This is my nickname for Tommy Hitman Hearns. Why? Because he looks like a lion and fights like a lion and has a heart of a lion. Lets be real: in the history of boxing there has hardly ever been a fighter like The Hitman/Motor City Cobra. A fighter that possessed it all, apart from the great chin. Still, I think his chin gets too much bad rap. I mean, nobody is invincible, not everyone can be anyway. To get koed by that punch by Barkley doesn't mean you are glass-chinned. Watch the Kinchen fight to see what I mean: Tommy gets dropped hard and then gets pounded for the rest of the round, yet he remains on his feet and comes back in the very next round! Even in his first fight with Sugar Ray, he didn't want to quit when he had gassed and was taking big shot on the ropes. In the second fight, it was a career-closing performance really. His last great hoorah. And he proved something to himself and the rest of us when he endured that last round thrashing.
Furthermore, he was the only one who really DESTROYED Duran in his prime and really beat Benitez, took him apart slowly. He penetrated the most difficult of all defenses!
Furthermore, he was the only one who really DESTROYED Duran in his prime and really beat Benitez, took him apart slowly. He penetrated the most difficult of all defenses!
Who cares if Duran was prime, that ko was fakin beautiful! Appreciate it!
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