Tommy Hearns vs Randy Shields | ON THIS DAY FREE FIGHT

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@acetofresh1 3 жыл бұрын

Shields was an underrated tough welterweight with amateur wins over big names such as SRL, game fighter. Left the sport with his health intact.

@justinv6410 3 ай бұрын

Good for him 🫡

@bbqdave3333 4 жыл бұрын

An enjoyable way to spend a Saturday lunchtime on lockdown in the UK. Thanks for that ☀️

@reesetheredcain452 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, young Tommy was a sniper. Props to Randy Shields, what a tough man.

@pamle1 3 жыл бұрын

Shields was the only man to go the distance in Cuevas' 11 defenses. Here it was a tall order for him, and he proved to be the dictionary definition of tough.

@criscuellar1461 2 жыл бұрын

He actually didn't do too bad

@DavidRodriguez-vi6zi 2 жыл бұрын

Randy predijo que Leonard le ganaba a Hearns. Y así fue

@emelianemone777 4 жыл бұрын

i love that absolutely calmly psychotic energy hearns possessed... it's rarely duplicated, although many a boxer attempt to pull off the "come at me, you can't hurt me" message. only a select few, such as hearns, & much more recently, notably in terence crawford, have i seen it done well; the smiling in yr opponent's face & just generally effing with them, much like a cat with a battered mouse. it's so brutally beautiful when executed appropriately. ♥️🥊♾

@moebetter3143 4 жыл бұрын

Nice analysis

@emelianemone777 4 жыл бұрын

Moebetter thank you. i really, really, reallyyyyy love excellent boxing & words, if it wasn't apparent. ;)

@collingalanos1783 4 жыл бұрын

Very well put.

@zainlookboonmee 3 жыл бұрын

Literally thought the same thing

@gabrielschoettmer9790 3 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@sherrillraymond7595 3 жыл бұрын

"When you fight Hearns what you want to do in the early rounds is survive" lol Cosell was a mf

@royarambula2139 4 ай бұрын

One of the best

@wildmanz8233 Жыл бұрын

Great fight. Never heard of Randy Shields before but he certainly had a lot of heart.

@fmulder6564 3 жыл бұрын

Shields throwing more headbutts than punches. Near end of round 2 he headbutts hearns and hearns gives him that mass murderer stare. Scary dude. Great fighter.

@walter1893 4 жыл бұрын

Hearns would starch any current top welterweight.

@bobohannon7091 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think so.

@pakadafakar2877 3 жыл бұрын

Why because he is starching this no hoper ?

@blackjack-ks8zn 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobohannon7091 are you saying that crawford, spence could beat him? Floyd? You must be insane

@blackjack-ks8zn 3 жыл бұрын

@@pakadafakar2877 duran,grant, leonard 2, so much more. You say that he's a bum? Today boxing is so bad

@acetofresh1 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobohannon7091 he would clearly dude lol. Talent level and skill level of this current batch isn’t much to brag about, probably only Spence would give him a really tough matchup, Crawford has been hurt by guys like Mean Machine(KD) and hurt by Gamboa and Khan. Although Crawford is my arguably favorite welter we gotta be real. It’s just not a glamorous time for boxing right now

@mp4vids 3 жыл бұрын

You just don't see fighters use feints like this anymore as shown at 1:01 and land a hard jab to the body. Simply awesome!

@gabrielschoettmer9790 3 жыл бұрын

Hearns is one of my all-time favorite boxers. That being said you gotta give credit where its due- Shields is one tough man.

@thetommoody 3 жыл бұрын

Let's be clear here though...Shields was only in this fight to survive, NEVER to win. All of his actions were to NOT get knocked out early and to carry Tommy into the later rounds which he did. And as a result, this proved to be a pyrrhic-victory for Shields...he'd lasted into the "Championship Rounds" with a guy like Hearns while not getting "too beaten-up" in the process. But, the truth be told, Shields never stood a chance and took a massive beating here...just one look at his back alone at the conclusion of the contest attests to that. He was on the defensive the entire fight and never showed any offensive capability. It was only a result of his severe defensive effectiveness and willingness to survive that he lasted as long as he did. His face, back and general posture at the end told the true true story of how badly he'd been beaten...

@gabrielschoettmer9790 3 жыл бұрын

@@thetommoody well said! Shields lasted much longer than most!

@DrSeuss-nv9hw Жыл бұрын

@@thetommoody ...Your comment is correct. However, it's more of a commentary on the greatness of Thomas Hearns, at the Welterweight level. I looked up Randy Shields, expecting to see a basic, journeyman career and found the following: *Career record of 41-9-1 (21 by KO) *Outpointed Sugar Ray Leonard to win the 1973 National AAU Light Welterweight Championship. *Lost to Sugar Ray Leonard by a ten-round unanimous decision on October 6, 1978. *Challenged Pipino Cuevas for the WBA Welterweight Championship on July 30, 1979, and lost by a fifteen-round unanimous decision. Shields lost by just one point on two of the three official scorecards. He was the only fighter to go the distance with Cuevas in eleven successful title defenses. *Won the vacant NABF Welterweight Championship in 1980. *Challenged Thomas Hearns for the WBA Welterweight Championship on April 25, 1981, and was stopped on cuts after twelve rounds. *Inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006. So this guy wasn't some tomato can-journeyman. I think fighters had real problems with Tommy's 78" reach. It was like fighting someone who stood 6' 6". He also, especially at 147 lbs, had fists of stone. He toyed with Shields, an excellent defensive boxer, like, as another poster put it, "a cat with a battered mouse."

@PhilAndersonOutside Жыл бұрын

Shields superb defense gave Tommy and SRL a test. Ray once said he was like trying to hit a shadow. As soon as you threw the punch, he had moved. When the Leonard-Hearns superfight was announced Shields, who fought both, was asked who'd win. He accurately predicted Tommy would build up a lead, but Ray would win the fight.

@jacktorrance2633 5 ай бұрын

Leonard was fortunate that championship fights went 15 rounds in 1981 and not 12 like today.

@PhilAndersonOutside 5 ай бұрын

@@jacktorrance2633 True! That was a great win for Ray, but after the 12th round he was behind on all three of the judges score cards! It's impossible to say if the fight had been scheduled for 12 if he could have poured on the gas in the 11th and 12th, and hurt Tommy enough to win.

@stevebowness9435 3 жыл бұрын

Watched this fight on World of Sport May 1981, it was the first time Hearns had been shown on British Television.

@donsolis12 4 жыл бұрын

Credit where it's due Shields was a man in this fight.

@biff408 3 жыл бұрын

Shields would have been a much greater fighter if he had a punch

@guitarshredz666 3 жыл бұрын

that cut was caused by a very nice jab by shields in round 1. I saw 2 jabs that almost knocked Hearns down in round 1. Hearns is the obviously more talented man here but this dude deserves respect for hangin in there with one of the best.

@Salieri47 3 жыл бұрын

Shields was much better boxer than given credit for. Unfortunately for him there were many great fighters and boxers at 147, 154, & 160. A great example of what Hearns could do when he controlled the action.

@stevemiller2909 5 ай бұрын

I really appreciate the signs of respect that the two fighters show each other when they are talked to by the referee for an infraction, they automatically touch gloves. Don't see much of that anymore.

@PhoenixProdLLC 3 жыл бұрын

Shields is actually a really good fighter to have stayed in that ring with Tommy and fight a long as he did with the great Hitman. 🥊

@bobbywise2313 3 жыл бұрын

Shields had a great amateur career also.

@DrSeuss-nv9hw Жыл бұрын

Shields was 41-9-1 (21 KO). Two of the losses came against Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns...generational talents. He was NABF Welterweight Champ in 1980 and fought for titles on two other occasions. Definitely a good fighter.

@aliwhittington3674 4 жыл бұрын

Huge credit to Randy Shields, what a tough guy he was

@morgan7886 8 ай бұрын

La verdad hoy quizá sería campeón, enfrentó y dió gran pelea a HOF.

@thomasmitchell1408 6 ай бұрын

If Hearns had the chin and stamina to match his jab he would have been unstoppable.

@mthokoowen1460 3 жыл бұрын

Randy Shields was one of the best welters in his era.He,Benitez and Cuevas were not given credit due to them.Who would forget Benitez knock out win over Shields?

@ralphdupas6179 3 жыл бұрын

agree. his angles and footworks are fantastic! Sugar Ray has a great footwork and angles but it did not took long for Hearns to figure it out. while Shields gives Hearns a lot of trouble figuring out how to land his devastating right hand or any clean shot at all. Hearns can't find his range. Luckily for Hearns, he is tall, got long arms ,devastating power and a good counter-puncher it's hard to make a careless move against him.

@sherrillraymond7595 3 жыл бұрын

@@ralphdupas6179 it's not hard to make a careless move against him but just know if you do you going to pay for it

@1Deep43VA 8 ай бұрын

Something about Hearns. He always looks like he’s trying to take your head off. I’m in awe of the visceral power his tall, lanky frame could produce. He’s definitely someone I would be afraid to fight with.

@rockford3943 21 күн бұрын

Almost like a Hitman.

@Hrcak1 3 жыл бұрын

Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Pacquiao my all time favorites.

@AdamMassey-lo1uw 3 жыл бұрын

Just noticed Shields trying to pick off Hearns punches as they came in with his gloves to keep the combination from flowing, and I noticed later in Hearns career he started using the same pick off tactic with great success due to his hand speed and coordination, so I wonder if Hearns watched the tape and picked up that nifty trick from Shields in this fight??!!??..

@robertblount1377 3 жыл бұрын

Shields was a top 10 welterweight who was known for being a highly effective boxer while going BACKWARD. Very few fighters can do that.

@Remingtonrighthand__ Жыл бұрын

Nah

@bautistacardozo7092 Жыл бұрын

Not sure about "top 10" there, man. He was good, don't get me wrong. But I can think of many many welterweights who were and are better than him

@Remingtonrighthand__ Жыл бұрын

Not top 10 who did he even beat in top 10

@eranliber5993 Жыл бұрын

Top 10 in his era? I dont think so. So many INSANE ww in his time and others not alltime greats better than him

@user-wp8ot2ny2m 11 ай бұрын

He was also great contender

@introtheartist5625 3 жыл бұрын

Damn hurns was an amazing fighter but mad respect for shields staying in there nd taking that abuse many a lesser men would've quit

@FinessedAnalyzer 4 жыл бұрын

More Thomas Hearns. And not just the generics like SRL, Hagler (I think this ones already up), Duran, etc..

@blackjack-ks8zn 3 жыл бұрын

Generic? They're the 4 kings of boxing

@Ah-ws9nm 3 жыл бұрын

Aaron Pryor was a bad man too

@DackupDoo 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen a fighter get so many rope burns on his back like Shields had.

@saucythanos4490 3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@michaelalvarado9950 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!! What show of heart! For Shields. Tommy The Hit Man respect ✊

@arthurwilliams8778 3 жыл бұрын

Shields a rugged customer. Although he was a light/avg/ hitter that was absolutely a knock down he struck Tommy in back of the head and drove him into the canvas.He did not step on his foot so which would've been only reason to discount the KD.Hearns was clearly winning the round prior to blow therefore should've been scored 10-9 Shields for that one rd anyway

@user-jq9bh8rx2b 2 ай бұрын

Shields had a lot of Heart ❤️ always respected him

@didiervandijk9713 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent quality video

@angelmiller7847 Ай бұрын

32:39 there it is the beautiful flick jab

@brandongreen5884 3 жыл бұрын

From what I understand this is the Randy Shields that many in the amateurs knew as the "THE GHOST"! Not that he was not "tough" he was but was "purportedly" hard to hit "cleanly" especially to the head. If I am not mistaken this is also the same Randy Shields that defeated Sugar Ray Leonard once in the amateurs! From what I hear he grew up in HOLLYWOOD CA. LOL!

@thaterasound Жыл бұрын

The commentators States he did

@JeezWhiz1 6 ай бұрын

I saw something called RESPECT between these two fighters

@jonbathurst953 2 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how good these guys are. I don’t even know who shields is but he’s game and well practiced.

@marvinyoung1459 2 жыл бұрын

Randy was one tough guy very good fighterTook a Great Shoot Respect to Him

@kekolber868 3 жыл бұрын

Such a complete performance by Hearns.

@sammynatal6471 Жыл бұрын

Hilarious! The crowd doesn’t even boo when their fellow man holds behind the head. They got mad at the ref for counseling the kid.

@mazhussain3470 4 жыл бұрын

Was Liverpool great Alan Hansen in the crowd (third row left)??????

@sammynatal6471 Жыл бұрын

It’s crazy how they boo when Tommy protecting himself holds the guy’s head from hitting his face. But when the guy hits Tommy with his head by exploding upward they don’t boo.

@amc7185 8 ай бұрын

Interesting that Shields went the distance with all-time bombers like Hearns and Cuevas, and mega-talent/finisher Ray Leonard…while being dropped and stopped by Benitez.

@thomasmoody8708 2 ай бұрын

Check your facts...Shields DID NOT go the distance with Hearns...he got beat up for 12 rounds and could not come out for the 13th in a 15 round championship bout.

@cedricliggins7528 6 ай бұрын

Hearns may be the hitman but he was also one hell of a counter puncher

@rockymntdan1 4 жыл бұрын

good fight, shields was 'slippery' for sure but too intimidated from the start (understandably)

@payton2297 2 жыл бұрын

Hearns Left Jab Was Fast As Hell

@ralphdupas6179 3 жыл бұрын

This Randy Shields was so very good. His movements and angles are giving Hearns trouble landing his right or any clean shot. If he just live and fight in today's era I would give him a good chance beating Errol Spence, a sure win prediction over Keith Thurman, a 65-35 chance of beating Manny Pacquiao, even the top prime version, YES, I'LL GIVE HIM 65%. THOUGH I DON'T KNOW WITH CRAWFORD, TERENCE WAS SO GOOD BUT NOT REALLY TESTED HE'S SO HARD TO ANALYSE AGAINST OTHER GREAT BOXER.

@zainlookboonmee 3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree about Crawford, he’s hard to gauge cause he looks like he’s got the package. Passes the eye test but he hasn’t had a legacy defining fight or legitimately tough matchup yet. The sort where he’s had to dig deep and find something in himself to win.

@onlyrog5 3 жыл бұрын

@tomwalker389 Жыл бұрын

These some tall-ass Welters.

@thetommoody 3 жыл бұрын

A couple of observations from Tommy Hearn's "greatest fan" :) - Opening myself up for some probable negative feedback but I ALWAYS admired Howard Cosell's fight commentary, especially when it concerned Hearns...he was spot on here with respect to Hearns' boxing ability and patience in taking Shields out, and, moreover, his expert analysis in the Leonard-Hearns-1 saga. - There's a very large difference in a man "coming to fight" vs. "coming to survive." Shields' fight plan here was clearly the latter...and he had the talent and gamesmanship to do so. Yes he landed some counter punches and even "pushed" Hearns to the canvas once. But make no mistake about it, this fight was nothing more than extending Tommy into the Championship rounds to prepare him for Leonard. - Finally, Hearns' boxing ability...up to this point, only those close to Tommy knew that he had been an amazing boxer long before he filled out physically (and it's strange to say that he "filled out" while still being exceedingly thin at 147 lbs) and developing his huge right hand. What I've always loved about Hearns was his ability to retreat from "Hitman" to boxer...watch his classic destruction of Wilfred Benitez to see what I'm referring to. This fight was actually a key conversion in Tommy's career...it introduced him on a National stage as a Champion on National TV (yes, he'd been on National TV many times previously, but not nearly as publicized as this fight) and promptly showed an ability that most folks didn't realize that he had. I remember, vividly, watching this and thinking that here was a master boxer at such a young age (the same as me!!). The only unknown at this point in his career was his ability to take a punch from a high-class fighter and unfortunately for us Hearns fans, we've seen the outcome of that.

@zainlookboonmee 3 жыл бұрын

Here’s some positive feedback. Great to hear fight analysis built around facts rather than promoter hype. 👍

@salvatormundi5184 3 жыл бұрын

Hi sir, I enjoyed reading feedback. Hearns is my inspiration in boxing, I learn a lot from him. I plan to be pro. His fights are remarkable to study boxing. To me, the weak point of Hitman was his legs, you can see in this fight he lost balance many times, which did not necessarly made a problem here, but it testifies that his lack of strenght and enurance in legs. In his fight against Benitez, which is to me his top performance, we can see his legs are in much better condition, he uses footwork the entire fight and delivers a perfect, astonishing performance. To me, this Hearns was unbeatable. I can relate to this cause i approximately have the same body than Heanrs, long and thin, i have less wide shoulders so a slightly shorter range, that annoys me less me to fight on the inside. I have an extremely natural low body fat percentage, which is the same advantages had Heanrs all along his welter, super welter and middleweights fights, being sharp and powerful even with such a low fat percentage, cause it's our natural body condition. But i have the same thin natural legs than Hearns, and it creates the same default; so since a year I'm working hard on my legs, i need more and more work, but itt's getting better, especially in flexibility of leg movement, it's much smoother. I still don't have enough muscle endurance thought, and this can make a huge difference on late rounds. I think, Heanrs has the best punching technique i've ever seen, his fists are sharp as blades. My coach always said, if Hearns's coaches taught him from the begining to focus on training his legs, and taught him about footwork just as he uses in Benitez fight, then he would be untouchable. For this reason I believe Benitez-Hearns fight is one of the greatest fight in boxing history, it's a real encyclopedia. Edit : Tommy's footwork in round 6 is what i'm talking about, astonishing, devastating, much better control of the distance, giving his opponenent a very hard time to follow and focus. So Hearns perfectly know hpow tu use it, it's just too bad he didn't do it much more often, and i strongly believe it's due to his thin legs.

@thetommoody 3 жыл бұрын

@@salvatormundi5184 Hi, great to see a Hearns fan. From the sound of it, you're still very young so you didn't get to see Tommy fight live like I did. You really missed a Master at work, my man. Yeah, I think it was his legs but it more had to do with his moving up in weight "unnaturally," if I can be so blunt...back then the Kronk gym and the general public really wanted to see him win multiple crowns and I always hated that they moved him up so fast. IMHO, he still wasn't a natural Middleweight even when he fought Hagler and his later fights showed the results of this unnatural movement...the Kinchen fight which he probably lost, the Barkley fights which were a joke...etc. Even when he won the Light-Heavy-weight title against Andries, he looked unnatural. Anyway, keep going my friend...I too took up boxing because of Tommy...I was a 6'8" Light Heavy Weight, fighting at 175 lbs for 18 fights. Just like you, I had ultra-thin legs but I DID have a good right hand (at the Light Heavyweight rank) and enjoyed fighting like Hearns. Unfortunately, when I reached 21 years of age, I couldn't make 175 lbs anymore and my next classification was Cruiserweight, 190 lbs. My walking around weight was only 185 lbs so I was suddenly fighting Heavyweights coming down to 190 lbs. What a difference! But I kept watyching Hearns and fights like this Shields encounter and the Benitez fight to hone my boxing skills and it helped me at Cruiserweight when I couldn't land the right hand and knock guys out. Anyway, I had to stop because my skin became so cut (I'm white) and scarred that I'd start bleeding after just getting hit with a jab. So keep going Rocky, good luck man!

@bobbywise2313 3 жыл бұрын

I am a big fan of fighters from this era and just wanted to say you are spot on in everything you wrote. I was maybe 11 or 12 when this took place but was a young amateur boxer and a big fight fan.

@salvatormundi5184 3 жыл бұрын

thomas moody Thank you for your experience sharing, that’s awesome to read that. You’re right, I just turned 23; with the pandemic I couldn’t start my « pro career » yet, but I can’t wait. Your thought on Hearns moving wait too fast is very interesting and enlightens my understanding of his career. Wow, it must have been quite a mess when you had to move up to cruiserweight. Was losing weight too difficult or impossible to make with your body ? I also have a good long range right hand that I learned from Tommy, but I mostly can land it because of my lead hand, which I strongly believe Tommy Hearns had THE best jab in boxing history. And I use a lot of jab as well, as keeping pressure or using lead hook, which ko’d some sparring partner as well. Actually, in this era, every fighter I’m thinking of had a thunderous left/lead hook, a sniping right hand, and a snake-like jab. Even watching S.R. Robinson, that man punches were thunders, and I love that feeling. I apologize for my English. Btw I’m Rocky I changed the pseudo.

@AwangYudiAryadi 4 жыл бұрын

Terbaik.

@albooga 6 ай бұрын

14:15 that guy was wayyyy too excited lol

@1Deep43VA 8 ай бұрын

I’m to say my State produced Tommy ‘The Hitman’ Hearns.

@68majortom Жыл бұрын

what is the Commentator on "it wasn't a slip" you see Hearns Right Foot slide completely off the Canvas & the Punch was to the back of the Neck. really should watch with Volume down!

@davidantiwan930 Жыл бұрын

At this weight if you don’t attack Tommy and you don’t have a great counterpunch and a good chin you have 0 chance

@rustyb.1301 8 ай бұрын

For a man in the welterweight classification Lord is Hearns powerful! 😂 that's a funny announcer line

@marktorak5578 6 ай бұрын

Where is the whole Sugar Ray Leonard vs Randy Shields bout Fall of 1978. It was a close fight won by leonard.

@nomorebs3626 4 жыл бұрын

Hearns is the most underrated boxer EVER

@Levi-1992 4 жыл бұрын

No More bs I wouldn’t say “underrated”, but the Hitman is definitely a 🐐

@nomorebs3626 4 жыл бұрын

@@Levi-1992 if you think he is a goat then how can u say he is not underrated? Some Casual boxing fans do not even know who he is

@ramirosuarez4141 4 жыл бұрын

I think is a greatest pound for pound than Marvin hagler

@walter1893 4 жыл бұрын

True, alot of casuals just know the leonard and hagler fight. They don't know that he is the first 5 division champion and beat a bunch of great fighters. He even went to lightheavyweight and beat a prime undefeated virgil hill.

@nomorebs3626 4 жыл бұрын

@@walter1893 💯

@kennysponto6568 6 ай бұрын

The Hitman Hearns vs Tap Tap Mayweather lol

@saspy493 3 жыл бұрын

respect to Shields!

@yankeesny1572 4 ай бұрын

2 talented fighters

@stephendent3058 Ай бұрын

Hearns was a cat in human form

@MariaAguilar-bt1ur 2 ай бұрын

La envidia de Greg Louganis, ni él lograba tales clavados !

@russellnorwood2470 4 ай бұрын

Tommy 🥊🔥

@rosarioreal2990 2 жыл бұрын

Recuerdo cuando Shields peleo con pipino Cuevas

@ezsmith3765 3 ай бұрын

15:48 Their left feet connected while Hearns right foot simultaneously slipped badly. The punch from Shields was a tap. An arm punch, no torque.

@robertdavis4918 3 жыл бұрын

Randy shields is tough

@revenantv902 2 жыл бұрын

Мне кажется или ринг меньше?

@MrLisaFischer 11 ай бұрын

After watching this fight , my advise to Randy would've been stop boxing. It isn't for you

@kevincheatim3252 Жыл бұрын

My greatest welterweight champs Thomas hearns sugar ray Robinson Felix Trinidad Emile Griffith Jose napoles Carlos palomino Pernell Whitaker Ike Quartey Terrence Crawford James page

@1Deep43VA 8 ай бұрын

Who was the commentator?

@rmnens8216 2 жыл бұрын

Hearns was pretty fairplay there

@mrbrong Ай бұрын

Why was Shields so passive? He could use more often his nice jab. He didn't try to get closer with Hearns. It looks like he didn't try to win.

@davideladbanda2938 Ай бұрын

When boxing shorts were not kneel level.

@Ricktcgh 3 ай бұрын

Shields was tall for a welter, but his reach was no better than Cuevas. (70 inch vs Hearns 78)

@euclideszoto997 4 ай бұрын

Shields was a heck of a fighter. He ended up one generation too early with Ray Leonard, Hearns, Benitez, Duran out there. If Shields was in the Donald Curry, Marlon Starling generation he would have done much better....even win a title.

@zvbx 2 ай бұрын

Shields was game like Monopoly.

@tallpaul1563 Жыл бұрын

Come on Howard, the right that "dropped" Hearns was between his shoulder blades Lol!.......Don't think that scores a knock down..........Hearns at Welterweight and Super Welterweight was as good as it gets in Boxing history and he was a great World Champion all the way up to Light heavyweight.

@santoazusa 5 ай бұрын

Technically and tactical, there was nothing shifts couldn't do different, what it was was he's lack of explosive and strength.

@renaissanceman165 2 жыл бұрын

WOW!!! What a chin, aka "beard", Shields had. Often times, some fighters who are not hard punchers, or are feather fisted, are the ones with the granite chins. Winky Wright was a prime example, years later, at 154 ibs, in his dominant victories over boxer-punchers, Shane Mosely, and, dynamite fisted, Felix Trinidad. Conversely the exact opposite can occur, where power punchers like Terry Norris, Vincent Pettway, and Roy Jones Jr. have weak, or "crystal" chins. Sometimes all the elements like up properly and you get a boxer who possesses both explosive power and an iron-granite chin like the great Marvelous Marvin Hagler, and "Iron" Mike Tyson. Check it Out! Ciao!!!

@n.b.p.davenport7066 6 ай бұрын

Define Tommy Hearns you have to move forward towards him not away

@titodunklin3982 3 жыл бұрын

Shields need to go home, he's overmatched and outclassed. It don't make sense to get your head knocked off by a prime hearns

@sammynatal6471 Жыл бұрын

But by the color I see in the audience I’m not surprised, that the cheers and boos are one sided.

@alvilla9659 2 жыл бұрын

Shields made hearns miss a lot. There was a round where shields frustrated the hell out of hearns. And most of shields cuts came from headbutts.

@DeeNice681 2 жыл бұрын

Sugar Ray Leonard once said ‘Randy Shields could see punches coming from the hip’!

@MichaelKing-tp6le Жыл бұрын

It looked like he was playing with him

@alvilla9659 Жыл бұрын

Who was playing with who

@MichaelKing-tp6le Жыл бұрын

@@alvilla9659 don't play dumb you already know

@alvilla9659 Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelKing-tp6le who Howard cosell

@josebarreras5865 4 жыл бұрын

hearns was just toying with him

@sjjdjds8due228 7 ай бұрын

Tommy,،👍🌹

@johnwalker4642 5 ай бұрын

Tommy was going to control and punish you with his arms and elbows if you left yourself vulnerable that way, the referee aware of this.

@bobohannon7091 3 жыл бұрын

Hearns was a good but the welterweights in this era were better have better footwork better head movement better defense. It's just my pinion though I could be wrong.

@blackjack-ks8zn 3 жыл бұрын

Better movement? Beter footwork? Today's boxers are stiff

@claystevenson1821 3 жыл бұрын

@@blackjack-ks8zn These today's welterweights couldn't F with Hearns.

@machinefannatic99 3 жыл бұрын

Tough

@DavidRodriguez-vi6zi Жыл бұрын

Shields pronóstico la victoria de Leonard sobre Hearns

@cronos20201 8 ай бұрын

En esta pelea me di cuenta que herns no era invencible. La recuerdo

@cronos20201 7 ай бұрын

@@jamesmackenzie3262 no entendí, la pelea xon durán, el mismo La recordó hace un año. Es historia, perdio no quita lo grande que fue

@marktorak5578 6 ай бұрын

Shields is tough no doubt about that. But didnt come close to throwing enough punching to win the fight. I thought Hearns won every round before the stoppage

@alirehan2805 2 жыл бұрын

These gloves were too small!!

@antoniollano5216 7 ай бұрын

He visto muchas peleas de Tommy Hearns y esa no es la forma de Él pelear, con boxeadores mejore que Randy Shield, me refiero que Tommy Hearns tuvo varias oportunidad de terminar la pelea en los primeros rounds, Antonio.