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Thomas Hearns: Mayweather and Pacquiao should put it all on the line!

Phil D. Jay 
WBN Editor
‘Hitman’ says the huge fights need to be made

Former five-weight world title holder Thomas Hearns is hoping that current pound for pound stars Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will end the frustrations of the fans and put together the biggest fight of a generation in the near future.

The 53 year-old, who fought the world’s best throughout his career including fights against Marvin Hagler, Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran, believes that fighters today should be more willing to face each other and give the fans the bouts that can be talked about for years to come.

"We believed in taking on all comers," The Hall of Famer told The Miami Herald. "Every fight wasn't necessarily a good fight, but to us we knew we had to take the fight in order to move on. If we didn't take a fight, we couldn't move ahead.

"We knew we had to perform because if we didn't do that, another man would get up on us. We never wanted anybody to have the upper hand over us. You wanted to have the upper hand."

Hearns ended his career in 2006 after racking up 61 victories from 67 contests and sealed his legacy in the 80’s as he picked up world title after world title. The American would now like to see Mayweather and Pacquiao "put it all on the line and go for it,” but is personally not holding out any hope of the fight being signed anytime soon.

"No,( I am not expecting it) because you know why? It's not my concern," said Hearns. "I thank God because God allowed that to happen in my time and I fought great fights."

Mayweather, 35, faces Miguel Cotto on May 5th in Las Vegas, whilst Pacquiao fights Timothy Bradley at the same venue just five weeks later and time is fast running out for the super-fight to be delivered.

Read the full interview with Hearns at the Miami Herald website, here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/01/2670189/hearns-mayweather-and-pacquiao

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