagler hit him.

  • @saleemameerhakim7025
    @saleemameerhakim7025 2 месяца назад +7

    Thomas Hearns was one of the most dangerous fighters I've ever seen in boxing... a true Legend in the best era of boxing no question.

  • @krazyhorse9596
    @krazyhorse9596 2 месяца назад +2

    The hitman had an ability to hit opponents with punches they didnt seen coming. Not a power puncher, a technician. A legend of boxing in the pinnacle of the sport.

  • @KOTJ412
    @KOTJ412 2 месяца назад +28

    My dad was a big Sugar Ray Leonard fan when I was a kid but also talked up Tommy, Duran, & Hagler who were all great champs! Definitely a great time for boxing if not the best! Thank you for this for taking us back! 🤙🏾🥊

  • @brimcilroy9002
    @brimcilroy9002 2 месяца назад +162

    Hitman hearns was the first to win world titles at 5 different weight not 4,one of the true all time greats.

    • @pablogrijalva1581
      @pablogrijalva1581 2 месяца назад +3

      Yeah I actually asked about that before reading this. First one with 4 different weight classes titles was Duran

    • @cr4zyj4m1e87
      @cr4zyj4m1e87 2 месяца назад +20

      Duran didn't do that until 89 against Barkley, Hearn did it In 87... So Hearn was definitely the first for both 4 belts and 5 belts.

    • @brimcilroy9002
      @brimcilroy9002 2 месяца назад +1

      @@cr4zyj4m1e87 sugar Ray leonard also became a 5weight w, champ not to long after the hitman so he done before Roberto Duran aswell if I'm correct.

    • @cr4zyj4m1e87
      @cr4zyj4m1e87 2 месяца назад +14

      @@brimcilroy9002 Yeah, it was a bit of a con job, though. He won two belts from Donny Lalonde fighting at super middleweight, but both that belt and the light heavyweight belt were on the line. So he effectively won a light heavyweight belt without ever fighting at light heavyweight.

    • @themjpaul
      @themjpaul 2 месяца назад +7

      We were blessed

  • @Gsheryl67
    @Gsheryl67 7 дней назад

    This was a great era to be alive in...for those who missed it...I wish I could give you the feeling. Straight up.

  • @tombrady7616
    @tombrady7616 2 месяца назад +8

    These guys were true warriors,& gave you everything you came to see,& also RESPECTED their Opponents. R.I.P Champ

  • @jasonboisseau409
    @jasonboisseau409 2 месяца назад +17

    That right hand on Duran is still one of the greatest punches of all time. It was so perfect and so hard that Duran’s head snapped so fast that you almost couldn’t see it. Devastating

    • @lebdvusa
      @lebdvusa 11 дней назад

      Even in slow motion it was fast as hell

  • @commanderjoj6426
    @commanderjoj6426 2 месяца назад +11

    Hearns’ jab is criminally underrated. Probably because that straight right was so vicious.

  • @davidw9772
    @davidw9772 2 месяца назад +3

    Tommy Hearns unparalleled proficiency ranks among the greatest within all classes.

  • @BillyBob-jb3yy
    @BillyBob-jb3yy 2 месяца назад +6

    This has to be one of the best boxing video since Mike Tyson

  • @acepirate5302
    @acepirate5302 2 месяца назад +69

    My favorite and I’m 30 years old , I watched all these old classics on RUclips. Hearns just took me. 💯

    • @Casteeyo...
      @Casteeyo... 2 месяца назад +2

      Same .. I'm 40 and I been watching these old school boxing for years ... Love it 👊

    • @JudahsAwakening
      @JudahsAwakening 2 месяца назад

      Hearns took you? Whoaaaaa PAUSE LIKE SHIT MY Boy!!!! lol how you let him TAKE YOU???? You ain’t atleast fight for your manhood 😂

    • @donhue4546
      @donhue4546 2 месяца назад

      @@Casteeyo...sugar ray=goat

    • @johnniea4684
      @johnniea4684 2 месяца назад +2

      I watched these guys as a kid, but I know what you mean as I watched fighters before that time, before I started watching boxing in real-time and was super impressed. Hearns was a great fighter with a real aura about him. His right hand power was such a big talking point that's it was usually glossed over the other tools which he had in his locker - movement, a great left hook, jab, hand speed, and a massive heart. Never quite seen a fighter with power who throws such fast, sharp shots with perfect form, guy was a machine and always great to watch. Had a brilliant career but if he'd had a different mentality he probably has an easier time by just using his boxing skills, but he was a legitimate Hitman who took no prisoners and sometimes ended up going out on his shield. The KO of Duran, watching it live on TV I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

    • @donhue4546
      @donhue4546 2 месяца назад

      @@johnniea4684 SUGAR RAY WAS THE GOAT,HAGLER KOED HEARNS RAY BEAT THEM BOTH ,HEARNS AND RAYS 2ND FIGHT SUGAR WAS RING RUSTY,SO RAY SNEAKED IT

  • @pietro8226
    @pietro8226 2 месяца назад +55

    My favorite boxer ever.
    Those jabs that started from below to land on his opponent's face, changing a thousand angles...
    Style and power!! For me, no one like him.

    • @atlluvdemhoops1534
      @atlluvdemhoops1534 2 месяца назад +2

      There will NEVER BE another like Tommy "The Hitman, The Motor City Cobra" Hearns. Nuff Sed!!! ✨️🥊🥊✨️Best to ever do it with his length, height, size, power, grace, heart

  • @alanmansell9845
    @alanmansell9845 Месяц назад +3

    Tommy the hitman hearns. What an unbelievable fighter who ducked nobody, he took on the world and won the hearts of the planet. Love ye tommy ❤

  • @thepublishingpoet8435
    @thepublishingpoet8435 2 месяца назад +5

    Hit Man was a beast inside the square ring! And You did an incredible job memorializing
    Thomas Hearns dominant career.
    Thanks!!!😊😊😊

  • @davidkimani7452
    @davidkimani7452 3 месяца назад +39

    That stare would knock out opponents souls before physically knocking them out

  • @BruceLee-zd9bw
    @BruceLee-zd9bw 2 месяца назад +12

    Tommy was an incredible fighter, he had brilliant boxing skills, that were often overshadowed by his devastating right hand.
    Total respect to a legend that has stood the test of time.
    I salute you.
    🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏✊✊✊

  • @reeddamron8550
    @reeddamron8550 2 месяца назад +2

    As great as the Hearns was in the ring, he seems a better human being. Mad respect Hitman. Now one of my all time favorites

  • @michaelnieves3550
    @michaelnieves3550 2 месяца назад +20

    Todays boxers would not stand a chance against these fighters

  • @ginahardee4891
    @ginahardee4891 3 месяца назад +42

    these were the best years of boxing 80s-90s

    • @siegfriedo
      @siegfriedo 2 месяца назад +8

      I'd say 70s through 90s.

    • @ginahardee4891
      @ginahardee4891 2 месяца назад +1

      i would agree with you@@siegfriedo

    • @JudahsAwakening
      @JudahsAwakening 2 месяца назад

      @@ginahardee4891I agree aswell

  • @jota55581
    @jota55581 2 месяца назад +21

    I met both Marvin and Duran both greats gave me their time and talked about fights ..TRUE greats and humble .

    • @combatshox
      @combatshox 2 месяца назад +4

      lucky guy .iam jealous.

    • @jota55581
      @jota55581 2 месяца назад +5

      @@combatshox i was walking past durans house in Panamá it's bit of a tourist atraction and there he was fixing his motor bike .i speak spanish i said hola don Roberto,he did not turn round then i told him i'm from Ireland and that Ive Say all his fights de Jesús ,moore ,cuevas ect ,he turned round , he talked to me for 40 minutos about his trip to Ireland ,i got photos too ...When i met Marvin it was a at a dinner where he would talk and ask questions ,most people in audience where drunk asking questions about Tyson. ,i asked him was it a slip against Roldán ..he answered later on he invited me to his table ..great memories .

    • @johnniea4684
      @johnniea4684 2 месяца назад +3

      @@jota55581 Good moments. Yeah, that knockdown Hagler suffered against Roldan was a joke. He was leaning in and Roldan hit him with a swinging right hand round the back of the head, which caused him to fall over. I couldn't believe the ref started counting. Hagler looked disgusted. Smashed the game Roldan for the rest of the fight.

    • @jota55581
      @jota55581 2 месяца назад +2

      @@johnniea4684 hey brother hope your well ,thats whats Hagler said ,he said the the shot round back of Hed caused his back leg to slip .

    • @johnniea4684
      @johnniea4684 2 месяца назад +5

      @@jota55581 Yeah, that's right, I remember that now. Good guy Hagler. Always gave off this mean mofo image in the ring but came off differently in real life.

  • @johnconway9882
    @johnconway9882 2 месяца назад +1

    Two great nicknames for Hearns: Thomas "Hitman" Hearns and the "Motor City Cobra." Both quite fitting, given his ability to strike a lethal blow.

  • @puckgold4956
    @puckgold4956 Месяц назад +2

    The 2nd Hearns/Leonard fight was by the best fight in the history of boxing. Simply amazing.

  • @traceynorcross5666
    @traceynorcross5666 2 месяца назад +24

    I became a pro boxing fan in 1980 when joining the military at 18, in 2010 I never imagined I’d shake hands with Thomas and Roberto Duran whilst they were touring the UK, it was a great day and have a photo of the event.

    • @jmdessi
      @jmdessi 2 месяца назад

      I will see

  • @shebajackson569
    @shebajackson569 3 месяца назад +39

    The Fact they got to fighting in the 1st round in those days is priceless. 😊

  • @Fogman5678
    @Fogman5678 2 месяца назад +1

    Awesome post. Hearns was a Complete Boxer. Many questioned his punching power. Ask those who took a beating by him. One of the Greats,absolutely.

  • @alfred4012
    @alfred4012 2 месяца назад +3

    The best boxing era, when world champions fought world champions, not like today's boxers who pick and choose!

  • @Pulsonar
    @Pulsonar 2 месяца назад +7

    I’ll never forget the drama of Hearns vs SRL 1981. It was one of the greatest fights of all time. But for me it was the drama of the SRL loss to Duran in 1980 and his subsequent comeback to avenge the defeat just before the Hearns fight that signalled the start of a golden age in Welter to Middleweight boxing and the fantastic 4 of the 1980s- Hearns, SRL, Duran and Hagler. What a time, I feel so privileged to have enjoyed that for free on U.K. TV throughout the 1980s.

    • @johnniea4684
      @johnniea4684 2 месяца назад +3

      Yup, nuts to think now that these fights were on free TV in the good old UK.

    • @Pulsonar
      @Pulsonar 2 месяца назад +1

      @@johnniea4684 We didn’t know it at the time but we were spoiled rotten even though in the U.K. we only had 3 TV channels for folks to play with. It was the quality of TV that counts though, and I still believe we got better quality TV across many genres in the 70s and 80s than the ‘penny a dozen’ drivel we get now across a 100 channels that charge subscription. Even many of those new channels show golden oldies from that because they can’t make better programs than they did then. Now we we’ve got the crooked ppv merchants scamming folks left right and centre just to watch a domestic tear up at Bethnall Green between 2 local has beens 😂

    • @williampowell3378
      @williampowell3378 Месяц назад

      Yeah

  • @ovalvox7888
    @ovalvox7888 2 месяца назад +25

    Best time in boxing ever. I grew up watching these great boxers. Now boxing is barely mentioned by anyone anymore as a big thing.

    • @gusgatzonis9607
      @gusgatzonis9607 2 месяца назад +4

      All sports have been diminished these days. Corruption has officially taken front and center in football baseball basketball boxing even those gritty MMA guys are taking dives. Its over, literally. Maybe time to get into little league sports lol

    • @shootthejay7002
      @shootthejay7002 2 месяца назад

      @@gusgatzonis9607sports as a whole def went downhill and it’s sad. The money ruined it all. Especially with football, baseball and basketball. They literally changed the rules to allow more offense and it truly changes the integrity of the game. It’s sad.

    • @wardosravin
      @wardosravin 2 месяца назад

      Boxing is still very popular over in England. Having English heavyweight champions helps.

  • @williamellis1370
    @williamellis1370 6 дней назад

    Did anyone ever see a dull Thomas Hearns fight? Not I, which is why he was my favorite fighter of that generation.

  • @princeodinson3239
    @princeodinson3239 6 дней назад +1

    I watched these fights as a kid... man oh man... this was beautifully narrated... 🍻

  • @buckchurch1551
    @buckchurch1551 3 месяца назад +33

    ABSOLUTE LEGEND. My all time favorite fighter.

  • @user-rc8iy2vz3t
    @user-rc8iy2vz3t 3 месяца назад +92

    Tommy Hearns is an absolute legend. Great video on the Hitman. 👊

  • @dougbodenhamer9391
    @dougbodenhamer9391 2 месяца назад +1

    That, imo, was the greatest era of boxing, not even close. That division was SICK. Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran. Those fights are legendary. Glad i was able to watch them all.

  • @johnkrolczyk2241
    @johnkrolczyk2241 2 месяца назад

    Great tribute Hearns and the other 3 kings. We will never see 4 rivals like that again fighting in the same era.

  • @davidbann8388
    @davidbann8388 2 месяца назад +1

    I see Hearns about 2 times a month ...just saw him the other day.. He frequents a restaurant that I do as well... its really cool to see him...hes very cordial.. After seeing this vid..next time Ill take a pic with him

  • @haydndavies2475
    @haydndavies2475 2 месяца назад +1

    What an era for boxers. What a joy to watch the passion and skills.

  • @CamiloCBG
    @CamiloCBG 3 месяца назад +16

    This kind of documentary is priceless.

  • @migo-migo9503
    @migo-migo9503 2 месяца назад +48

    That reach is ridiculous, shots coming from nowhere, it's not normal. Tommy seems like a pretty cool guy, humble and likeable.

    • @mikea5205
      @mikea5205 2 месяца назад +5

      Fighting him must have been so frustrating. Super long reach with super speed...deadly.

    • @juanio7036
      @juanio7036 2 месяца назад

      @@mikea5205Add to that the power in both hands

    • @deandrenicholas2545
      @deandrenicholas2545 2 месяца назад +6

      I met Tommy Hearns in 2006 at Comerica Park. Really personable guy. I told him that I thought his right against Duran is the hardest I've ever seen someone get hit. He smiles at me and said "I barely remember, but I'm sure I've hit people harder than that!" Coolest interaction I've ever had with a "famous person". It's almost as if he doesn't really think he's famous or something.

  • @Vamosacontarmentiras-zz4qu
    @Vamosacontarmentiras-zz4qu 2 месяца назад +4

    I had so much fun watching these fight in the 80s....Even though my favourite fighter was Hagler, I loved Duran, Leonard and Hearns. It is truly remarkable what Hearns achieved with an average chin. What a warrior!!!

  • @carycase5563
    @carycase5563 2 месяца назад +1

    Tommy has always been my favorite fighter, watched him train here in Phoenix, he was one of the best fighters of all time.

  • @musicdunc
    @musicdunc 2 месяца назад +5

    Hearns was screwed by the judges in his 2nd fight with Ray. Hearn’s was a warrior, a true legend!

  • @hermanmelville3871
    @hermanmelville3871 2 месяца назад +13

    The Motor City Cobra was an absolute terror! By far the scariest non-heavyweight of the 80’s in terms of knockout power.

  • @benjiarehart2878
    @benjiarehart2878 27 дней назад

    I grew up in the 60-70's, and followed boxing all my life. On the 80's, Tommy was definitely one of my favorites.

  • @Anonymous-jf2gy
    @Anonymous-jf2gy 3 месяца назад +101

    Hitman Hearns is an all time great

    • @walterkiebart9728
      @walterkiebart9728 2 месяца назад +1

      But he lost against Hagler and found his Master in Marvellous.

    • @Anonymous-jf2gy
      @Anonymous-jf2gy 2 месяца назад +9

      @@walterkiebart9728 That's only after he went up way beyond his natural weight class and he still put up an excellent performance.

    • @donhue4546
      @donhue4546 2 месяца назад

      @@walterkiebart9728 sugar rat bear hagler,so ray=goat

    • @tdog9081
      @tdog9081 2 месяца назад

      He sure was like a Mohamad ali

  • @etorelly
    @etorelly 3 месяца назад +42

    Hitman's right cross has the speed of light. Amazing.

    • @kaypie3112
      @kaypie3112 2 месяца назад

      lol
      Absolutely Amazing. My favorite was the one on Cuevas in that WBA title bout. That was a thing of beauty. It looked a harpoon.
      WHACK!!!!

  • @timvella1817
    @timvella1817 14 дней назад

    Hearns is on of the greatest boxers and also one of the best entertainers. His style is unique.

  • @djmarkymarks.f.4153
    @djmarkymarks.f.4153 2 месяца назад +10

    Same weight as Mayweather, Canelo.... They are Super Lucky they never had to meet Hearns, Hagler, Chavez, Duran, Sugar ray..... Their career would be over before it began

    • @prophecyjackson184
      @prophecyjackson184 Месяц назад +2

      TRUE INDEED

    • @josephcollins7393
      @josephcollins7393 Месяц назад +2

      Mayweather would have been in trouble

    • @chigorziaihediwa71
      @chigorziaihediwa71 Месяц назад

      Not to diminish the MECCA of boxing. Don't sleep on "Pretty Boy" Floyd, he was devastating people before the hand injuries started to pile up.

    • @josephcollins7393
      @josephcollins7393 Месяц назад

      @@chigorziaihediwa71 Floyd is nothing compared to these guys

    • @chigorziaihediwa71
      @chigorziaihediwa71 Месяц назад

      @@josephcollins7393 based off of what? None of the them outside of Sugar was that technically sound. Sugar being my personal favorite of all time. Floyd would have the best defense and second fastest at worst

  • @peterstern5266
    @peterstern5266 3 месяца назад +24

    Very well done video. THANK YOU!!! Wish Boxing was still the way that these guys fought. They are the dinosaurs of Boxing and the best of the field!!!

  • @eifiondavies1889
    @eifiondavies1889 3 месяца назад +63

    Where have these kind of fighters gone.hard as nails.

    • @user-rc8iy2vz3t
      @user-rc8iy2vz3t 3 месяца назад +6

      Very few fighting champions like Hearns these days.

    • @h0rk3d
      @h0rk3d 3 месяца назад +10

      @@user-rc8iy2vz3t By "few", I assume you mean "zero"

    • @vince11harris
      @vince11harris 2 месяца назад

      @@h0rk3dInoue?

    • @howarddavies782
      @howarddavies782 2 месяца назад +1

      And so they were.

    • @DinnerForkTongue
      @DinnerForkTongue 2 месяца назад +7

      They got old, and the new gens are too soft.

  • @chrispaige3939
    @chrispaige3939 2 месяца назад +1

    Love how you appreciate the other awesome fighters

  • @danerowe1258
    @danerowe1258 2 месяца назад +1

    Such a deserved nickname. A real "hitman." Great boxer, great man.

  • @bsur34
    @bsur34 3 месяца назад +38

    This guy is scary, he is a freak of nature.

    • @ARDG89
      @ARDG89 2 месяца назад +10

      But a heart of gold. That moment he beat his opponent and showed up to his funeral a week later giving his mother the belt was solid. What a wholesome guy.

    • @jamesbeitia1353
      @jamesbeitia1353 2 месяца назад +2

      But he possessed such great sportsmanship.

    • @JudahsAwakening
      @JudahsAwakening 2 месяца назад

      @@ARDG89hearns killed a man in a ring???

    • @user-kn1uj2tp6r
      @user-kn1uj2tp6r 2 месяца назад

      ​@JudahsAwakening No, idiot. The kid died in a motorcycle accident just a week after his loss to Hearns. 19 years old and with a bright future, all taken, just like that.

    • @ARDG89
      @ARDG89 2 месяца назад +1

      @@JudahsAwakening no, I'm talking about his opponent that died in the motorcycle accident one week later after he beat him

  • @rodneysmith7272
    @rodneysmith7272 2 месяца назад +4

    Loved watching Hearns back in the day. Not only power but precision that man could throw leather with the best of them.

  • @robadagamer
    @robadagamer 2 месяца назад +2

    If you are getting excited watching this today, imagine what it was when people watched it live back in the day.

  • @drophatinc
    @drophatinc 2 месяца назад +1

    no matter what you think of Hearns he was still undrerrated. A classy fighter with hands of stone. Great nick name too

  • @juanperez-yu6du
    @juanperez-yu6du 3 месяца назад +61

    Thanks for this video. It was great to see the real 4 kings of boxing. Not the garbage of today's boxing.

  • @jeffrhorer1811
    @jeffrhorer1811 2 месяца назад +19

    He was very quick and crisp with his punches and extremely accurate! He was a great, great fighter!

  • @wasteddude9387
    @wasteddude9387 Месяц назад

    The very definition of CAPTIVATING. What an amazing videography of Mr. Thomas "the Hitman" Hearns. This was absolutely a stellar story of a victorious man in multiple arenas. Just breathtaking. The achievements made by one warrior in colliseum after colliseum. Even in the face of an ocassional loss, not only did he get right back up, he never knew how to feel knocked down. This man just kept on standing up.

  • @michaelroberts6450
    @michaelroberts6450 2 месяца назад +1

    If you were going to have a chance against Hearns you needed a iron jaw because you were going to get hit hard and often. He was a tremendous fighter. Thanks for being great at what you did.

  • @SmoothJK
    @SmoothJK 3 месяца назад +30

    And yet he's like the nicest dude

  • @commanderjoj6426
    @commanderjoj6426 2 месяца назад +4

    That right hand he unleashed on Cuevas was filthy. Buckled the dude’s legs and everything!

  • @jcass1970
    @jcass1970 2 месяца назад

    I watched the Hagler v Hearns fight when I was a teenager, and, to this day, that fight still stands out. There are very few that I remember so well. Ali v Foreman (I was a kid), Tyson v Spinks, Tyson losing to Douglas, and Hagler v Hearns...that's how great that fight was.

  • @JuanDeVillz
    @JuanDeVillz Месяц назад

    This documentry is by far one of the best, that I have ever seen...The narrator absolutely killed it ..His way of words and his way of documenting the Hitman's boxing career is absolutely genious...The brilliancy of his vocabulary and his flow of timely, well executed description of Hearns play by play actions in and out of the ring just amazed me and kept me attentive throughout the entire segment.. well done narrator...In my opinion...this narrator is the best that I have ever heard...This is the best sports documentary that I have seen...All because of the way this narrator made it...

  • @edof4827
    @edof4827 2 месяца назад +3

    I was a big fan of Tommy Hearns always turned up to fight win or lose. I believe p4p Tommy Hearns is the greatest puncher in boxing history. His fights against the greats like Ray Leonard Marvellous Marvin Hagler Wilfred Benitez Roberto Duran were fights that marked one of the greatest era's in boxing. Tommy Hearns is a living LEGEND

  • @farting505
    @farting505 3 месяца назад +11

    *One of the greatest ever KO kings of boxing! Respect to this excellent video of this phenom and his skills. Superb video*

  • @prisonersforprofit
    @prisonersforprofit 2 месяца назад

    what an era of middle class fighting, hearns was my favorite, those leonard-hearns fights are legendary.

  • @jakesmith5278
    @jakesmith5278 Месяц назад

    There will never be an era like this again. 4 kings fighting for the emperor's throne. Another amazing thing about the 80s.

  • @HandsomePurgatory
    @HandsomePurgatory 3 месяца назад +21

    YESSSSS I suggested this man months ago I’m
    Glad you did him he was a amazing fighter

    • @hasanmuhammad3916
      @hasanmuhammad3916 2 месяца назад

      What happened to sugar Ray eye was the same thing happened to Ariel Spencer eye I would never fight again if it was me but these guys are something special to keep boxing 🥊🥊

  • @royzalias8660
    @royzalias8660 3 месяца назад +5

    1978 or 9 was the only Hit Man fight I got to see on TV . There was some neighbor' s ( Rizzo brothers ) that were boxers ...golden gloves .... They invited all us kids to watch the fight .

  • @misunderstood781981
    @misunderstood781981 29 дней назад

    What a legend!!!! Plus he's funny as well!!! His appearance on Martin in the 90's is one of my favorite episode!!!

  • @boetr7014
    @boetr7014 2 месяца назад +1

    Thomas The Hitman Hearns. One of Detroit's greatest. Living Legend!

  • @alwaysright3718
    @alwaysright3718 3 месяца назад +11

    Loved watching the Hitman back in the day...

  • @petebailey1652
    @petebailey1652 2 месяца назад +7

    All you young guns take note , THIS is how we did it back in the day , not many could hang with the greats these days , , and I've been watching since the 60s.

  • @juuk3103
    @juuk3103 День назад +1

    "The Hitman" is still the coldest name in boxing 🥊💪🏽

  • @user-ru2bc6vu4p
    @user-ru2bc6vu4p 2 месяца назад +1

    every sport has improved over the years boxing hasn’t this video proves it these guys were amazing and exciting

  • @Qintsal
    @Qintsal 3 месяца назад +7

    absolutly fantastic to see all the greatest fighters. alot of them i never heard before...just a few years too young

    • @combatshox
      @combatshox 2 месяца назад +1

      never too young.after watching these vids .what do you think of jake paul,tommy furyless,john and tyson furyless.

  • @tramp2827
    @tramp2827 2 месяца назад +9

    Gotta give respect to Sugar Ray. He knew he had lost. Takes a really big man.