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Total Fights | 67 |
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Wins | 61 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 7 |
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Title Defenses | 8 |
Title-Fight KOs | 9 |
KO Wins | 48 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 28 years and two months, Thomas Hearns fought 67 times with 61 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw.
Hearns retired from professional boxing with a record of 61-5-1, which included seven world-title wins and eight successful title defense fights at three weight classes — welterweight, super-welterweight, and super-middleweight. He had a 71.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 48 of his total 67 fights being knockout wins, nine of which were in title fights. Hearns suffered four knockout losses in his career, three of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Shannon Landberg on February 4, 2006.
Some of Hearns' best fights and notable victories include wins over four Hall-of-Famers (Virgil Hill, Roberto Durán, Wilfred Benítez, and José Cuevas), Saensak Muangsurin, Eddie Gazo, and Marcos Geraldo.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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67 | Feb 4, 2006 | 47 | Shannon Landberg | Win | TKO10 |
66 | Jul 30, 2005 | 46 | John Long | Win | TKO9 |
65 | Apr 8, 2000 | 41 | Uriah Grant | Loss | RTD3 |
64 | Apr 10, 1999 | 40 | Nate Miller | Win | UD |
63 | Nov 6, 1998 | 40 | Jay Snyder | Win | KO1 |
62 | Jan 31, 1997 | 38 | Ed Dalton | Win | KO5 |
61 | Nov 29, 1996 | 38 | Karl Willis | Win | KO5 |
60 | Sep 26, 1995 | 36 | Earl Butler | Win | UD |
59 | Mar 31, 1995 | 36 | Lenny LaPaglia | Win | TKO1 |
58 | Feb 19, 1994 | 35 | Freddie Delgado | Win | UD |
57 | Jan 29, 1994 | 35 | Dan Ward | Win | TKO1 |
56 | Nov 6, 1993 | 35 | Andrew Maynard | Win | TKO1 |
55 | Mar 20, 1992 | 33 | Iran Barkley | Loss * | SD |
54 | Jun 3, 1991 | 32 | Virgil Hill | Win * | UD |
53 | Apr 6, 1991 | 32 | Ken Atkins | Win | TKO3 |
52 | Feb 11, 1991 | 32 | Kemper Morton | Win | KO2 |
51 | Apr 28, 1990 | 31 | Michael Olajide | Win * | UD |
50 | Jun 12, 1989 | 30 | Sugar Ray Leonard | Draw * | SD |
49 | Nov 4, 1988 | 30 | James Kinchen | Win * | MD |
48 | Jun 6, 1988 | 29 | Iran Barkley | Loss * | TKO3 |
47 | Oct 29, 1987 | 29 | Juan Roldán | Win * | KO4 |
46 | Mar 7, 1987 | 28 | Dennis Andries | Win * | TKO10 |
45 | Oct 17, 1986 | 27 | Doug DeWitt | Win | UD |
44 | Jun 23, 1986 | 27 | Mark Medal | Win * | TKO8 |
43 | Mar 10, 1986 | 27 | James Shuler | Win | KO1 |
42 | Apr 15, 1985 | 26 | Marvelous Marvin Hagler | Loss * | TKO3 |
41 | Sep 15, 1984 | 25 | Fred Hutchings | Win * | TKO3 |
40 | Jun 15, 1984 | 25 | Roberto Durán | Win * | TKO2 |
39 | Feb 11, 1984 | 25 | Luigi Minchillo | Win * | UD |
38 | Jul 10, 1983 | 24 | Murray Sutherland | Win | UD |
37 | Dec 3, 1982 | 24 | Wilfred Benítez | Win * | MD |
36 | Jul 25, 1982 | 23 | Jeff McCracken | Win | TKO8 |
35 | Feb 27, 1982 | 23 | Marcos Geraldo | Win | KO1 |
34 | Dec 11, 1981 | 23 | Ernie Singletary | Win | UD |
33 | Sep 16, 1981 | 22 | Sugar Ray Leonard | Loss * | TKO14 |
32 | Jun 25, 1981 | 22 | Pablo Baez | Win * | TKO4 |
31 | Apr 25, 1981 | 22 | Randy Shields | Win * | TKO12 |
30 | Dec 6, 1980 | 22 | Luis Primera | Win * | KO6 |
29 | Aug 2, 1980 | 21 | José Cuevas | Win * | TKO2 |
28 | May 3, 1980 | 21 | Eddie Gazo | Win | KO1 |
27 | Mar 31, 1980 | 21 | Santiago Valdez | Win | TKO1 |
26 | Mar 2, 1980 | 21 | Ángel Espada | Win | TKO4 |
25 | Feb 3, 1980 | 21 | Jim Richards | Win | KO3 |
24 | Nov 30, 1979 | 21 | Mike Colbert | Win | UD |
23 | Oct 18, 1979 | 21 | Saensak Muangsurin | Win | TKO3 |
22 | Sep 22, 1979 | 20 | José Figueroa | Win | KO3 |
21 | Aug 23, 1979 | 20 | Inocencio De la Rosa | Win | RTD2 |
20 | Jun 28, 1979 | 20 | Bruce Curry | Win | KO3 |
19 | May 20, 1979 | 20 | Harold Weston | Win | RTD6 |
18 | Apr 3, 1979 | 20 | Alfonso Hayman | Win | UD |
17 | Mar 3, 1979 | 20 | Segundo Murillo | Win | TKO8 |
16 | Jan 31, 1979 | 20 | Sammy Ruckard | Win | TKO8 |
15 | Jan 11, 1979 | 20 | Clyde Gray | Win | TKO10 |
14 | Dec 9, 1978 | 20 | Rudy Barro | Win | KO4 |
13 | Oct 26, 1978 | 20 | Pedro Rojas | Win | TKO1 |
12 | Sep 7, 1978 | 19 | Bruce Finch | Win | KO3 |
11 | Aug 3, 1978 | 19 | Eddie Marcelle | Win | KO2 |
10 | Jul 20, 1978 | 19 | Raul Aguirre | Win | KO2 |
9 | Jun 8, 1978 | 19 | Jimmy Rothwell | Win | KO1 |
8 | Mar 31, 1978 | 19 | Tyrone Phelps | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Mar 17, 1978 | 19 | Ray Fields | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Feb 17, 1978 | 19 | Billy Goodwin | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Feb 10, 1978 | 19 | Robert Adams | Win | TKO3 |
4 | Jan 29, 1978 | 19 | Anthony House | Win | KO2 |
3 | Dec 16, 1977 | 19 | Willie Wren | Win | TKO3 |
2 | Dec 7, 1977 | 19 | Jerry Strickland | Win | KO3 |
1 | Nov 25, 1977 | 19 | Jerome Hill | Win | KO2 |
* World-title fight
Thomas Hearns (The Hitman) is a 65-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. on October 18, 1958. He is a former five-weight-class world champion. Hearns was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2012. His professional boxing career spanned more than 28 years — from 1977 to 2006.
Hearns made his professional boxing debut against Jerome Hill at the age of 19 on November 25, 1977, defeating Hill via 2nd round KO. He went on to win 31 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 29 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 21 on August 2, 1980 after 28 professional fights, against José Cuevas for the welterweight WBA title. He defeated Cuevas via 2nd round TKO to become the welterweight champion of the world.
Hearns has won seven world titles at five weight classes. For all the details about Hearns' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Hearns had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Shannon Landberg on February 4, 2006. Hearns won the fight via 10th round TKO. It's been 18 years, 2 months, and 22 days since this fight.
Hearns had a total of 19 world-title fights, which includes winning seven world titles and nine successful title defenses. He won 14 of these fights, lost four, and drew in one.
Thomas Hearns fought for world titles in nine fights and won six of these fights, three of these victories coming via way of stoppage. In total, he won seven belts across five weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jun 3, 1991 | Virgil Hill | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Nov 4, 1988 | James Kinchen | Super-middleweight | WBO | MD |
Oct 29, 1987 | Juan Roldán | Middleweight | WBC* | KO |
Mar 7, 1987 | Dennis Andries | Light-heavyweight | WBC | TKO |
Dec 3, 1982 | Wilfred Benítez | Super-welterweight | WBC, The Ring* | MD |
Aug 2, 1980 | José Cuevas | Welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Thomas Hearns had 12 world-title defense fights across five weight classes — welterweight (x4), super-welterweight (x4), middleweight, super-middleweight (x2), and light-heavyweight. He won nine of them and lost three times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Apr 28, 1990 | Michael Olajide | Super-middleweight | WBO | UD |
Jun 12, 1989 | Sugar Ray Leonard | Super-middleweight | WBO | SD (draw) |
Jun 23, 1986 | Mark Medal | Super-welterweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Sep 15, 1984 | Fred Hutchings | Super-welterweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Jun 15, 1984 | Roberto Durán | Super-welterweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Feb 11, 1984 | Luigi Minchillo | Super-welterweight | WBC, The Ring | UD |
Jun 25, 1981 | Pablo Baez | Welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Apr 25, 1981 | Randy Shields | Welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Dec 6, 1980 | Luis Primera | Welterweight | WBA | KO |
Thomas Hearns lost three world-title defense fights, and lost a total of three titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 20, 1992 | Iran Barkley | Light-heavyweight | WBA | SD |
Jun 6, 1988 | Iran Barkley | Middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Sep 16, 1981 | Sugar Ray Leonard | Welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Hearns fought a total of 67 times during his professional career, which includes 19 world-title fights at five weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances in his fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
October 18, 1979: Thomas Hearns puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Saensak Muangsurin via 3rd round TKO.
May 3, 1980: Thomas Hearns beats Eddie Gazo via 1st round KO.
August 2, 1980: Hearns wins his first world title by defeating José Cuevas via 2nd round TKO. He is now the WBA welterweight world champion.
February 27, 1982: Thomas Hearns beats Marcos Geraldo via 1st round KO.
December 3, 1982: Hearns wins the WBC and The Ring super-welterweight titles from Wilfred Benítez, by beating Benítez via 15 round majority decision.
June 15, 1984: Hearns wins the super-welterweight title from Roberto Durán, by beating Durán via 2nd round TKO.
June 3, 1991: Hearns wins the WBA light-heavyweight title from Virgil Hill, by beating Hill via 12 round unanimous decision.
April 10, 1999: Thomas Hearns beats Nate Miller via 12th round unanimous decision.
Hearns knocked out 48 of his 67 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 71.6%. Of his total 61 wins, 48 of them were via KO (78.7%).
Hearns' first world-title win was the WBA belt at welterweight. He defeated José Cuevas via 2 round TKO to win the title.
Hearns won seven world titles at five weight classes.
Hearns had a total of 12 title defense fights. He was successful nine times and lost three times.