Welterweight Division… Legends of Boxing

Welterweight Division… Legends of Boxing

Eight man tournament for the Welterweight Belt.

BOXING RECORDS

  • Thomas Hearns 2-0
  • Manny Pacquiao  1-0
  • Floyd Mayweather 1-0
  • Jimmy McLarnin 1-1
  • Roberto Duran  0-1
  • Oscar de la Hoya  0-1
  • Sugar Ray Leonard 0-1
  • Wilfredo Benitez  0-1

WELTERWEIGHT BELT … 8 FIGHTERS 

  • EIGHT MAN FIRST ROUND
  • Bout 1. Thomas Hearns vs Sugar Ray Leonard… Hearns wins it 2-0-1
  • Bout 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr.  vs Roberto Duran…. Mayweather wins it 3-0
  • Bout 3 . Oscar de la Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao….. Pacquiao wins TKO in the 11th 
  • Bout 4   Wilfredo Benitez vs Jimmy McLarnin (Canada)…. McLarnin wins it KO 
  • SEMI-FINAL ROUND
  •  Thomas Hearns vs  Jimmy “Baby Face” McLarnin …. TKO for Hearns in the 11th round. 
  • Manny Pacquiao vs  Floyd Mayweather
  • FINAL ROUND for the belt……
  • Who will win the initial Welterweight Title Belt
  • THOMAS HEARNS VS ……

BOUTS

Legends of Boxing.. Thomas Hearns vs Jimmy McLarnin. JImmy did well early but Thomas Hearns eventually took over and dominated this fight to the point where the referee steps in and stops the fight in the eleventh round as Hearns was just a beast. The winner by TKO , Thomas Hearns. If it had gone the distance, Hearns would have won a unanimous decision.

 

Legends of Boxing… Welterweight Battle…. Floyd Mayweather vs Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran. Duran had control of this fight early but then Mayweather slowly took things over and dominated from the seventh round onward. Duran did hurt Mayweather twice with hard blows, but Mayweather kept  up this flurry of punches to rack up the points, I scored the fight 119-116 . But what counted were the judges. The Judges scored this an unanimous decision for the winner ….. Floyd Mayweather.

Legends of Boxing… Welterweight bout… Oscar de la Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao. Manny had the early edge in this fight and was taking to de la Hoya. But Oscar won the second round and then turned on the jets for rounds 4 to 7 where he seemed to dominate Pacquiao. But the Pac man got his act together in the eighth round as de la Hoya got tired and he took it to him. Manny wins rounds 8,9,10 and finally in the 11th round the fight gets stopped as Pacquiao continues to beat on de la Hoya. The fight gets stopped at 2:20 of the eleventh round. The winnner Manny “The Pac-Man” Pacquiao

Legends of Boxing… Welterweight division… Wilfredo Benitez vs Jimmy “Baby Face” McLarnin. This one had a shocking ending. Wilfredo Benitez was ahead on all three judges scorecard and he was ahead on mine also 49-46.  But in the sixth round McLarnin nailed him with a hard right hand and down went Benitez. He never got up and in a bit of a shocking upset the Canadian, Jimmy “Baby  Face” McLarnin wins this fight by a knockout to advance.

Legends of Boxing… Welterweight Fight… Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns. This fight started off looking like it was going to be an easy bought for Leonard. He won all the first five rounds. But from that point onward it was all Thomas Hearns. Hearns wins rounds 6-12 to come back from no where to win this fight by a majority decision.