The Hitman - Thomas Hearns (IMPOSSIBLY Insane KO’s)

the main thing about these uh great fighters like earls is that people forget them although they've got a great name and they're a legend people forget what it was like one of the most devastating punchers in boxing history thomas the left cross a solid left hand to the jaw i don't think so it's over [Applause] the hitman he stood six foot two and he was only tensed on seven hearns grew up in detroit very seldom you get a fighter who is so identified with a city the way that thomas was he started training when he was 10 at the soon to be legendary cronk gym and all the other talent the kids that was in that gym was unbelievable and emmanuel stuart was a great coach here he met emmanuel stewart a former boxer who became tommy's trainer and mentor my first profile was quick you know it wasn't a long drawn-out thing it was a quick fight i got knocked out the first time because hearns was so thin in his legs he could carry 147 pounds while being six foot one with a 78-inch reach and that continues [Applause] and the crowd speaks for itself certainly as thomas hearn steps to the center of the ring in his white trunks tommy didn't receive national attention but his devastating knockouts quickly turned him into a folk hero in the area there that could have finished him with a big detroit curry staggering again take the short right [Applause] that right hand breathing life into a city that hadn't known a champion since joe lewis knockout victory here for thomas hearns in round number three [Applause] detroit's favorite son oh hearn oh [Applause] tommy preferred the hitman richards is ready to go winning his first 23 fights by knockout that should do in the city of detroit the hometown hero trying for 17 consecutive knockouts as a professional he smashed his way into the mainstream that's it rosadilla did the right thing a knockout in the fourth round [Music] the time had come for tommy to take the next step it's a fine line greatness champion fine line but when you cross that line it's dynamite detroit 1980 the hitman would contend for his first world title oh man what a night this could be with this guy tommy the hitman heard lives about four blocks from the joe lewis arena here right here in detroit if he ever won the title tonight it would be wonderful record 28 no 26 chaos [Music] the thomas the hitman earned how about this crowd the bell for round one a smallish ring 17 feet seven inches the reach and eight and a half inch reach edge by tommy hearns notice the fact that cuevas really having a problem with the reach here he can't get through watch what he's uh jamming a top world class champion looked like a secondary opponent look at these shots being landed by tommy look at the speed with winston look at him looking to drop that big right now flavors just became a mood ernst dispatch kuevas with a dominant jab that set up the lightning right the right hand trainer immediately no hesitation threw the white towel in the ring immediately the fight is over it is in the second round and thomas hearn becomes the new wba worldwide champion very seldom do you see a guy come out and destroy a world champion the way to thomas harris did when they fought for peter cuevas by 1980 the boxing world had two welterweight title holders thomas the hitman hearns and sugar ray leonard tyler hearns uh it was six three six four some say 6'5 i mean he's tall no question about it long arms uh speed and power the fight between thomas says that sugary level number one was an emotional fight that was probably at that time the biggest fight in history [Music] rarely these days do the best fighters fight one another in their primes good evening and a very warm welcome to international sports special which highlights a significant milestone in the history of boxing the richest fight ever staged sugar ray leonard versus tommy hearns for the undisputed welterweight championship of the world the best versus the best no fight since the ali frazier confrontation 10 years ago has created such a furore there now it's going to be the richest fight in boxing history so the wbc welterweight champion sugar ray leonard has entered the ring this was everything boxing fans dreaming turns loading up looking to dynamite the opponent is now given a gift of two rounds to tommy hurt [Applause] the kearns is back at him burns jab is a back and forth affair between two of the greatest to ever do it leonard taking a beating here we'll do it by waving the right hand that way yeah this is not roberto duran aaron's his number coming in now burns is laughing at him [Applause] burns is making fun of sugar ray leonard like leonard made in front of duran there's the bell cool collected is making a chopping block of leonard now the fight was one of the greatest in history fought in the legendary fights with the likes of sugary leonard on the other end over the first five coming back strong tommy hearns is the ultimate warrior [Music] there never will ever be there never has been a dull tommy hearn's fight it's the first time we have ever seen thomas in trouble at this point the conditioning of sugar ray leonard has to be a major factor but it's a question how long a man can carry his punch birdie can he carry it into the 13th round 12th round 14 by the end of the 12th round kearns had boxed his way back to a significant lead on all three judges scorecards trailing on the scorecards late sugar ray showed why he is one of the sport's greatest you're blowing it now son you're blowing it my eye was like a slit i had no peripheral vision you're blowing it now son thomas had totally just ran like you have enough petrol to get you from one city to another but not enough to go in the further and you know unfortunately it was a 15-round fight not a trail ride class i think leonard has to fight a desperate fight good right hand that queen he's trying to hold on there's the first top down of the fight right hands of sugar ray leonard must be dynamite was our right hand oh that nailed it and now he doesn't have enough time now it's minute 44. [Applause] time is running out of time arthur's in real trouble here's got a punch which he's not doing no he's too weak he has nothing left he's gonna be knocked out [Applause] leonard has pulled it out in the true old-fashioned movie way the undisputed boxing champion the classy sugar ray lenore the fight cost turns his perfect record and cost leonard the peripheral vision in his left eye that's the first time that these light guys got heavyweight money yeah you know first he was the first guy the loss would eat at hearns for years it's something that bothered me for a long time eight years to be exact hands at one time was the wba welterweight champion he lost that fighting sugar ray leonard that's his only defeat tommy moved up and wait to contend for the super welterweight title the scene was the superdome in new orleans at stake the wbc super welterweight championship held by wilford benitez the 23 year old from puerto rico who has held three world titles and was making his third title defense against the former wba welterweight champion thomas hearns of detroit who was attempting to win a second title and the hearns that you see is not the hearns that you have seen in the past this morning he weighed in at 153 and a half pounds the former welterweight trying a dangerous route grant through the middleweight ranks thomas hearn second time out as a middleweight making his way out he regrouped moved up to 154 secured a title against warfare bernite is intimidation a factor here tonight has to be coming in the reputation of tommy hearns the mystique of hearn the scheduled 15-round wbc super welterweight title fight between tall lanky thomas hearns in white and the defending champion wilfred benitez a moving target he used his incredible reach to control benitez and something other than his feet touched the canvas bonitas remained at a loss to solve the problem presented by hearn style so by majority decision thomas hearns was crowned the new wbc world super welterweight champion he won easily on points and was now a two-time world champion next hearns would take on another of the four kings hands of stone roberto duran watching earns a special the way he could knock people out was unbelievable duran had never been knocked out he has returned thomas the hitman yeah we got these two gunslingers coming out you know clint eastwood you're gonna have a shootout he's just gonna have a shooter round one then roberto duran do you remember the old westerns the gun slingers you know that was the clint eastwood with that music can you do that music for me [Music] then came perhaps the career defining win oh round all those people that doubted him and doubted his charisma and doubted his fighting ability by stopping one of the toughest fighters the game has ever seen in the second round but his punching was explosive and the hitman did what he's become famous for burns unified the wba and wbc titles that night now we have one other thing to do and that's the fight thomas hearns and i'm planning on breaking every bone in his body next hearns would participate in possibly the greatest fight in boxing history you our panel come up with the best of the best select the greatest ground of all time hot and heavy earns hug hagler hearns hagler and hearns those two guys i didn't think the fight was going to go past that one round and so the super fight between hearns and hagler was set confident thomas hearns would move up to the pound weight class and the long-awaited showdown was set keep that belt by your bed because uh the last time you see it pull a little baseball cap on war across the top you knew when i think thomas hearns knew that it was about war with with hagrid great fight so many of some of the greatest fights of all time if not the greatest some people still argue the herms by the mid-1980s marvelous marvin hagler had taken on all comers after 11 title defenses over five years he stood alone it was no secret each man had little love for the other this fight was everything for both of their legacies two warriors of historic renown well it's been voted certainly the greatest round ever that first round when they went to each other like alicats obey my command at all times luck for you a lot of speculation coming into this fight and they just went at it nobody could take kern's punches it was later revealed thomas hearns broke his right hand during the first round and for the eight minutes of mayhem is what it's often referred to it's an incredible fight oh come on man [Applause] possibly the most memorable fight in 30 years of boxing on hbo so is hagler coming out like a bullet a good left by hagler but hers didn't click there's blood all over marvin hagler's fate can't tell where it's coming from they they're going to war these are two of the best middleweights ever and they're standing in front of each other going to war again a tremendous rotational first round as heard gets hurt great first round incredible perhaps one of the best in middleweight history i mean there's a famous quote that again goody patronelli told us he said that when he was in the corner hagler said to him whatever happens tonight don't stop this fight and prepare to die in the ring round two now oh the club left hand by hagler parents decided to stand right in front of hagler and hagrid decided to stand right in front of hearns as you say though hackler turning it into a street fight he turns right he wants it to be a street stand toe-to-toe and see who's the bigger man oh my god everyone's gonna die excuse me al handler turns righty i think this could be a key moment this fight for the first time backwards switching whoa oh it was amazing nothing fancy once it starts bullets are flying second round coming to an end agler bloody but very much unbound into round two they said this fight would be determined on park and the good chin right now that's exactly what it's being determined on you can throw this you can throw the strategy out the window right now [Applause] on his back he can't continue it's adler stopping under the third round it didn't go very far but it was a beauty arguably the most action-packed three rounds of boxing in history dubbed by boxing fans as the war r.i.p to the marvelous one hearns would bounce back from the defeat quickly thomas earns among the original crowd fighters was not the most naturally talented but what made thomas so special was his unbelievable determination in pursuit of winning multiple titles ernst stepped up in weight to contend for the light heavyweight title [Applause] says lights out right on the button there we go turns boots up a six foot two inch flame to 173 pounds and challenged the wbc light heavyweight champion dennis andres of england there were a lot of questions facing hearns going into the box would the added weight slow him down there's a right hand would he hit hard enough to hurt bigger man [Applause] [Applause] [Music] has become the 12th man in boxing history to win a third world title and has taken a step toward his unique goal which is to become the first man ever to win for thomas hearns has been a force in the world of boxing winning 44 of 46 bouts and three world championships since turning professional in 1977. only 11 other men in boxing history have matched turn's feat of winning titles in three different weight classes the hitman set aim on doing what no fighter had done before him tonight the hitman thomas hearns will attempt to win his fourth championship and accomplish what no man has done before win a fourth belt hers could knock you out with one blow ask for pinot cuevas ask roberto duran cats like that well dan may have an edge and strength i think tonight's the night that tommy harris is going to make history the attempt at boxing history to be made by thomas hearns as he goes after his fourth title in four different weight divisions as usual the array of celebrities out here for a big title fight in las vegas there's bo derek her husband john avid fight fans boom perfect timing he destroyed roldan dropping him four times in four rounds this one is over thomas hearns has made boxing [Applause] [Applause] but from a guy like tommy hearns to go from 147 win that 154 win that jump up to 175 and then come back down to 160 that's quite an accomplishment the hitman this time stands alone not only is he the first man to win four titles he is one of only three boxers who have come down in weight class to win a time people told me that it's impossible to do no man ever done that hearns had now won four titles the first man in history to do so after waiting years hearns would finally get a second shot at sugar ray leonard but you know everyone said well it's going to be an easy fight regular knockout time from caesar's palace in las vegas nevada hbo sports presents world championship boxing it was no secret the first fight haunted the hitman but i the fool i'm batman where do you think you're gonna put a tree that big bend over and i'll show you 38 knockouts among the 46 victories and indeed it has been the regret of thomas hearn's career something beyond his control that he has not had the audience appeal that his opponent tonight ray leonard possessed well but the thing about it the world thought i would win the fight easily because tommy was considered a fighter who was past his plan the public was convinced tommy was washed up but it did few people get a chance to literally defeat their demons they have them in some trouble the war was on in the 11th round near the end instead of getting tired like the fish fight he puts ray leonard down again tell me tommy harris wanted to fight [Applause] that night hearns knocked sugary leonard down twice and seemed to many at ringside to have earned his long-sought vindication but the judge's scorecards turned up even i think that there was no question and no one admired the fight who won the fight who was victorious in that fight tommy had buried the ghost of sugar ray he won a decision over james kinchen securing his fifth world title i think that having the recognition from being the first man in history to win five world titles i haven't yet received that yet um people know me as being the first man industry uh to win five world champions to get that i mean i guess that big fame the big glory uh that big big reception i haven't yet received and what thomas hearns wants is another title world championship number six now he set aim on capturing a six he moved back up to light heavyweight to challenge reigning champion virgil hill now [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 49 victories three defeats one draw with 40 big wins by way of knockout welcome the legendary five-time world champion the one and only thomas pitman he's got to put two or three together he's got to give him the idea that it's desperation combination of three punches with the left hand body and head thomas hearns is the guy coming on strong and there was clearly a sense of desperation hill had defended his title 11 times and now underneath the left eye we see you're cruising as well was favored by most of the [Applause] life experts champion of the world thomas [Music] [Applause] he was the unanimous winner and now six-time world champion tommy today is a superstar a legend wherever he goes the hitman is often forgotten and overlooked in rankings he's he's actually one of the sports success stories that he's still retained most of his money he's still got his good health he was all heart and left nothing in the ring a true boxing legend at the same time [Music] he's a great example all the way through his career about how he conducted himself both inside and outside detroit's favorite son tommy hitman tommy hearns the hitman nobody brings it home like joe it's nobody make it so [Music]

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Length: 29min 9sec (1749 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 23 2021