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

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 😂😂

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.

The greatest era of boxing 🥊

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Cuevas had heart. The reach advantage just killed him.

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

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

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.

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

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!

Tommy was a legend

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

Muchas diferencias físicas ,pero Pipino es un valiente

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Pretty amazing that Cuevas even got up.

My favorite fighter of all time.

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!

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.

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.

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

Pipino started The Matrix dance

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

SI SE FIJAN TOMMY HEARNS ES CASI PESO MEDIO.

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

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

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

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

Hearns was excellent but Robinson was PERFECTION.

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

Here from First Take. Didn't disappoint.

Yes. More

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!!

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。

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.

Really cuevas looked intimidated in this fight.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I think Hearns would've taken Mayweather.

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.

Here from First Take

Cuevas a real brave fighter

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

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.

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

Great commentary for this one

The great Pipino got a taste of his own medicine.

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

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

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

Max Kellerman brought me here

Too bad we don't see anymore fights in 15' rings. Instead we get big rings, track meets & boring fights.

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!

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.

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

Cuevas lost this fight before it started.

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.

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)

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

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.

I SEEN THIS FIGHT AUGUST OF 1980

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

A classic ko for the ages

Tommy is my favorite boxer of all time.

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

I remember that Hearns-Cuevas, and Pryor-Cervantes were on the same night.

Verdaderas peleas k grandes boxeadores

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

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

I’m here cuz this was mentioned in aj last fight

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.

Whoa. That was nuts. Hearns was amazing.