Sugar Ray knocked all these guy down!

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

@@Fatdog-Dakind Hagler was better than Sugar Ray

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

@@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.

Ali/Frazier/Foreman/Sphinx

Ffs wise up you​@@certifiedtech30

​@@certifiedtech30Norton, etc.

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

Hell yeah!

James Shuler, killed in March, 1986.

He was robbed in a few big fights too.

they didn't call him the hit man for nothing

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

that was legendary iconic beautiful classy af 🛐🛐🛐

thats is why they are legends!

Also I like benitez, the radar

4 different styles too

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

@@speeddemon9555SRL paid off judges

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

Absolutely.

A real golden age of the glove.

My thought exactly ​@@DinnerForkTongue

The GREATEST TIMES IN BOXING HISTORY

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.

You forgot Roy Jones Jr?

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.

@@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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Herns, Leonard, Hagler, Durant. 4kings

Heck yeah!!

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

best era

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

Without a doubt! 👍🤣😂

Rr

Dc.

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

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.

​@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.

That weight class in the 80’s was legendary.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

And mine 👍.

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

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.❤❤❤

@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.

😎

Sure u did buddy

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

@ericpadilla2454 Let him have his moment bro😭😭

Always get one dreamer in the comments 😂😂

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

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

@@Casteeyo...sugar ray=goat

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.

@@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

Agree with that

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

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.

@@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.

@@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.

We were blessed

I'd say 70s through 90s.

i would agree with you@@siegfriedo

@@ginahardee4891I agree aswell

Even in slow motion it was fast as hell

Big deal

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.

@@TechieTardvery true 😂

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

agreed.

Too bad he lost to Tyson

U got tht right

100% correct

Bang on!

Fact..except tyson lol

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

lucky guy .iam jealous.

@@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 .

@@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.

@@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 .

@@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.

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

@@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.

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

I will see

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

@@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 😂

Yeah

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

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

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

He sure was like a Mohamad ali

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

@@mikea5205Add to that the power in both hands

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.

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!!!!

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.

But he possessed such great sportsmanship.

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

​@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.

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

Very few fighting champions like Hearns these days.

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

@@h0rk3dInoue?

And so they were.

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

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 🥊🥊

and julian jackson

@@casedismissed8581 and john mugabi

Hagler too. He was the best of the 4.

Hagler was the best

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

Not much then 😊