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Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "the Hitman", Hearns's tall, slender build and long arms and shoulders allowed him to move up over fifty pounds (22.7kg) in his career and become the first boxer in history to win world titles in five weight divisions: welterweight ...
Thomas Hearns (c) def. Roberto Durán: KO 2/12 Note 1: Lightweight 135 lb Jimmy Paul: def. Alvin Hayes KO 6/12 Heavyweight 200+ lb Tony Tucker: def. Eddie López KO 9/10 Middleweight 160 lb Duane Thomas: def. Tony Harrison TKO 8/10 Super Middleweight 168 lb Errol Christie: def. Stan White KO 5/10 Super Lightweight 140 lb Arturo Frias: def. Jose ...
In his previous fight on October 29, 1987, Thomas Hearns had captured the middleweight title after knocking out Juan Roldán becoming the first four-division world champion in boxing history. [ 3 ] Then on March 6, 1988, Iran Barkley beat Michael Olajide by technical knockout, becoming a top contender to WBC middleweight champion Thomas Hearns ...
From the opening bell Roldán was aggressive as he charged forward and threw frequent power punches at Hearns, though Hearns was able to weather Roldán's furious start and quickly scored a knockdown one minute into the first round after landing consecutive right hands that dropped Roldán to his knees, though Roldán shrugged off the knockdown and quickly continued his pursuit of Hearns and ...
After Hearns got back up and continued the fight, Kinchen would continue his assault forcing Hearns to clinch. Hearns would disregard referee Mills Lane's orders and had to be forcefully separated by Lane resulting in Lane taking a deducting a point from Hearns after the round. By the end of the fight's full 12 rounds, Hearns' right eye was ...
Pages in category "Boxing matches involving Thomas Hearns" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Hearns was regarded as one of the hardest punchers of all time, winning 30 of his first 32 bouts by knockout. In Hearns's first title shot in 1980, he scored a spectacular second-round knockout over WBA champion Pipino Cuevas. Hearns defended that title three times before meeting Sugar Ray Leonard in a thrilling fight dubbed "The Showdown ...
Thomas Hearns vs. Michael Olajide, billed as The Barrage at Trump Taj, was a professional boxing match contested on April 28, 1990 for the WBO super middleweight title. [ 1 ] Background