Record details

Thomas Hearns

"Hit Man" "The Motor City Cobra"

Light-Heavyweight

Male

(aka Tommy Hearns)
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


1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Miami, Florida, US National Golden Gloves 2nd place, 132 lbs
+ Mar. 27	Pat Jefferson (USA)	Miami, Florida	WPTS 3
- Mar. 27	Aaron Pryor (USA)	Miami, Florida	LPTS 3
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States National Championships 2nd place, 60 kg
- May 15	Howard Davis (USA)	Las Vegas, Nevada	LPTS 3

1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Las Vegas, Nevada, Dual Match USA vs Soviet Union, 63,500 kg
+ Jan. 29	Vladimir Vasilev	Las Vegas, Nevada	WPTS

Professional record


1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 25	Jerome Hill	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 2
+ Dec. 7	Jerry Strickland	Mt Clements, Michigan	KO 3
+ Dec. 16	Willie Wren	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 3

1978
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 29	Anthony House	Knoxville, Tennessee	KO 2
+ Feb. 10	Robert Adams	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 3
+ Feb. 17	Billy Goodwin	Saginaw, Michigan	TKO 2
+ Mar. 17	Ray Fields	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 2
+ Mar. 31	Tyrone Phelps	Saginaw, Michigan	TKO 3
+ June 8	Jimmy Rothwell	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 1
+ July 20	Raul Aguirre	Detroit, Michigan	KO 2
+ Aug. 3	Eddie Marcelle	Detroit, Michigan	KO 2
+ Sept. 7	Bruce Finch	Detroit, Michigan	KO 3
+ Oct. 26	Pedro Rojas	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 1
+ Dec. 9	Rudy Barro	Detroit, Michigan	KO 4

1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 13	Clyde Gray	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 10
+ Jan. 31	Sammy Rookard	Saginaw, Michigan	TKO 9
+ Mar. 3	Segundo Murillo	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 8
+ Apr. 3	Alfonso Hayman	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	W 10
+ May 20	Harold Weston	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 7
+ June 28	Bruce Curry	Detroit, Michigan	KO 3
+ Aug. 23	Mao de la Rosa	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 2
+ Sept. 22	Jose Figueroa	Los Angeles, California	KO 3
+ Oct. 18	Saensak Muangsurin	Detroit, Michigan	KO 3
+ Nov. 30	Mike Colbert	New Orleans, Louisiana	W 10

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 3	Fighting Jim	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO 3
+ Mar. 2	Angel Espada	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 4
(Won vacant USBA Welterweight Title)
+ Mar. 31	Santiago Valdez	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO 1
+ May 3	Eddie Gazo	Detroit, Michigan	KO 1
+ Aug. 2	Pipino Cuevas	Detroit, Michigan	KO 2
(Won WBA Welterweight Title)
+ Dec. 6	Luis Primera	Detorit, Michigan	KO 6
(Retained WBA Welterweight Title)

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 25	Randy Shields	Phoenix, Arizona	TKO 13
(Retained WBA Welterweight Title)
+ June 25	Pablo Baez	Houston, Texas	TKO 4
(Retained WBA Welterweight Title)
- Sept. 16	Sugar Ray Leonard	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO by 14
(Lost WBA Welterweight Title)
+ Dec. 11	Ernie Singletary	Nassau, Bahamas	W 10

1982
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 27	Marcos Geraldo	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO 1
+ July 25	Jeff McCracken	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 8
+ Dec. 3	Wilfred Benitez	New Orleans, Louisiana	W 15
(Won WBC Super-Welterweight Title)

1983
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 10	Murray Sutherland	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 10

1984
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 11	Luigi Minchillo	Detoit, Michigan	W 12
(Retained WBC Super-Welterweight Title)
+ June 5	Roberto Duran	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO 2
(Retained WBC Super-Welterweight Title)
+ Sept. 15	Fred Hutchings	Saginaw, Michigan	KO 3
(Retained WBC Super-Welterweight Title)

1985
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 15	Marvin Hagler	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO by 3
(For World Middleweight Title)

1986
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 10	James Shuler	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO 1
(Won vacant NABF Middleweight Title)
+ June 23	Mark Medal	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 8
(Regained WBC Super-Welterweight Title)
+ Oct. 17	Doug DeWitt	Detroit, Michigan	W 12
(Retained NABF Middleweight Title)

1987
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 7	Dennis Andries	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 10
(Won WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 29	Juan Domingo Roldan	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO 4
(Won vacant WBC Middleweight Title)

1988
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 6	Iran Barkley	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO by 3
(Lost WBC Middleweight Title)
+ Nov. 4	James Kinchen	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 12
(Won vacant WBO Super-Middleweight Title)

1989
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= June 12	Sugar Ray Leonard	Las Vegas, Nevada	Draw 12
(Retained WBO and for WBC Super-Middleweight Titles)

1990
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 28	Michael Olajide	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 12
(Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title)

1991
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 11	Kemper Morton	Inglewood, California	KO 2
+ Apr. 6	Ken Atkins	Honolulu, Hawaii	TKO 3
+ June 3	Virgil Hill	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 12
(Won WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

1992
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 20	Iran Barkley	Las Vegas, Nevada	L 12
(Lost WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 6	Andrew Maynard	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO 1

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 29	Dan Ward	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 1
(Won vacant NABF Cruiserweight Title)
+ Feb. 19	Freddie Delgado	Charlotte, North Carolina	W 12
(Retained NABF Cruiserweight Title)

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 31	Lenny LaPaglia	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 1
(Won inaugural WBU Cruiserweight Title)
+ Sept. 26	Earl Butler	Auburn Hills, Michigan	W 10

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 29	Karl Willis	Roanoke, Virginia	TKO 5

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Ed Dalton	Inglewood, California	TKO 5

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 6	Jay Snyder	Detroit, Michigan	KO 1

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 10	Nate Miller	Manchester, Gt.Britain	W 12
(Won vacant IBO Cruiserweight Title)

2000
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 8	Uriah Grant	Detroit, Michigan	TKO by 2
(Lost IBO Cruiserweight Title)


2001-2004 Inactive

2005
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 30	John Long	Detroit, Michigan	TKO 8

2006
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 4	Shannon Landberg	Auburn Hills, Michigan	TKO 10