SPORT & NOTE
Thomas Hearns

Male

"Hit Man" "The Motor City Cobra"
(aka Tommy Hearns)
Light-Heavyweight, USA, Detroit, Michigan
Born: October 18, 1958, Memphis, Tennessee
Height: 6ft 1in, mt 1,85

(father of Ronald Hearns)

as an amateur:
National AAU and National Golden Gloves champion

amateur record: 155-8-0




Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1976
Miami, Florida, US National Golden Gloves 2nd place, 132 lbs
+ Mar. 27Pat JeffersonMiami, Florida WPTS 3
- Mar. 27Aaron PryorMiami, Florida LPTS 3
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States National Championships 2nd place, 60 kg
- May 15Howard Davis (USA)Las Vegas, Nevada LPTS 3
1977
Las Vegas, Nevada, Dual Match USA vs Soviet Union, 63,500 kg
+ Jan. 29Vladimir VasilevLas Vegas, Nevada WPTS

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1977
+ Nov. 25Jerome Hill Detroit, MichiganTKO 2
+ Dec. 7Jerry Strickland Mt Clements, MichiganKO 3
+ Dec. 16Willie Wren Detroit, MichiganTKO 3
1978
+ Jan. 29Anthony House Knoxville, TennesseeKO 2
+ Feb. 10Robert Adams Detroit, MichiganTKO 3
+ Feb. 17Billy Goodwin Saginaw, MichiganTKO 2
+ Mar. 17Ray Fields Detroit, MichiganTKO 2
+ Mar. 31Tyrone Phelps Saginaw, MichiganTKO 3
+ June 8Jimmy Rothwell Detroit, MichiganTKO 1
+ July 20Raul Aguirre Detroit, MichiganKO 2
+ Aug. 3Eddie Marcelle Detroit, MichiganKO 2
+ Sept. 7Bruce Finch Detroit, MichiganKO 3
+ Oct. 26Pedro Rojas Detroit, MichiganTKO 1
+ Dec. 9Rudy Barro Detroit, MichiganKO 4
1979
+ Jan. 13Clyde Gray Detroit, MichiganTKO 10
+ Jan. 31Sammy Rookard Saginaw, MichiganTKO 9
+ Mar. 3Segundo Murillo Detroit, MichiganTKO 8
+ Apr. 3Alfonso Hayman Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaW 10
+ May 20Harold Weston Las Vegas, NevadaTKO 7
+ June 28Bruce Curry Detroit, MichiganKO 3
+ Aug. 23Mao de la Rosa Detroit, MichiganTKO 2
+ Sept. 22 Jose Figueroa Los Angeles, CaliforniaKO 3
+ Oct. 18Saensak Muangsurin Detroit, MichiganKO 3
+ Nov. 30Mike Colbert New Orleans, LouisianaW 10
1980
+ Feb. 3Fighting Jim Las Vegas, NevadaKO 3
+ Mar. 2Angel Espada Detroit, MichiganTKO 4
(Won vacant USBA Welterweight Title)
+ Mar. 31Santiago Valdez Las Vegas, NevadaKO 1
+ May 3Eddie Gazo Detroit, MichiganKO 1
+ Aug. 2Pipino Cuevas Detroit, MichiganKO 2
(Won WBA Welterweight Title)
+ Dec. 6Luis Primera Detorit, MichiganKO 6
(Retained WBA Welterweight Title)
1981
+ Apr. 25Randy Shields Phoenix, ArizonaTKO 13
(Retained WBA Welterweight Title)
+ June 25Pablo Baez Houston, TexasTKO 4
(Retained WBA Welterweight Title)
- Sept. 16Sugar Ray Leonard Las Vegas, NevadaTKO by 14
(Lost WBA Welterweight Title)
+ Dec. 11Ernie Singletary Nassau, BahamasW 10
1982
+ Feb. 27Marcos Geraldo Las Vegas, NevadaKO 1
+ July 25Jeff McCracken Detroit, MichiganTKO 8
+ Dec. 3Wilfred Benitez New Orleans, LouisianaW 15
(Won WBC Super-Welterweight Title)
1983
+ July 10Murray Sutherland Atlantic City, New JerseyW 10
1984
+ Feb. 11Luigi Minchillo Detoit, MichiganW 12
(Retained WBC Super-Welterweight Title)
+ June 5Roberto Duran Las Vegas, NevadaKO 2
(Retained WBC Super-Welterweight Title)
+ Sept. 15Fred Hutchings Saginaw, MichiganKO 3
(Retained WBC Super-Welterweight Title)
1985
- Apr. 15Marvin Hagler Las Vegas, NevadaTKO by 3
(For World Middleweight Title)
1986
+ Mar. 10James Shuler Las Vegas, NevadaKO 1
(Won vacant NABF Middleweight Title)
+ June 23Mark Medal Las Vegas, NevadaTKO 8
(Regained WBC Super-Welterweight Title)
+ Oct. 17Doug DeWitt Detroit, MichiganW 12
(Retained NABF Middleweight Title)
1987
+ Mar. 7Dennis Andries Detroit, MichiganTKO 10
(Won WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 29Juan Domingo Roldan Las Vegas, NevadaKO 4
(Won vacant WBC Middleweight Title)
1988
- June 6Iran Barkley Las Vegas, NevadaTKO by 3
(Lost WBC Middleweight Title)
+ Nov. 4James Kinchen Las Vegas, NevadaW 12
(Won vacant WBO Super-Middleweight Title)
1989
= June 12Sugar Ray Leonard Las Vegas, NevadaDraw 12
(Retained WBO and for WBC Super-Middleweight Titles)
1990
+ Apr. 28Michael Olajide Atlantic City, New JerseyW 12
(Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title)
1991
+ Feb. 11Kemper Morton Inglewood, CaliforniaKO 2
+ Apr. 6Ken Atkins Honolulu, HawaiiTKO 3
+ June 3Virgil Hill Las Vegas, NevadaW 12
(Won WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
1992
- Mar. 20Iran Barkley Las Vegas, NevadaL 12
(Lost WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
1993
+ Nov. 6Andrew Maynard Las Vegas, NevadaKO 1
1994
+ Jan. 29Dan Ward Las Vegas, NevadaTKO 1
(Won vacant NABF Cruiserweight Title)
+ Feb. 19Freddie Delgado Charlotte, North CarolinaW 12
(Retained NABF Cruiserweight Title)
1995
+ Mar. 31Lenny LaPaglia Detroit, MichiganTKO 1
(Won inaugural WBU Cruiserweight Title)
+ Sept. 26Earl Butler Auburn Hills, MichiganW 10
1996
+ Nov. 29Karl Willis Roanoke, VirginiaTKO 5
1997
+ Jan. 18Ed Dalton Inglewood, CaliforniaTKO 5
1998
+ Nov. 6Jay Snyder Detroit, MichiganKO 1
1999
+ Apr. 10Nate Miller Manchester, Gt.BritainW 12
(Won vacant IBO Cruiserweight Title)
2000
- Apr. 8 Uriah GrantDetroit, MichiganTKO by 2
(Lost IBO Cruiserweight Title)
2001-2004
Inactive
2005
+ July 30John Long Detroit, MichiganTKO 8
2006
+ Feb. 4Shannon Landberg Auburn Hills, MichiganTKO 10

 

Summary

Total bouts: 67, Won: 61 (48 inside the limit), Lost: 5 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0