Welterweight–Light Heavyweight · Television Era (1960–1989)
Thomas Hearns
"The Hitman"
Top 100 · #6 · 74.5 points61
Wins
5
Losses
1
Draws
48
KOs
79%
KO %
- Born
- 1958
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1977–2006
A rangy, devastating puncher whose right hand was among the most feared ever.
Titles & Honours
- First boxer to win titles in five divisions
Career Timeline
1977–2006- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Jerome Hill · W KO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Jim Richards · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Roberto Durán
W KO2 Roberto Durán (1984) · Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
- Signature fight
vs Sugar Ray Leonard
D12 Sugar Ray Leonard (1989) · Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Virgil Hill · UD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Shannon Landberg · W TKO. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
3 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-11-25 | W | Jerome Hill | KO | 2 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1977-12-07 | W | Jerry Strickland | KO | 3 | Hillcrest Country Club, Mount Clemens, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1977-12-16 | W | Willie Wren | TKO | 3 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1978-01-29 | W | Anthony House | KO | 2 | Hyatt Regency, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| 1978-02-10 | W | Robert Adams | TKO | 3 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1978-02-17 | W | Billy Goodwin | TKO | 2 | Civic Center, Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1978-03-17 | W | Ray Fields | TKO | 2 | Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1978-03-31 | W | Tyrone Phelps | TKO | 3 | Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1978-06-08 | W | Jimmy Rothwell | KO | 1 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1978-07-20 | W | Raul Aguirre | KO | 2 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1978-08-03 | W | Eddie Marcelle | KO | 2 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1978-09-07 | W | Bruce Finch | KO | 3 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1978-10-26 | W | Pedro Rojas | TKO | 1 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1978-12-09 | W | Rudy Barro | KO | 4 | Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1979-01-11 | W | Clyde Gray | TKO | 10 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1979-01-31 | W | Sammy Ruckard | TKO | 8 | Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1979-03-03 | W | Segundo Murillo | TKO | 8 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1979-04-03 | W | Alfonso Hayman | UD | 10 | Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1979-05-20 | W | Harold Weston | RTD | 6 | Dunes, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1979-06-28 | W | Bruce Curry | KO | 3 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1979-08-23 | W | Inocencio De la Rosa | RTD | 2 | Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1979-09-22 | W | José Figueroa | KO | 3 | Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1979-10-18 | W | Saensak Muangsurin | TKO | 3 | Olympia, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1979-11-30 | W | Mike Colbert | UD | 10 | Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| 1980-02-03 | W | Jim Richards | KO | 3 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1980-03-02 | W | Ángel Espada | TKO | 4 | Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1980-03-31 | W | Santiago Valdez | TKO | 1 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1980-05-03 | W | Eddie Gazo | KO | 1 | Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1980-08-02 | W | José Cuevas | TKO | 2 | Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1980-12-06 | W | Luis Primera | KO | 6 | Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1981-04-25 | W | Randy Shields | TKO | 12 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| 1981-06-25 | W | Pablo Baez | TKO | 4 | Astrodome, Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| 1981-09-16 | L | Sugar Ray Leonard | TKO | 14 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1981-12-11 | W | Ernie Singletary | UD | 10 | Queen Elizabeth's Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas |
| 1982-02-27 | W | Marcos Geraldo | KO | 1 | The Aladdin, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1982-07-25 | W | Jeff McCracken | TKO | 8 | Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1982-12-03 | W | Wilfred Benítez | MD | 15 | Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| 1983-07-10 | W | Murray Sutherland | UD | 10 | Caesars Boardwalk Regency, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1984-02-11 | W | Luigi Minchillo | UD | 12 | Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1984-06-15 | W | Roberto Durán | TKO | 2 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1984-09-15 | W | Fred Hutchings | TKO | 3 | Civic Center, Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1985-04-15 | L | Marvin Hagler | TKO | 3 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1986-03-10 | W | James Shuler | KO | 1 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1986-06-23 | W | Mark Medal | TKO | 8 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1986-10-17 | W | Doug DeWitt | UD | 12 | Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1987-03-07 | W | Dennis Andries | TKO | 10 | Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1987-10-29 | W | Juan Roldán | KO | 4 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1988-06-06 | L | Iran Barkley | TKO | 3 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1988-11-04 | W | James Kinchen | MD | 12 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1989-06-12 | D | Sugar Ray Leonard | SD | 12 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1990-04-28 | W | Michael Olajide | UD | 12 | Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1991-02-11 | W | Kemper Morton | KO | 2 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1991-04-06 | W | Ken Atkins | TKO | 3 | Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| 1991-06-03 | W | Virgil Hill | UD | 12 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1992-03-20 | L | Iran Barkley | SD | 12 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1993-11-06 | W | Andrew Maynard | TKO | 1 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1994-01-29 | W | Dan Ward | TKO | 1 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1994-02-19 | W | Freddie Delgado | UD | 12 | Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| 1995-03-31 | W | Lenny LaPaglia | TKO | 1 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1995-09-26 | W | Earl Butler | UD | 10 | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1996-11-29 | W | Karl Willis | KO | 5 | Civic Center, Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. |
| 1997-01-31 | W | Ed Dalton | KO | 5 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1998-11-06 | W | Jay Snyder | KO | 1 | Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1999-04-10 | W | Nate Miller | UD | 12 | MEN Arena, Manchester, England |
| 2000-04-08 | L | Uriah Grant | RTD | 3 | Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 2005-07-30 | W | John Long | TKO | 9 | Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 2006-02-04 | W | Shannon Landberg | TKO | 10 | The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
Showing 67 of 67 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-11. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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