Thomas "Hitman" Hearns vs Pipino Cuevas

Thomas "Hitman" Hearns takes on Pipino Cuevas in a twelve round title fight for the WBA World welterweight title.
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Undercard bouts include:
Yasutsune Uehara W Samuel Serrano KO 6 15
Hilmer Kenty W Young Ho Oh TKO 9 15
Randall Cobb W Earnie Shavers TKO 8 10
Danny Paul W Jose Palacios PTS 10 10
Davey Lee Armstrong W Miguel Flores KO 1

[@wardtirehighriver5238]

The greatest era of boxing 🥊

[@julies1ify]

Amen !

[@hughjanus501]

When Hearns stuck his left hand out straight and started to measure you, it was usually goodnight Vienna.

[@pamle1]

When I saw this fight at the time, I recall thinking during it.. this guy is going to beat Duran, Leonard, Benitez.. all of them..

[@sha9infinite450]

@@pamle1 I thought the same. I was in junior high school

[@henrybrowne7248]

@@pamle1 Curious . . What do you think of what actually happened, looking back now?

[@TheNeorch]

@@pamle1 then marvin popped off,tanked those shots,then doubled it and gave it back to hearns,debatably the number 1 out of the 4 kings.

[@user-jt8dh4qy8d]

​@TheNeorch No he was a middle, Roberto a lightweight and Ray and Tommy welters/light- middles. Moving up is hard. Imagine Marvin fighting Spinks. Phil.

[@carymiller2403]

Thomas Hearns had such a reach advantage in his fights and you really see that here. He is able to connect with Cuevas while Cuevas' punches come up short. Plus Tommy hits hard for a welterweight

[@TechnoLawyer]

You'd look at Tommy's 6'1", thin as a rail frame (when he was a WW), expect him to be a fast outfighter but not much of a puncher. Except he was one of the hardest hitting WW's ever. Talk about genetic gifts.

[@jamescampione8531]

Those stick legs faild him later

[@TechnoLawyer]

@@jamescampione8531 yeah, as he moved up in weight his upper body gained a bunch of muscle but his legs didn’t keep pace. Hurt his ability to take a punch and stay standing.

[@jamesrobinson8612]

​@@jamescampione8531 his failures were because he thought he could and would be able to knock out all of his opponents.

[@marcelocordova7523]

Pero maravilla hagler put him to sleep... 😅

[@michaeldeakin4287]

Hearns was a freak at welterwright, a lot of speed and leverage in those punches. I thought he was going to beat Leonard within 3 or 4 rounds but Leonard showed a lot of skill and heart to defeat him.

[@jmc597]

Hearns was great but he did have trouble with big punchers like Leonard and Hagller.

[@mrzuniga78]

It was the inevitable changing of the guard. Twelve title defenses is twelve title defenses! Regardless both are Hall of Famers and two of my all-time favorites!

[@davidsmith5094]

Tommy is a very tall guy,,,with an incredible reach....and he has a great right hand...Cuevas only hope was to get on the inside of Tommy...but if he stay on the outside, where Tommy's right hand can get him,,,he's gonna be in trouble .

[@carlwalker9635]

@@davidsmith5094 Very tall boxers lose all the time, boxer's are not supposed to receive participation trophies, and medals. For example, Tyson destroyed many opponents bigger, and taller then himself. Hearns was just a better fighter, it's not complicated.

[@henrybrowne7248]

@@davidsmith5094 Right. First round you can see that, no matter what was to come, it was at least gonna be a long night for Cuevas. Frightening how Hearns just destroyed this champion.

[@markhasleton6403]

My fsvorite , part of the great trio of the 80's. Tommy was not just a punch thrower he could move , counter , jab like a demon. And FEARLESS

[@jeffh58]

But he had a potato chin. He may have been the best WW ever if he had a better chin.

[@ronsmac]

@@jeffh58 Maybe the best pound for pound fighter ever if he could take a better punch.

[@GUIGOU2013]

​@@jeffh58 de ninguna manera señor, a Tommy siempre le faltó genialidad

[@gustav1235]

Amazing punch from Hearns, but incredible heart from Cuevas to get up from such a devastating shot.

[@txmade4371]

He knew the fight was over.

[@smokeringsandgrillmarks9171]

I’m here today because Max Kellerman told us to watch this today on first take said he wobbled like a building before falling down 😂😂

[@Toidentity]

And that he did 😂🤣

[@tamirmcknight3461]

Same

[@PopcanJackson]

same here

[@jodibrown9437]

Hahahah so am i hahahah

[@titonyemah6453]

He just told me yo!

[@83mogreen]

His coach said that young Hearns took 2 bus to train each morning. So much respect

[@motorcitycobra8875]

To travel a couple miles.

[@julies1ify]

Being from Metro Detroit, Tommy was always my hero & the sports person that I would like to meet over anyone else, Im 58. Happened to be in a somewhat dive bar restaurant having lunch with a buddy in a suburb of Detroit early June 2022. Just before we were going to leave, in walks f*cking Tommy Hearns & a couple other guys ! I got to meet him, he fist bumped me with that right hand that put Cuevas to bed. Only talked to him about a minute, told him he was my all time hero & God Bless him & what he did for the city of Detroit...Anyways, Im grateful as hell. He seemed like a very humble guy...LEGEND. Still watch the Hagler fight & pray for a different outcome.

[@gatormark]

This is the fight that got me into boxing at age 14.

[@Jeanettesboxingchannel]

in my case it was first Pryor-Arguello I and then Gomez-Pintor, age 10!

[@gatormark]

@@Jeanettesboxingchannel I was an Arguello guy. I’m still upset. Till this day, Tommy Hearns is my favorite boxer.

[@tallpaul1563]

The fight that made me a Tommy Hearns fan as a kid!

[@Armando316]

Cuevas had so much heart. He was simply overwhelmed by an incredible fighter.

[@MrJaccTrippa]

Look like he got overwhelmed by a big right hand

[@blacklight3596]

All heart but no skill

[@juanhernandez2907]

@joe Louis is that supposed to be a praise for Hearns or an offense towards Mexican boxers..??

[@piedramultiaristas8573]

@joe Louis Juan Hernández ask u something ⬆️ let me know if U would reply

[@piedramultiaristas8573]

@@juanhernandez2907 ⬆️

[@marlinstrike]

I saw this fight live on TV and even remembered back then and I've seen it 10 times since the lack of game plan that cuevas had it's a death wish to stay out that distance from hearns he had to get inside even if it was ugly getting inside and hold on to him and rough them up and he can't stay out at the end of those punches it's just murder out there and you saw what happened hearns completely had his way with an 11 title defense champion with 10 knockouts that's saying something

[@lucioagelvis2134]

Check out Bob Foster vs Dick Tiger. Tiger tried to get inside/ cut the distance but the result was still the same.

[@MrWeliz]

Absolutely, Cuevas all ways went forward attacking like a mad bull and here he stayed at the perfect distance of Herns' jab.

[@mariusloveless7880]

Easier said than done, obviously Tommys proding jab kept him at bay and Tommy hit so hard it reset everyone. This can be proven by the fact that Roberto Duran the greatest in-fighter to ever live, could not even get in on Tommy. That goes to show that only otherworldly boxing skill, the likes of Sugar Ray Leonard could produce and just otherworldly Toughness and mettle the likes of The Marvelous one Marvelous Marvin Hagler possessed, were the only way to defeat Hearns, it took literally the greatest middleweight ever/All Time Great and one of the greatest p4p ever to figure out how to beat Hearns , other than those two guys Hearns is unstoppable really lmao

[@swmita]

@@mariusloveless7880 Tommy Hearns skill as a boxer were so underated and I like how you point out that it took the greatest middleweight in history to solve his height and reach advantage with skills to match. As another footnote testimony to his boxing skills, he actually outboxed SRL in two fights. It took Angelo Dundee to tell Ray, "you're blowing it kid". You had to knock Hearns out to win while putting yourself at great risk.

[@henrybrowne7248]

I only got to read about it in the LA Times, fights like this were not easy to watch without lots of money. But watching it here, again, demonstrates that Styles Make Fights. Hearns was perfect in this fight, made Cuevas look like a bum, which I almost thought, until I got a chance to watch more of his fights: no bum at all. Great victory for Tommy.

[@roberto227055]

aunque pipino se la aguantó, prevaleció la altura, el alcance de brazos impresionante de thomy y su potencia y calidad! fué el final de la carrera de cuevas!

[@josealbertogalavizsoto1198]

Si no si si atribuir a la derrota contra manos de piedra Duran pero ya no era el mismo ,pero fue uno de los grandes recordados

[@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813]

"Pipino se la aguantó...2 rounds!. La diferencia fue abismal. Una paliza que prácticamente lo retiró.

[@angelgabrielguadarramasoli908]

@@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813 para la cantidad de golpes que se comió, podríamos decir que se la aguantó...

[@GUIGOU2013]

​@@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813 hablas sin conocimiento, Cuevas tidavia siguió peleando

[@rayr4320]

El libro sobre Hearns era evitar pelear en las rondas 1-3. Pipi no entendió el mensaje, por lo que no tuvo oportunidad.

[@miamiman3058]

Grew up in the boxing game. I saw this in a closed circuit tv in a movie theater. I knew that day that Hearns was going to be one of the greats.

[@ubilo]

Cuevas had heart. The reach advantage just killed him.

[@jerrylanglois7892]

Something else '' just killed him ''.... his talent deficiency.

[@joeygonzo]

@@jerrylanglois7892 and his suede bottomed shoes

[@HEAVYCHEVY409]

Power and speed didn't help him at all

[@williammedve5934]

Against someone taller you have to work your way inside

[@tom11zz884]

That Hearns right hand killed him...lol

[@miguelangelgonzaleziribe2518]

Muchas diferencias físicas ,pero Pipino es un valiente

[@stevewhitaker1705]

Tommy was a legend

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

It was a great time to be entering into adulthood in Michigan, sure wish I had gone to see Tommy fight in Saginaw, where I grew up, because he had bouts there.

[@armandoramirez8607]

Muy superior Hearns a Pipino ,lo que más me asombro fue como Pipino se levantó de la lona después de recibir dos impactos brutales , Mexicano tenía que ser carajo

[@cuauhtemocacosta2581]

NO DIGAS MAMADAS MARY JANE PERO QUE MADRIZA LE PUSIERON LO DESPIPINARON

[@blujay9191]

4:25 .. left to the body followed by another left uppercut .. so quick .. such power. Wow!

[@usamerican0005]

That combo amazed me as well. Don't know if I've ever seen another fighter throw (and execute) that combination. The entire two round attack was prenominal.

[@anironfistedwarrior7206]

Emanuel stewarts school of using his jab to set up his right hand... Beautiful to watch!

[@TimeStrider]

My favorite fighter of all time.

[@BruceLee-zd9bw]

Hearns had so much speed, reach, exellent boxing skills, and most of all power.

[@nievesmol2863]

Hay canelo jijuelachingada date de santos que no estabas en esa epoca

[@josebasaldua6825]

Pino cuevas estaba peleando con uno de los cuatro fantásticos de la época dorada del boxeo mundial los 80s!

[@amorypaz7765]

¿4 Fantasticos? Leonard, Hagler y Hearns ¿Y el otro?

[@guifonsan6313]

@@amorypaz7765 Roberto Duran aunque te tardes el mejor boxeador latinoamericano sigue Chávez y soy mexicano

[@josebasaldua6825]

@@amorypaz7765 el otro Roberto duran

[@amorypaz7765]

@@guifonsan6313 Hooooo, bueno, es que yo habia pensado de inicio en Benitez o en Arguello como el cuarto caballero de ese grupo, aunque quizas tengas razon, Duran posiblemente el mas grande boxeador de Latinoamerica pero de su epoca, porque hoy en dia ya hay boxeadores que lo dejaron por mucho, por ejemplo Duran perdio absolutamente todos sus encuentros importantes, Leonard, Benitez, Hagler, Hearns, Pazienza, Camacho y solo dividio victorias contra Locomotora Castro y Esteban de Jesus, ademas, termino con un numero exagerado de derrotas, 16 en total, eso sin considerar que la mayoria de sus titulos los perdio en la primera defensa el Welter ante el propio Sugar Ray Leonard y hasta el Supermediano de la NBA ante Camacho, aunque para su epoca ser campeon en 4 divisiones de organismos reconocidos era muy complicado, sin embargo tiene muy pocas defensas exitosas de sus titulos, para mi esta dentro de los 5 grandes de aquella epoca pero no por encima de Chavez ni de Argueyo y tampoco soy Chavista

[@juancarlosllerenajara5826]

@@amorypaz7765 Wilfredo Benítez, Hagler para ese momento era un mediano natural!!!

[@penguinstrophe]

That second time Cuevas got cornered on the left side was such an exciting exchange. The sheer intensity of it was astounding, with great dodges and weaves being pulled off especially by Hearns.

[@Jj-ty7qh]

This is the best I have ever seen of Tommy Hearns against a top notch opponent. This Hearns kills everything from Floyd to today in and around that weight.

[@gilbertoconstante780]

Terrible salvajada de la mafia del boxeo, enfrentar a dos seres humanos con una enorme diferencia en toda la extensión de la palabra.

[@Ronnieboy555]

Eran del mismo peso.

[@ELOctavion]

De que hablas? La cobra peso 146.9lbs Pipino 146.5lbs Donde esta la emorme diferencia? Mas bien mala desicion de Pipino y su esquina de andar subiendo a divisiones sin temer nivel para esa división....

[@Laboy898gmail]

That version of Hearns would of put all Crawaford, Spence, Tank and Tanks mentor Mayweather all to sleep.

[@11855alan]

Jose, you summed it all up! I would have loved to to see Mayweather in with this Hearns,

[@skiburnski7543]

@@11855alan Mayweather would be asleep after one right hand from Hearns!

[@MyVeryHappyDay]

No contest. Hitman takes Mayweather apart.

[@graemechristopher4008]

Yes, I don’t think Floyd would have been able to avoid and master the speed and leverage of Tommy’s right hand, which would have rendered the shoulder roll ineffective. Tommy by KO within six.

[@dirkisbased154]

true tommy's genetics were freakish, he has bamboo stalks for limbs

[@alejandrodominguez6624]

Lo pasó por arriba. Un fuera de serie Hearns. Y Pipino también.

[@jayannan9897]

Easy fight for Tommy!! Early in career but was already a legend!!!

[@helgar791]

Hearns would waltz through today's welterweight division. Cuevas was over matched from the beginning to the end of this fight. One problem though that Cuevas had for this short fight was his shoes which constantly slipped and slid the entire 2 rounds. Cuevas also didn't have enough head movement, he didn't try to work inside to smother Tommy's punches, nor could he take advantage of the fact that Tommy frequently would admire his work after big punches. Kellerman was right, Cuevas imploded like a detonated building.

[@MrBolts4life]

Hearns would also walk through the middleweight division.

[@helgar791]

@@MrBolts4life Stop! Too much truth!

[@pimpompoom93726]

I lived in Metro Detroit when this fight happened, I remember the excitement for Tommy Hearns when he won this title. Cuevas made a big mistake backing away and trying to fight at long distance, he played to Hearns strengths. Cuevas should have gotten in close where Tommy couldn't load up with those right bombs, but he probably still would have lost. Hearns was simply too powerful, he was a natural Welterweight.

[@davidsmith5094]

Yeah. Yeah..Hearns right hand was like a stick of dynamite...I knew watching the fight then that Cuevas was going to go down early in the fight.

[@PageMarker1]

I was in Ann Arbor in the late '70s and a guy in the pool hall raved about 'Hitman Hearns.'

[@RaulGonzalez-lx4fs]

Cuevas had not defense, and had cristal jaws, hearns was way mucho better than pipino

[@timdouglass6491]

Cuevas was a great fighter, Mexican heart. Hearns was at his peak and it comes down to styles.

[@iwant2usethis]

Yup, you nailed it. Not necessarily size although that was an advantage for Hearns but the style of Cuevas played into the hands of Hearns. With more movement he could have offset the reach advantage. I've always believed that a Duran-Hearns 2 would have been a much more interesting match because now Duran knew what he was facing and he was a much better slipper and weaver than Cuevas who was a real stand-up boxer. With Barkley and to a lesser extent - Hagler, Duran showed how to get inside and exchange. In the bout with Hearns, he got hypnotized by that the jab and simply didn't adapt yet he did have the style to get around it and the chin too

[@lucioagelvis2134]

@@iwant2usethis Duran didn't see that first knockdown blow. (And many forget Duran was simply a lightweight- and the all time best at that.

[@NoName-od2qj]

@@lucioagelvis2134 lol

[@rodd7]

@@lucioagelvis2134 Duran fought hearns at 154 not 147. People think they know boxing but they dont

[@joseluishernandezurias8292]

SI SE FIJAN TOMMY HEARNS ES CASI PESO MEDIO.

[@georgehlinko5229]

Hearns was excellent but Robinson was PERFECTION.

[@albertolozano7187]

Gran puntería ,brazos más largos,dos atletas al mismo nivel de preparacion y el físico le dió ventaja,grandes peleas las mejores,no como ahora puro negoció parece lucha libre.

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

Pretty amazing that Cuevas even got up.

[@joeygonzo]

Pipino started The Matrix dance

[@m.v.zfelipemartinezbautist4898]

Era cuestión de tiempo, Hears supo manejar la distancia con sus japs, y en momentos precisos rematar con la derecha.

[@kendleoneal4080]

First Take brought me here. "Swayed like a building"

[@jacksonpost4137]

Yup 😂

[@GOBLUEADAM]

At the weigh in, held in Detroit's Hart Plaza, about noon, Cuevas came in with a little Mexican band, that played music. As Pipino was weighing in the the band played on, Tommy grabs the mike and says "The only belt you are going to leave Detroit with, is the one holding up your pants"! And I was at a party with my parents playing music for them from the radio, and the announcer comes on and gives the announcement. I gave it, and it STOPPED THE PARTY! But the true greatness of those men back then, is that even after the brutal defeat, HEARNS AND CUEVAS became friends, and was even invited to have dinner at Cuevas home years later! And that was the FIRST FIGHT ever held in the Joe Louis Arena, and ironically Thomas the Hitman Hearns, ended his boxing career in that same arena, in a upset, injury filled fight, that some bum won, due to a broken ankle of the Hitman! IT WAS A NEAR RIOT, complete with thrown shoes and cell phones. NO MEDIA, has ever reported that, but I WAS THERE to see it and get trapped in it! WHAT AN ERA!

[@josephestrella479]

Excellent point of views from both of you.

[@j.a.martir6438]

And nice to see the legendary, wrestling and boxing announcer, Jimmy Lennon Sr. 🎙️

[@felixramos3078]

Tommy Herns was a freak of nature, 6 feet 2 inches tall at 147 lbs, and hit like a light- heavyweight. Let us put this in perspective, Mike Tyson and Rocky Marciano were around 5' - 11" tall and they both were Heavyweights.

[@julianr9220]

Total superiority...I remember a mexican announcer noting that the Cuevas handlers didn't know well Hearns then as he put it : they got the tiger from the raffle!! What a tiger!!

[@jesusalbertouriarteperez7514]

Saludos y un abrazo para todos recuerdo muy bien la pelea la cobra tommy hearns mas rapido alto y certero que pipino cuevas mucha diferencia asi inicio la debacle del boxeo pipino cuevas ademas de que no tenia defensa alguna saludos y cuidense

[@gianca60]

Really cuevas looked intimidated in this fight.

[@sparringsessionswithkonnor4366]

Can you blame him?

[@YUCAYEQUE]

He was winging some rights. Wouldn’t go that far

[@martinrodolfocastanedarami6181]

Yo fui seguidor de pipino cuevas, en esta pelea no le conecto un solo golpe a hearns en cambio recibió todos

[@layunvasquez887]

Simplemente no tenía ninguna posibilidad, pipino Cuevas.

[@ELOctavion]

El mexicano promedio es bueno de las 135lbs hacia abajo... De las 140lbs hacia arriba les an dado lona a todos, no tienen la pegada para esas divisiones....

[@jonnydanger7181]

I think Thomas Hearns is the most underrated boxer. His two losses in his heyday were the two greatest fights. His first loss against Leonard, the ref stopped it too quick. Loss against Hagler was an all out war.

[@motorcitycobra8875]

Too quick? If it continued hearns would be dead.

[@potetosenpai]

この時期のハーンズのスピード、パンチ力は驚異的。 さらに、ウェルター級にしてこの長身とリーチの優位性も加わって、クエバスは手も足も出なかった。

[@mrwdpkr5851]

That was a true Champion that Tommy took out in 2!

[@sparringsessionswithkonnor4366]

Duran too!

[@mrwdpkr5851]

@@sparringsessionswithkonnor4366 Yep . Watched that 1 the other day .

[@andresbravo704]

Pipino era un gran fajador y de buena pegada, sí. Pero se encontró con un noqueador inmenso, como Hearns, con unas manos demoledoras, aparte de una velocidad de látigo. Pipino no tuvo ninguna posibilidad frente al Hitman, que siempre fue hacia adelante. El mexicano casi no sacó las manos, combatió retrocediendo, demostrando temor, en realidad lo masacraron. Y nunca volvió a ser el mismo.

[@weshead1126]

"Tommy Hear s heart of a lion knockout power in both hands"- Sugar Ray Leonard

[@yashvardhansharma4508]

Here from First Take. Didn't disappoint.

[@carmodifire]

True about the weight. Actually, I wonder what would happen if Hearns boxed conservatively for the WHOLE fight. At times, he tried going for the KO, expending energy, and at other times, making the fight slow with jabs. Hearns-Robinson at 154 would be something to see!

[@markherring3513]

Didnt he move up to fight Hagler? We all seen how that went.

[@anthonyrobinson973]

​​​​@@markherring3513just one fight, Hearns moved up several weight classes and won BELTS/TITLES. In fact, I think it was 5 weight classes he won Titles, and, I believe the first to ever do that.. in spite of Hearns broken right hand, Hagler still looked like he had been in a fight

[@markherring3513]

@@anthonyrobinson973 I wasnt taking anything away from hearns...that fight was one for the ages...both guys won imo thats how great it was..but damn, that knock out punch was maybe the most perfect punch ever thrown.

[@Salieri47]

Hearns was 6'1", 147. This was back when fighters weighed in two hours before the fight, they didn’t rehydrate up 15 or more pounds. I can't imagine what Hearns had to do to make 147.

[@georgehlinko5229]

I think Hearns would've taken Mayweather.

[@michaelbelfer6513]

george hlinko As do I

[@williamhitchcock46]

Me too

[@richardrobinson1697]

NO DOUBT! LEONARD, PRYOR, DURAN, ARGUELLO, EVEN BOOM BOOM WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THE ROAD RUNNER!🥊🥊🥊

[@MyBenjamin66]

I do to. It might go to the late rounds, but I think he'd stop Mayweather.

[@iwant2usethis]

@@richardrobinson1697 Arguello was my man but too slow for Mayweather. Leonard and Mayweather interesting fight (Benetiz gave Leonard big problems); Duran (had trouble with speed a la SRL); Boom Boom would have been destroyed. Mayweather may be a bitter pill for casual boxing fans, but the boxing community know what that kid has

[@DESERTFOXX252]

Mayweather has never, and will never fight someone like Hearns. Fortunately for him.

[@iwant2usethis]

@CARL MOBLEY People who have never laced up the gloves, see boxing in their image. You go out and fight! Simple. Mayweather is a master of the science of boxing and with all that natural talent, he can maximize his efforts and minimize his risks. Not many boxers can do that. If he had the power of a big time hitter, say Hearns or even Leonard, he would have been outrageous and he would have taken more risks because even boxers like to smash their opponents. He didn't have that but he had so much speed, agility, quickness and boxing skill that he didn't need it to beat just about anybody from any period in boxing. No, I'm not one of those Mayweather boxing fan but I'm a student of the sweet science and I know a brilliant boxer when I see one and Mayweather it that guy which is why he's undefeated

[@antoniogonzalez5437]

Cuevas a real brave fighter

[@young_money]

Here from First Take

[@juliojulio526]

Hearns honours his nick name "cobra from Detroit " what a demolition punchs!

[@Joe-hf3cn]

Never saw this till now..Wow...just WOW !!!!

[@stevenmendoza5621]

Cuevas lost this fight before it started.

[@tomdelgado6438]

De acuerdo con tigo subio al. Ring derrotado se miraba con mucho. Respeto asi tomy

[@TheSilverfox1234]

he lost this fight when his arms stopped growing

[@henrybrowne7248]

@@TheSilverfox1234 🤣

[@MrJaccTrippa]

Yes. More

[@rhody574]

Para esta pelea Pipino cuevas venía con fama de noqueador pero...triste realidad la historia fue otra

[@ingmarcoprado5656]

Tommy metio misiles de largo alcanze. Para pipino fue el inicio de la debacle.

[@ELOctavion]

Era noqueador en las 140lbs, subio y pago el precio no tenia nada que hacer en esa división....

[@Nttmf]

Tommy is my favorite boxer of all time.

[@Fulfillyourfreedom]

Great commentary for this one

[@martinrodolfocastanedarami6181]

Pobre pipino no supo con quien se fue a meter, su nivel no era para esta clase de rivales

[@thewhiteelephant]

No mames, ya era tiempo despues de 12 title defenses.

[@lucioreyes8804]

No se sabe , si pipino tenía pavor de pegarle ala cobra , o de plano no tenía recursos .se vio ridículo , mejor el martillo " le dio batería al gran hearns (Cobra)

[@akpowarri3504]

No one before or since Hearns jabbed better than Hearns. Hitman is genius nickname for that jab shoots out machine like. I also love how efficiently he switches the jab into a hook.

[@javiramirez4809]

Muy dispareja la pelea, parecía un pluma vs welter natural. Desde los golpes se notaba la diferencia entre ambos.

[@raulalcala5440]

Desde que inició la pelea se notó la diferencia de estatura,pegada y mejor boxeo del prieto,Pipino fue un campeón de medio pelo que cuando enfrentaba a los grandes se lo madreaban!

[@MrWeliz]

The great Pipino got a taste of his own medicine.

[@FranciscoRodriguez-ku1nl]

Que, no estaban en el mismo peso , la superioridad de Hearns era mayor. poco falta y lo mata.

[@rafaelarellanolopez8463]

En ese tiempo,cuevas era un IDOLAZO, desgraciadamente solo era ponchador no sabía ni tenía buena guardia Ni esgrima,llega Hearns y acaba con el de la manera más fácil y rápida

[@Jeanettesboxingchannel]

Esta pelea me recuerda la victoria de tu paisano Salvador Sanchez sobre mi paisano Wilfredo Gomez, solo que Sanchez-Gomez duro mas. De todas maneras, para levantarse despues de golpes tan duros y querer seguir, Gomez y Cuevas tenian mucha valentia, mucho pundonor y amor propio.

[@rafaelarellanolopez8463]

@@JeanettesboxingchannelExactamente,saludos mi hermano 👍

[@Jeanettesboxingchannel]

@@rafaelarellanolopez8463 Un abrazo hermano!!!

[@leonfelipesalomon]

Y desde hagler lo hizo pedazos a hearns facilitó increíble poderío de esa época

[@sinusbradycardia]

8 Years Later when Hearns finally did land the right hand solid, he put SRL down twice. But SRL wasn't hurt in the 3rd or 11th as he was in the 7th in the 2nd fight. Hearns had SRL in serious trouble in that round and got a little too wild and it might have cost him a victory. Oddly enough the punch that hurt SRL, was a left hook. That rd should have been score 10-8 in Hearns favor. Just like the 5th and 12th for SRL. Larry Merchant said it, this is the most trouble I've ever seen SRL in.

[@milojanis4901]

Until he fought Terry Norris, who spanked the sweetness right outta Sugars ASS!!!

[@TheOzarkExplorer]

I watched this fight live via satellite on big screens at, if I recall correctly, the Los Angeles Forum. The place was packed when a friend and I got there and we got nosebleed seats, but it really didn't matter because the fight was being shown on giant screens hanging from the ceiling. I swear this is true, when we got inside everyone there was either Black or Mexican. The guy I was with is Japanese and I'm a blonde and very white guy. We didn't see anyone else there who was white or Japanese. Soon as we sat down both the Blacks and the Mexicans started asking us if we wanted to bet, I mean we were getting bombarded with offers, but we both declined them all. When that first bell rang the place erupted in cheers and yelling for either Hearns or Cuevas. By the end of the 1st round the Blacks were dancing and yelling and the Mexicans were kind of stunned and silent. My and my buddy looked at each other wide eyed because we knew shit was about to get ugly. It was already clear to us Pipino was no match for Tommy. When the 2nd round started everyone was on their feet again and screaming for their guy. Pipino came out looking pretty good but Tommy was looking mean... really mean. By the end of the 1st minute the Mexicans had all quieted down again and the Blacks were on their feet screaming for Tommy, and just a few seconds later Tommy landed that KO punch and Pipino hit the canvas and then entire place was silent for a handful of seconds. Everyone was truly in shock. No one expected that to happen so fast. And then the Blacks roared when the fight was stopped and started giving the Mexicans shit, laughing at them and making fun of Pipino, and they didn't like that. Me and my buddy both looked at each other and said at the very same time "We gotta get outta here!", and we did. As we were leaving a big riot was just starting up. On the drive back to "The Valley" we heard on the radio that it turned into a huge brawl with lots injuries and some arrests made and that several people had been shot and stabbed and at least one was dead. I haven't seen or even heard of anything like it since then, but I swear that's all true.

[@javierberriozabal9086]

hay que reconocer la cobra de Detroit un dotado de alcance, pegada, reflejos, y aguante, y cuevas muerto de miedo.

[@ingmarcoprado5656]

Desproporcionada pelea pero pipino se la jugo ante todo un tommy que estaba sobrado para esta pelea.

[@agustinsalas2730]

Abismal la diferencia

[@miamicaneno1]

Best era of boxing tommy was a beast. Small venue, packed crowd. Today’s boxing sucks

[@hugovalentincounseling]

Thomas Hearns was a great champion who was also lucky to have the body type he had. Against smaller guys like Pipino, Duran, Benitez, etc. Hearns had a big advantage, and as a great champion, he knew how to use his size and reach. However, when Hearns fought bigger guys like Barkley and Marvin Haggler, he got knock out cold...

[@rodd7]

Don't confuse weight with size

[@Jiltedin2007]

That was the second time An American Fighter won a Title Fight in his hometown on that day. Earlier, Aaron Pryor defeated Antonio Cervantes for the Junior Welterweight Championship in his hometown of Cincinnati, the fight took place at Riverfront Stadium.

[@edgarlopezarellano8814]

En esta pelea, pipino, peleó con miedo, y equivocó la distancia por completo, le convenia pelearle cuerpo a cuerpo. Por eso perdió.

[@rodolfokemelmann111]

totalmente de acuerdo.

[@ronnyhaven7277]

PERDON PERDIÓ POR "MALETA"...y SU VERSIÓN ACTUAL ES LA DEL "CANELO", SALUDOS!!!

[@ronnyhaven7277]

"PIPINO" "PELEABA" como un VULGAR "VAGO DE BARRIO"...🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@JuanPabloRiveraMachado]

pipino no tenía la talla para está pelea...siempre fue un peleador con suerte....cinchero y con una pegada demoledora...cero técnica

[@rhody574]

@@JuanPabloRiveraMachado muy de acuerdo

[@SPIDERM0OSE]

If you cant back Tommy Hearns up, youre in BIG trouble.

[@horaciochacon4146]

Lo mejor,la actitud de don Lupe Sánchez, cuidando la vida de su peleador. !

[@victorramirez4687]

No mames,,, Si el que paro la pelea fue el refere.... 🐮😡

[@GOBLUEADAM]

When Hearns hit Cuevas, it was like the old line from Cedric the Entertainer on being hit like that. "DON'T PLAY WITH MATCHES", and then he wobbled around, and found out how many people were excited to see him about to go down. Then the BOOMING right hand, and Cuevas found out how many lights hung above the ring of the Joe Louis Arena's boxing ring!

[@giorgiocosentino509]

I think Cuevas found out what kind of detergent the custodian used to clean the mat, maybe a hint of pine sol.

[@thinkbeforyouvote]

I was at this fight. Heck of a night. At 145 Tommy looked 6'5" despite only being 6'1". His reach was too much to overcome and it was very obvious that Cuevas was ill prepared and did not train with any boxers that were taller than him. He was doomed from the first bell.

[@ndnd708]

Wow, what year please?

[@ndnd708]

How much was the ticket?

[@ricky2009dm]

pipino cuevas no tenia nada que hacer contra hearns ,de hecho pipino cuevas fue la cenicienta en esa epoca del box

[@karlpark8575]

Beside the main event, undercards are pretty good too. Serrano, Hilmer Kenty and Ernie Shaver.

[@user-jt8dh4qy8d]

This version of Tommy and the one who executed Duran was possibly the GOAT PFP.

[@pedrog3562]

que arrecho era Tommy Hears una maquina de puños que calidad .nunca existirá otro como el

[@angellord9064]

I SEEN THIS FIGHT AUGUST OF 1980

[@gburrage1]

Max Kellerman brought me here

[@tigerconway]

Hearns was just too much for cuevas . Just ask Duran

[@gpipeline]

Funny how Barkley knocked out Hearns after Hearns knocked out Duran. Then Duran beat up Barkley.

[@jerryhello]

@@gpipeline Styles make fights, right? And Barkley CRUSHED Hearns twice. Hearns had the worst broken nose I've ever seen in that second fight.

[@agt462]

Hearns a legend. Had everything a boxer needs, height, reach, devastating puncher, but lacked a good chin. Hagler would expose him and Hearns would never be the same.

[@ayelleefun2620]

Hearns had a good chin, Marvin had a big punch with both hands and a relentless assault.

[@JL-bz9hi]

Before Hagler beat him srl beat him when hearbs was 32-0

[@joseport6863]

False, Hearns took huge shots from Hagler before the KO. The reason he got dropped several times is because his do or die attitude. Once he stepped in the ring it was you or me, no running around from this fella.

[@enrique007916]

That second round 'slow motion' knockdown of Cuevas his probably to best knockdown i have seen in my life.

[@omarguzman6232]

I guess u didn't see Marquez almost killed Pacman...lol , Pacman was like goodnight I'm going to bed!!! Loooool

[@MrJunktrunker]

You're absolutely correct. I don't know why but I was thinking of someone else.

[@halcondelared]

La unica pelea en donde vi retroceder a Tomas Heanrs fue con Marvin Hagler ahi si le dieron hasta para llevar....

[@edisonpalencia5534]

Mucho le sobaban la boca a Hearns y le bailaban Las piernas

[@rodolfokemelmann111]

martillo roldan lo conmovio en un momento, si le conectaba otro golpe lo tiraba, acuerdense de esa pelea.

[@halcondelared]

@@rodolfokemelmann111 Si tenes razón... pero fue en un momento de esa pelea donde si lo puso bien mal que ya lo tiraba a la lona.... en esa pelea Hearns no estuvo retrocediendo... mas bien mantenia la distancia con un peleador que no tenia técnica y que solo estava esperanzado a su pegada devastadora (de ahi su apodo) un martillo.... de ahi nada mas.... sin embargo quien nockeo fue Hearns... aunque si hubo un momento en que si lo pusieron mal a Hearns... pero con Hagler en toda la pelea estuvo de retroceso y no por mantener distancia.... ahi fue el poder de Hagler quien lo hizo retroceder.... y al final ya sabemos lo que paso....

[@cristobalpicazo3953]

Nada que ver el nivel de tomy con el de pipino.. Es como pelear con un niño de kinder.. Que pena!! Los engrandecen mas de lo que son realmente..

[@carlwalker9635]

Soy en acuerdo contigo. Por ejemplo, mirar que a Canelo, Óscar Valdez, y ahora Isaac Cruz, y muchos más. La problema de muchos aficionados de boxeo Mejicanos es que demasiados sobre valuarse sus boxeadores buenos, y elevarlos a un nivel mitológicos que ningún boxeador podría que defenderá bien en competencia contra los boxeadores élites. Además, boxeadores no son dioses, pero pareces que muchos Mejicanos tratarse que sus boxeadores como son Superman. Tommy destruye que Duran en la misma manera de Cuevas, y yo sé Durán no es Mejicano, pero muchos Latinos identificarse con Durán como el estaba que desde México.

[@jairzinho1974]

Tommy was a great boxer!

[@NoName-od2qj]

@@josevigil4619 you’re talking nonsense and just trying to make excuses because pipino lost…..delusional fan boys like you really kill this sport

[@guapecheroguerrero4023]

Pipino cuevas un ídolo 🥊🥊en toda la expresión un chingón

[@luggerdasser8721]

Muy grande mo mames ni metio las manitas grande julio, napoles salvador, canto, este cabron se culio el pendrjo💩