Benitez and Leanord are 1-1-1 against Hearns. The only fighter of the three to be stopped in those fights was Hearns.
Benitez was a good defensive fighter, not as good as Floyd. Also his transition from defense to offense wasn't as fluent and effective as Mayweathers. He would work then he would evade, then work, etc (for the most part). Mayweather takes all shots that don't miss on his shoulder/arms and throws/lands punches at every opening there is in between. SRL had both speed AND defensive ability. His speed was consistent, his attention to detail(i.e. defensive caution) was not always there. This made his fights more exciting than Mayweather's and his domination despite throwing caution out the window at times made him a great....but it occasionally exposed him and allowed his guard to be breached. Anytime Floyd makes a slight mistake he moves/holds and immediately regroups and continues to use his athletic/technical advantages. Hearns can be frustrated and drawn out of his gameplan and play into his opponents', as has been seen in numerous fights. I haven't seen it once in Floyd's career other than little spurts, which are immediately rubbed out with hugs/movement.
Not just his defense, but the fluidity of his transition from offense to defense and vice versa continually at every strategic opportunity. I rank his ability to do this above Leonard's.
Jesus Christ I just can’t believe Floyd is being compared to all time great WW’s like Hearns, Leonard and Benitez. Why don’t we throw Duran in the mix while we’re at it.
Floyd is going to be remembered for his days at 135 and below, not ducking the best fighters at 147.
He is going to be pushing for greatest WW of all time at this rate. It’s just laughable.
Mismatch size-wise...Tommy spent most of his career over 147.
Why don't you have him fight Duran or Leonard instead?
whenever you compare floyd to someone
just know cracky will chime in and say floyd gets stopped in 6 and under, despite the fact that floyd has never really shown to be vulnerable to KO
the reason? because cracky is stupid.
im not saying that floyd beats hearns, but saying floyd gets ko'd in 2 is dumb. hearns has let much worse fighters get to a dec, much more past 2 rounds
cracky in every thread involving floyd says floyd would get ko'd
he just hates. please ignore him. someone has to call this guy out, the stuff he says is too biased to be taken seriously.
I don't think Benitez was as good defensively as Floyd. Plus, Floyd incorportates his offense into his defense much better than Wilfred was able to do.
You know what was also dumb.. saying Duran would get ko'd early against Hearns.. but it happened.
Your name is elbowsmash...nuffsaid..lol
Get back in floyd's boxers and leave me be.
I don't get it. And what's Wilfredo's and Tam's condition?
Doesn't Benitez suffer from some sort of dementia?