Thomas Hearns to comeback?

[elgigante]

Got this from Espn.com

Thomas Hearns, winner of six world titles, reportedly plans to make a comeback at age 46.

"There's a lot of fire built up inside of me," Hearns told The Detroit News. "It's the same way it was when I started boxing.

"It's inside of me because I feel this is what I want to do to make myself happy and better myself."

The newspaper's Web site reported Hearns' comeback bout will probably take place within the next two months, although a specific date, opponent and venue haven't been disclosed.

Hearns (59-5-1, 46 knockouts) hasn't fought in more than five years. The Detroit fighter was forced to quit his last bout against Uriah Grant because of a knee injury in April 2000.

More details could come at a news conference scheduled for Friday. The News reported it is believed that Hearns will fight on the same card with his son, Ronald, 26, a middleweight who is 6-0.

"I feel very strongly about what I'm doing," Thomas Hearns told The News. "I'm going to have to give 120 or 130 percent to be successful. I look forward to it."

The report said Hearns will likely fight at 180 pounds, and that he hopes for a shot at the world light heavyweight (175 pounds) or super middleweight (168 pounds) belts within a year.


Please Tommy dont do it. If ya do ,make it a one time bout against a chump so you can say you fought on the same card with your kid.

[Oliver Klosov]

I love Tommy, but I pray he doesn't do this.

[Alf]

"I feel very strongly about what I'm doing," Thomas Hearns told The News. "I'm going to have to give 120 or 130 percent to be successful. I look forward to it."

I feel he'll need to give 120 percent just to not die in the ring, with his crazy ass.

[dy-no-mite3000]

Good for him. he has the fryah inside.

Although hoping for a major title is along shot... WHy not? Hes hungry and if he can go in against a few journey men and have fun, give us all a thrill and make some of th eproverbial phat cash..good for the hitman

[ramelman]

well, here's hoping he at least still has his punch; if he comes back, he has to finish his fights quick to take as little punishment as possible.

[Oliver Klosov]

well, here's hoping he at least still has his punch; if he comes back, he has to finish his fights quick to take as little punishment as possible.


but he's probably lost the speed and snap on that long jab.

[Bishop]

dan patrick is talking about hearns fighting his son who's a middleweight....would you pay to see father vs. son?

[Oliver Klosov]

dan patrick is talking about hearns fighting his son who's a middleweight....would you pay to see father vs. son?


Dan Patrick has stolen Larry Merchant's Whiskey, appearantly.

[CROKICK]

well, here's hoping he at least still has his punch; if he comes back, he has to finish his fights quick to take as little punishment as possible.
He never really had the power he once had once he went above 160. I dont see him having it now either.

[Kamehameha]

they really REALLY need to be stopping shit like this. Having old dinosaurs coming out of retirement just to get hurt is ridiculous. I just got done posting that Benitez article and we may see more of the same if people don't stop this kinda shit. SOme kind of strict regulation or something.

[ramelman]

Dan Patrick has stolen Larry Merchant's Whiskey, appearantly.

yeah, who in his right mind would beat up his own son to further his career? :D

[elgigante]

yeah, who in his right mind would beat up his own son to further his career? :D

Id pay to watch Camacho beat his bitch of a kid like he should have when he was young

[ramelman]

He never really had the power he once had once he went above 160. I dont see him having it now either.

steward said before in an interview something like, the problem with tommy is that he still has the skills. while other boxers lose it as they get older, tommy is still a good boxer at his age. that's why he has a hard time calling it quits ..... or something like that.

so if he can't punch hard at that weight, who can he beat via decision, assuming he can last 12 rounds?

tarver ... maybe; they won't have much height/reach advantages over each other, and hearns is easily the better boxer. tarver can knock him out, but tarver usually fights conservative.

johnson ... maybe; tommy might be able to do what tarver did. johnson doesn't have a ko punch, so if tommy can keep glenn from landing continuously, he could survive to a decision.

rjj ... might be a good match. rjj is pretty much shot, and tommy will have the height/reach advantages. roy no longer has the speed, the punch, or the punch resistance. it's now a matter of who's in worst shape? this can even be a pay-per-view. :D

dariusz ... also might be good. dariusz is also pretty shot too.

then again, tommy might get ko'd with the first punch that lands on his head. :D

hopefully, he stays retired.

[ramelman]

Id pay to watch Camacho beat his bitch of a kid like he should have when he was young

:D i take it little camacho isn't one of your favorite fighters, hehehe. i actually didn't see the fight where he supposedly bitched out, though. did he have potential before that? maybe in the future. :)

[elgigante]

ttt

Thomas Hears defeated John Long via TKO when Long didnt answer the bell for round 9. Hearns dominated the bout against his overmatched opponenet who hadnt fought in a year prior to this. After the bout Hearns said this was just the first in a long series of bouts hopefully to come.

[elgigante]

I hate to say it but i hope Hearn's promoter lines up a world class guy for him next and he takes a shitkicking so he will go back to retirement

[Kamehameha]

ttt

Thomas Hears defeated John Long via TKO when Long didnt answer the bell for round 9. Hearns dominated the bout against his overmatched opponenet who hadnt fought in a year prior to this. After the bout Hearns said this was just the first in a long series of bouts hopefully to come.

i heard he got hurt in the early rounds and had trouble.

glad he won and cool his son also won.

[dy-no-mite3000]

no tv? tape delay? where was the fight held etc?

[elgigante]

if it was on tv i assume it was local. it was at the COBO arena in Detroit and apparently the venue was half full. Thats what i got from the article i read on sportsline.com

[elgigante]

how good is his son?

[Tackdaddy]

he should stay retirerd, he will get hurt if he fights anyone good.

[Bird]

THIS WAS AN EPISODE OF MARTIN, HE KNOCKED MARTIN OUT THE RING.

[Alf]

Posted on Sun, Jul. 31, 2005


Thomas Hearns wins after five-year layoff

MIKE HOUSEHOLDER

Associated Press

DETROIT - Thomas Hearns scored an eighth-round knockout of John Long on Saturday night in his first fight following a five-year layoff.

Long, a 35-year-old St. Louis native who last fought in June 2004, was game for eight rounds but was unable to answer the bell in the ninth at a half-filled Cobo Arena.

Hearns, a seven-time world champion, was ahead 79-72 on all three judges' cards when the referee ended the cruiserweight fight on the recommendation of Long's corner.

After the decision was announced, the 46-year-old Hearns knelt and prayed in his corner, then said, "This is just a start. I'm planning to fight a long time."

Hearns (60-5-1, 47 KOs) scored a knockdown in the fifth round, using a right jab to set up a left cross that sent Long to his knees. In the sixth, Hearns opened a cut over Long's left eye.

The shorter and beefier Long (19-7-1) charged at Hearns for the majority of the fight and scored some early shots to Hearns' head along the ropes, but he appeared to tire after the fifth-round knockdown.

Hearns, whose white shorts were specked with Long's blood, dominated after that point, bringing the partisan Detroit crowd to its feet with chants of "Tomm-y, Tomm-y."

"I feel like I went eight rounds," Hearns said in his dressing room. "I didn't know how long the fight was going to go. I thought John might try to go 10."

Hearns' previous fight, a 2000 cruiserweight bout against Uriah Grant, ended when Hearns quit with an ankle injury. A number of people, including Hearns' longtime trainer Emanuel Steward, advised Hearns not to fight again.

But he appears determined to fight on.

"The next three or four times I fight, I know they have to be better than this," Hearns said.

Hearns won Golden Gloves and Amateur Athletic Union welterweight titles in 1977 before turning professional. He won his first 28 fights before defeating Jose Cuevas on Aug. 2, 1980, to win the World Boxing Association welterweight title.

Hearns' first defeat came in his 33rd fight, when he met Sugar Ray Leonard in a 1981 bout to unify the welterweight title. Leonard knocked him out in the 14th round.

He lost an epic three-round bout to Marvin Hagler in 1985 in an attempt to unify the middleweight title. His last championship was the International Boxing Organization cruiserweight title, which he won in April 1999 before ceding it to Grant.

Saturday's fight, on a card advertised as "Double Trouble: The Legend Continues," also featured Hearns' son Ronald, a promising middleweight who ran his professional record to 7-0 by knocking out Donald Adams of Zanesville, Ohio. Ronald Hearns put Adams (1-2) on the canvas with a series of overhand rights at 1:47 of the first round.

"I respect everyone's opinion, because they care about my father and don't want to see him get hurt," the younger Hearns said after his fight. "But he's worked hard. He came down from 200 pounds to 177. He's in great shape."

Ronald Hearns led his father into the ring.

Also on the undercard, Mary Jo Sanders - the daughter of former Detroit Lions player Charlie Sanders - won the WBC junior welterweight title with a unanimous 10-round decision over Eliza Olson of Fresno, Calif. The Auburn Hills-based Sanders improved to 17-0, while Olson fell to 8-5-3.

no comment

[DrOctagon]

I have no problem with Hearns fighting. I guess i'm just a sucker for nostalgia.

[Shaolin Bushido]

Thomas is a fool; not in terms of him being a warrior but in terms of risking his health while his family develops ulcers and high blood pressure. It's selfish and irresponsible. He tells himself he's a warrior, blah, blah, blah ... That's bullshit. Maybe he should go sit with Gerald McClellan for an evening and watch both Gerald and his family as they struggle to clean his soiled underwear, bathe him, feed him and clean the food from his face, etc ....

He probably is feeling inadequate in the rest of his life but he just needs to spend more time with his children in their careers; boxing and otherwise. He CAN do other things besides possible suicide or a virtual lobotomy.