Thomas Hearns vs Marcos Geraldo

[@lionzion17]

Hearns had the right nickname. He fought like the human embodiment of a snake. Love his fighting style!

[@Head318Hunter]

The Motor City Cobra. I was studying his build. He's 6'1" but has the reach of a 7 footer. He has the legs of a 7 footer. And the torso of a 5'4" guy HAHA. Impossible to prepare for a fighter like that.

[@markdunham9949]

you were right to say that because there was no punch. Geraldo threw the fight

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Until he met marvellous haha

[@ParkCircle]

Geraldo obviously got paid to take a dive in the first round

[@robertoleedavis674]

Tommy Hearns was THE MAN! He was always gracious in defeat as he was in his victories. Press agents, broadcasters, and journalists loved him because he was an exciting boxer and always willing to give an interview. 🥊

[@didiervandijk9713]

This fight was FIXED, so Hearns would build up some credit as a middleweight.

[@Testibus00]

Hearns hits so hard he doesn't even have to touch you to knock you out

[@Robert-qm5so]

Good point

[@Panama753C]

Gerardo se tiro lo compraron no quiso pelear como él savia yo creo que le viera sacado la mierda a Thomi Herst

[@truthsayer9847]

Coach delivers yet again, with another great quality rare, old fight.

[@petierican6079]

Tommy hearns fought with a lot of heart!!

[@boxcarent.3147]

The fix was in. Hearns barley landed anything on Geraldo and Geraldo has a chin of stone.. Hagler hammered him and it went the distance no problem for Geraldo.

[@harryheath930]

Dude took a real dive

[@harryheath930]

He did the el follieo he drank too many beers

[@КексикВеликий]

Geraldo lost many fights in 1 round

[@boxcarent.3147]

@@КексикВеликий Did he get hit because Hearns didn't land anything. He also could've been throwing other fights too.

[@Robert-qm5so]

Caveman Lee knock the hell out of Marcos Geraldo in the first round 😂

[@NemeanLion-]

The KO looked suspicious on the replay. I know how hard Hearns hits, but those blows weren’t full power and the way he flopped down looked weird.

[@theregoesone3225]

Very suspicious. Geraldos attempt to get up even more suspicious.

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

I wondered similar when it happened. I think Geraldo got hit with these punches, it stunned him a little, and surprised him how much power Hearns had, so he decided to just sit on the canvas before ending up in a coma.

[@Alex-trl]

Dive of the year

[@harryheath9928]

You said that brother they paid dude to do the El foldeo

[@alanec510]

@@PhilAndersonOutside he fought Leonard and HAGLER before. Why would he be scared of Hearns power?

[@CDiaz9302]

El marcos Geraldo se cayó fue del susto ....ese Man estaba más asustado al ver a don Thomas hearns....pelea chimba papaaaa

[@NadeemHayek]

Hearns totally annihilated Geraldo and Duran the ones who gave Leonard and Hagler hell

[@alvilla9659]

Fix

[@TheZ1A900]

I value my head being on it's torso and would never have stepped into the Ring with a prime Hearns !

[@camiloduran-gj5gg]

Soberbia actuación la de Geraldo, le habría arrebatado El Oscar a Jack Nicholson !

[@vector8310]

Hearns is one of the greats, no doubt. But Geraldo here was clearly past his prime and not the same tough cookie who gave Hagler and Leonard hell.

[@ramirosuarez4141]

He was only 27 :/

[@therealc.t.7085]

@@ramirosuarez4141 Fighters all age differently, it’s not always about the literal age but how much damage a fighter takes over time.

[@freeworld2275]

He was 27 in his prime

[@georgegreig8054]

@@freeworld2275He'd been in 60 fights by the time of the fight. He was past hs best.

[@Alex-trl]

This is Geraldo prime as for the diving qualities, he even tried to fake to get up and looked quite weird lol

[@markdunham9949]

marcos threw this fight. I saw him hurt Ray leonard on three occasions in their fight and he put up a good effort with Hagler going the distance with both of them

[@NemeanLion-]

It definitely looked suspicious.

[@joeygonzo]

he was scared to death

[@curtismcneil8695]

I agree He definitely didn't come to fight. I think he felt he couldn't win and he took the easy way out. He definitely threw it, he didn't get hit with nothing. That left hook didn't land flush his gloves were up and it bearly got in. He looked soft as well not cut up ripped like when he fought both Leonard and Hagler.

[@boxcarent.3147]

They wanted to pump Hearns up again. Looked like Sheldon vs Tyson ... Fake.

[@burtonrivera5253]

The purpose if this exhibition was to prove that Hearns carried his power, even to middleweight, even weighing 153 and change. The man before him had already established his reputability within the sport against Hagler AND Leonard. Scared? He fought those 2 already ( and acquitted himself well ) so realistically the only one gaining from this bout and the result was Hearns. Dive.

[@mirtonceka1236]

I saw no punch there!

[@joeygonzo]

Geraldo lost his manhood

[@NemeanLion-]

It was a little suspicious.

[@hadibae]

It was a left hook and a right cross that connected earlier in the round that made Geraldo gun shy. The later punches were just an emphasis on what landed earlier and Geraldo didn't want anymore.

[@alvilla9659]

@@hadibae fix . Unless you're blind

[@Robert-qm5so]

​@@hadibaeI tend to agree 👌

[@salvadormartinez33]

No le dio ni un golpe que hiciera daño a marco geraldo que bárbaro, Marco geraldo no fue campeón del mundo por la "mafia del boxeo"

[@dinorahcampos8716]

Tubo buen tiempo, pero falto buen manager. Fue poco bueno en su tiempo mi tio.

[@markant9534]

By 7:02 Hearns had already landed 8 punches, amazing, long, fast jab.

[@jeremysipes44]

Since I first watched this on youtube a couple of years ago I think Geraldo took a dive.Took two glancing punches said f this and layed it down.Accidentaly beat the count and had to go back down too!🤣

[@sherrillraymond7595]

Lol lol Iol that's possible cause the Hit Man punched tf out him

[@petergleeson8020]

I don't think it was a dive, he just wanted to get the money and get out of there in one piece.

[@lamonthaney7884]

Tommy was really dangerous in the first 3 rounds

[@gl6996]

A dive like Greg Louganis!!! 🤣😅😆😃

[@MrCalidan69]

Geraldo felt Tommy's power and decided to lay down

[@abudujana13]

Thanks for the video, CoachStrout's classic fights

[@lemankurtz8950]

I've been arguing with this guy who told me No way is Hearns anywhere near as fast as Floyd Mayweather.......he said only "casuals & newbies" say that!!! Hahaha. I told him to watch a few of Tommy's welter fights. I think he was a quick as Leonard.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Leman Kurtz they are different fighters. Hearns is fast offensively - quick feet, crazy hand speed. But he gets punched. Floyd is cat-quick defensively. But it’s not all about speed with him - his reflexes are great, he’s fundamentally sound (chin tucked into his shoulder when he counters, etc)

[@jamesbottger5894]

Nobody was as fast as Leonard, not even Mayweather...

[@sherrillraymond7595]

@@jamesbottger5894 and that's real

[@camaradiop3731]

@@jamesbottger5894 Leonard kicked Mayweather's father and he would have completed the family slaughter with the amusing thrashing of the son, that's real.

[@jamesbottger5894]

Hearns wasn't as quick as Leonard or Mayweather, but he was still quick, and he hit harder than either...

[@freedomlovingamerican5496]

Definately took a dive, two right hand taps to the forehead and a soft left hook caught on the gloves and he goes down in a heap. Definate dive

[@jorgerueda1715]

Geraldo, en México lo conocemos como el boxeador que despreció a la diosa fortuna.

[@mariepavlov9144]

February 27, 1982 (CBS Sports Saturday) Ken Squier (PBP) & Gil Clancy & Sugar Ray Leonard (C)

[@sha9infinite450]

The Leonard loss really put Hearns in strange place. So much to prove and the invincibility no longer there. However Leonard wouldn’t give a rematch at the time was criminal. Saying that Hearns has to admit to not being able to finish was arrogant and stupid. At super middleweight, Hearns would be good to see against Leonard

[@cade9173]

I think at 154 or heavier Hearns wins against Leonard

[@sha9infinite450]

@@cade9173 I agree.

[@ronsmac]

I think a young leonard beats hearns at any weight. Hearns chin was just too suspect against a pinpoint fighter like leonard.

[@jjrose14]

Yeah, Leonard is a legend, but he was losing that fight BADLY, so I’m not sure what the bravado was about there lol. I also think that’s the reason he waited so long to give Hearns a rematch

[@sha9infinite450]

@@ronsmac Good point also.

[@loununya9251]

That was one of the worst dives since Sonny Liston.

[@brunoaltimino]

Geraldo, barely touched.

[@soft76cider]

fixed fight? that left hook doesn't seem so effective and the way Geraldo dived into the canvas seems kind of deliberate. moreover, Hearns doesn't seem like he's that happy. furthermore, Marcos was a tough man.

[@NemeanLion-]

It was suspicious

[@matkgonzaba321]

Marcos took a dive , I was training in San Diego with Marcos when he was light heavy champ of Mexico.around 1984.. He took a dive.

[@alanec510]

Why would he do it? A lot of people said he dive

[@freeworld2275]

He was scared

[@junior0307able]

Hearns at 154 was a beast

[@joeygonzo]

Geraldo was scared to death

[@Robert-qm5so]

Not for nothing, but you have a very good valid point 👌

[@gilbertmorales7122]

For some reason that knock down knockout whatever look funny it did , he went the distance with hagler and Leonard and took 2 pittypat shots from herms angles down and gets counted out look kind of funny.

[@percyvaughan]

I agree. Looks like he did take a dive or was scared. But then again....Hearns could punch.

[@adon31997]

Geraldo could have gotten up. He felt Tommy's power, and for discouraged. Leonard was an a-hole.... "Tommy needed a win to gain his confidence back, after I defeated him"😏

[@valegendre]

That was true though

[@lemankurtz8950]

@@valegendre not really. He had a win before this fight....so it was kind of an a-hole comment.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Leonard is a sociopath.

[@mozfonky]

I hate Ray Leonard and I can't say that about too many of the boxers I've seen over the years. A punk.

[@jamesbottger5894]

It seems a lot people hated Ray. I could never figure out why. He was the best fighter of my lifetime and a classy guy...

[@franciscoparra962]

Geraldo fue un grande en el boxeo, le faltó un buen mánager

[@dinorahcampos8716]

Cierto,

[@WattUNeed]

Marcos even blocked his hook....Marcos didn't look like himself. He looks thinner...something was wrong with him in that fight.

[@LoganCharlesII]

LOL @ the music during the highlights

[@ernestoarcos9646]

Do You have the fight "José Baquedano vs Marcos Geraldo?

[@fransiscotapiagrijalba1489]

No sé porque Marcos Geraldo se prestó a ese circo le gustaba el dinero por adelantado y era muy indiciplinado se atenia a que pegaba muy duro.pero no quiso ser grande...

[@dinorahcampos8716]

Cierto, le gustaba $$ fue muy pobre mi tío en Guaymas Sonora.

[@nigeace]

Total dive. Leonard had hit in with bombs and he didn’t flinch. Hearns hardly hit him and looks like a train hit him. Also, Hearns didn’t look happy.....why? Because he knew it was a dive?

[@truthaboveagenda]

nigeace True.

[@sherrillraymond7595]

Hearns punch harder than Leonard

[@NemeanLion-]

I agree it looked suspicious. He fell very strange too.

[@Alex-trl]

@@sherrillraymond7595 Leonard definitely hit him with harder hits than Hearns, he also stood toe to toe with Hagler and went the distance

[@sherrillraymond7595]

@@Alex-trl honestly I don't think Hagler punch harder than Hearns

[@Cody_Rogers]

Geraldo didn't want anymore of that power from Hearns he just gave up

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Idk, I just saw this fight for the third time and I feel that Geraldo was afraid of Hearns punching power, once he felt a few blows he chickened out, as to say "better a live chicken then a dead duck"

[@78Baronrojo]

Uno de los nockout mas falso de la historia, es evidente que no un golpe solido le alcanza a dar, geraldo ganaba mas perdiendo!!!!!!

[@ricardonietogonzalez7764]

De acuerdo.

[@javmtz797]

De hecho acabo de conocer este peleador ví la pelea que tuvo contra heagler y contra Leonard aguanto los 15 rounds de golpes muy duros y en esta pelea no aguanto, siendo que heagler noqueó a Tommy a mi se me hace que hubo dinero de por medio

[@thetommoody]

Dive? Yes. But did Geraldo go into this fight with that plan? No. He immediately saw and felt Hearns power and could experience no way out. This fight was just like Hearns vs. Cuevas or Hearns vs. Duran. There are certain fights that just add up to massacres and Geraldo recognized this before he got his brains bashed in. Actually a smart and life elongation move on his part...

[@eugenemcgirt2357]

Perhaps Cuevas and Duran cause of height and reach. However, Geraldo was comparable height and reach to Hearns. Boxing is rough but dives aren't good.

[@reycesarcarino4653]

@@eugenemcgirt2357 @Eugene McGirt Can't really blame Marco, the first Middleweight tommy fought after Ray was Ernie and his face is a mesS 0:49

[@ButOneThingIsNeedful]

Hearns is my favorite fighter all-time, but I'm not buying this knockout. Sure, Thomas had elite power, but those punches just brushed Geraldo. Then he hit the canvas like a swimmer doing freestyle. Maybe he just got psyched out. (?)

[@alvilla9659]

Fix

[@alexlopez2359]

this was a fix 100 percent

[@johncarroll772]

Fantastic knockout slap.

[@LoganCharlesII]

7:30 "Tommy definitely needed a knockout, especially after I defeated him!" - Sugar Ray Leonard

[@tiha6708]

BULLCHIPS BULLCHIPS BULLCHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@NicanTlacaWarrior1]

Geraldo actually had 56 wins, more than the record shown here, strange they didn't have them here.

[@henrygarley1595]

Yeah and got stopped 21 times

[@johnlee5423]

Geraldo was nearly a stone heavier than Leonard when they fought

[@DANVIIL]

Strange slapping left and Geraldo flops

[@ayelleefun2620]

Some here question the truth about this fight, only one person knows and that is Geraldo, he went the distance with Hagler in a toe to toe fight, he gave Leonard fits but Tommy was a much harder hitter than M.H. and R.L., lots of factors, Geraldo was coming down in his career, he did get hit with two good rights and there was a left hook, he was beaten clean in my opinion.

[@Demarcointuit]

He was scared after the right hand

[@Payne_Inc.]

He was hell when he had that fro

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Total fix that fight, unfortunately it was the golden era for throwing fights too..!!

[@rc2869]

1st time I ever saw this. Geraldo didn't want this fight. Half decent punch floors him. Goodness know what would have happened if Hearns hit him flush like he did Schuler and Duran

[@jamesgreen5461]

If you never box a jab add up people

[@williammedve4930]

Yea it looked like a dive

[@bnzstheboy6520]

why Ray keep telling us he bet Hearns over and over and over - shut the hell up and call the fight

[@grellimichael]

Dive? 7:10 Tommy hit him on the temple! You ever taken a shot to the temple by someone with the power of the Hitman? Geraldo was way too proud to take a dive. He was just slower here and clearly not the fighter he was when he fought Marvelous and Sugar Ray.

[@jordancooke5980]

Same thing I'm saying

[@Stuygym]

Looks like Geraldo took a dive to me.🤷🏾‍♂️

[@freeworld2275]

He was scared

[@freeworld2275]

Homie was scared of Hearns

[@reycesarcarino4653]

Can't really blame Marco, the first Middleweight tommy fought after Ray was Ernie and his face is a mesS 0:49

[@guillermolorenzo5832]

Ese Geraldo no mostro nada en esa pelea ahi era que tenia que demostrar si tenia tamaño para un gran encuentro

[@jimmyspears9907]

Thomas hearns better than hagler and leonard

[@jameswalsh3976]

Leonard was talented but what a jealous fool criticism of Hearns performance because he knocked him out so easily. Leonard was also very lucky and definitely avoided Pryor.

[@baronvonchickenpants6564]

Fix

[@juliusimperatorwhite3941]

La que manda es la plata

[@ampersandmcvinegar5681]

Marcos threw the fight.

[@itsgleneaton4883]

I think Leonard is one of the greatest boxers of all time but when he talks his ego gets in the way of what he’s trying to say. I beat him I beat them both we know that. Perhaps insecurities but he was great nonetheless.

[@Super_M_AN__]

Crazy.....!!!

[@medaily7054]

comments at 6:25......

[@camiloduran-gj5gg]

Greg Louganis le tiene enviidia.😂

[@ランランレイマチュピチュン]

トーマスハーンズの評価が年々⤵️てるが見直すべき

[@rubenlenero3091]

10:30

[@황윤건-q5w]

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[@gerardoromovalenzuela2075]

Marcos Geraldo le pegaba a Leonardo y a Tomás facilito es la oekea más vendida vuelvan el vídeo y miren bien se ve dió el sonorense

[@albertoherrera4753]

That was a fake knockout way to fake. You don't need to be an expert to see it.

[@rubenlenero3091]

QUÉ CLAVADO

[@orionsimerl6539]

Had it been a 12 round fight against Sugar Ray Hearns would have won that first fight. He did beat him the second fight and was robbed of the decision. Sugar Ray is looked at as if he was the best of the legendary 4 Hagler, Hearns, Duran and Sugar Ray. He didn't beat Hagler even though they gave him the victory. Hearns ran out of steam in the first fight after being up the scorcard through 12, Hearns won the second fight that even Ray agrees he won, and he split with Duran. Hagler was the best of that era because he beat all of them. Hearns though, Hearns was my favorite and the most exciting to watch. Even when he didn't knock an opponent out it was so satisfying to watch his punches land.

[@mysticalgenie6228]

Hearns was shot in round fourteen because Leonard shot!!him he was hurt PERIOD!!! So stop with the Leonard hate and excuses based in Subjective jealousy

[@orionsimerl6539]

@@mysticalgenie6228 What did my comment say? If it were a 12 round fight Hearns would have won the fight. On whose score card was Leonard up on after12? No ones, so that isn't subjective jealousy that is an objectively true statement. My second statement was that Hearns won the second fight and was robbed of the decision. This is subjective since different people see the fight differently, but this is also the opinion of Sugar Ray Leonard. Is he hating on himself or was the decision controversal in the second fight and a lot of people including Leonard thought he lost? I don't hate SRL, I just believe he was not the best of that group, and he was awarded victories over hearns 2, and Hagler that he didn't earn. SRL is not a favorite of mine because although he had great speed, footwork, endurance, chin, and almost everything you could want in a fighter, he wasn't ferocious and fought for points. When he would flurry or put together combinations it seemed like it was more for show than it was to harm his opponent. That's subjectively why I'm not a fan SRL, because he fought to look good in front of an audience and most it didn't seem to be intent on hurting his opponent.

[@mysticalgenie6228]

@@orionsimerl6539 stop with the hypothetical 12 round scenario excuses They fought 15 rounds back in the day

[@mysticalgenie6228]

Andy price and Davey boy green were Ferociously knocked out by SRL!!! historical facts.....Mayweather mellenial...fanboy ...hater!!

[@orionsimerl6539]

@@mysticalgenie6228 Even Mayweather had some ferocious knock outs early in his career but this doesn't make him a ferocious fighter. My points were SRL is overrated and was awarded some victories he didn't earn. You haven't challenged that assertion. My second point is I don't like him stylistically because in a lot of fights his strikes were more for show than they were to harm. You can disagree with that but that is my perception of him and why I like Hearns, Hagler, and Duran better than I like him as a boxer. I'm not a fan Mayweather. My favorite boxer was Tyson when he was with Kevin Rooney, and Roy Jones until Tarver 1.

[@scottpuryear2810]

he didn't throw no fight if you know boxing than you would know that's the way it goes Leonard and hagler knock hearts out but Marcos gave them both a hard fight Marcos stable mate pipino cuevas was knock out by the hitman so Marcos might have been Leary of that right-hand you just don't believe your eyes same thing with heavyweights Ali went a tough 15rounds with Chuvalo and foreman knock chuvalo out and Ali knock Foreman out ain't nobody threw no fight Fact,

[@scottpuryear2810]

and by the way Marcos is a full fleg middleweight when he fought ray who was still learning and was a welterweight who fought benetiz a few months later

[@reycesarcarino4653]

I still think he took a dive cause Marcos parried all of Thomas shoot's and didn't take anything solid. No shame though he's got paid either way and Didn't get hurt like Ernie Singleton

[@scottpuryear2810]

@@reycesarcarino4653 now that I look at it again you might be right I don't understand Marcos was a good fighter Why would he do that and he did look a little shook but like I said that happen to me this one dude I was a Lil shook of him but the guy who was knocking everyone out .I had no problem with him so yes I think if Marcos would had fought with his heart the fight would had been different

[@GORGUTSz75]

That's a GLASS JAW!

[@robisolano9902]

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[@황윤건-q5w]

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