’Sugar’ Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns II June 12, 1989 1080p 60FPS HD HBO*

!!!!****TECHNICAL NOTES****!!!! THIS COMES FROM A VHS THAT HAD BOTH FIGHTS. THE VERSION OF THIS FIGHT ON THE TAPE WAS THE PPV/INTL FEED WITH COMMENTARY BY TIM RYAN, GIL CLANCY, AND MARVIN HAGLER. I REPLACED THAT WITH HBO’S FROM THEIR REPLAY OF THE FIGHT A WK LATER. A/V SYNC IS NOT THE BEST, BUT LIVEABLE W/ME. SWITCHES BACK TO ORIGINAL AUDIO JUST PRIOR TO DECISION BEING ANNOUNCED. HBO COMMENTARY PROVIDED BY JIM LAMPLEY, LARRY MERCHANT, AND MICHAEL NUNN Date: 1989-06-12 Location: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Referee: Richard Steele Judge: Tom Kaczmarek 113-112 Judge: Dalby Shirley 112-112 Judge: Jerry Roth 112-113 Hearns, 30 years old and weighing 162½ pounds, was a far better fighter against Leonard, 33 and 160, than he had been in recent bouts against Juan Roldan, Iran Barkley and James Kinchen. He showed a warrior’s grit as he stood up to Leonard’s best punches, and in the process, he at least partly refuted harsh assessments by the news media that he no longer operated with sound legs or firm chi