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Hearns moved up in weight and won the WBC Super Welterweight ( 154 lb ) title from boxing legend and three-time world champion Wilfred Benítez ( 44-1-1 ) in New Orleans in December 1982, and defended that title against European Champion Luigi Minchillo ( 42-1 ) ( W 12 ), Roberto Durán ( KO 2 ), no. 1 contender Fred Hutchings ( 29-1 ) ( KO 3 ) and # 1 contender Mark Medal ( 26-2 ) ( TKO 8 ).
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Hearns and moved
On her own, Mrs. Hearns raised Tommy and his siblings in Grand Junction until Tommy was five years old ; then the family moved to Detroit, Michigan.
Hearns moved up in weight and outpointed Wilfred Benitez to win the WBC Super Welterweight Championship in 1982.
When Hagler vs. Hearns took place, Hearns had recently moved up from the welterweight to the junior middleweight to the middleweight division.
Hearns and up
Rounds two and three couldn't live up to the first, as Hearns broke his hand in the first round, but were still very competitive.
After the Hearns-Shuler fight, Shuler, who had lost by knockout in the first round, showed up at Arum's hotel room to thank him for the opportunity to fight Hearns.
Hearns also got up, and won the ninth round.
Hearns started to stick and move, and he started to pile up points again.
Leonard had his attorney, Mike Trainer, pursue a third fight, but Hearns said that he could no longer make the weight and was moving up to Light Heavyweight.
Hearns threw his devastating right hand to Hagler's chin, stunning Hagler for a moment before Hagler was able to tie him up in a clinch.
Hearns tied up Hagler again and tried to slow the pace by boxing rather than trading power punches with Hagler, who was still the aggressor.
The double bill set up a September 16 bout between Leonard and Hearns
Hearns and weight
He was part of an early 1980s ' junior middleweight and middleweight division scene that included Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Wilfred Benítez, Davey Moore, and Roberto Durán-an era which many boxing fans rank as one of the most exciting times ever in those weight classes.
Mugabi went down in weight and was given an opportunity by the WBC to win their world light middleweight title, vacated by Hearns.
Hearns knocked out Juan Roldan in four rounds in late 1987 to win the vacant WBC Middleweight Championship, becoming the first boxer to win titles in four weight divisions.
Hearns and won
Its first championship fight was for its vacant super middleweight title, between Thomas Hearns and James Kinchen ; Hearns won by decision.
This was Hearns's sixth Superfight, a fight which much of the public believed Hearns won, flooring Leonard in both the 3rd and 11th rounds.
In 1981, Main Events became the promoter of the first bout between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, won by Leonard by a knockout in round 14.
Hearns won the WBA Welterweight Championship in 1980, scoring a second-round knockout of Jose ' Pipino ' Cuevas in Detroit, Michigan.
Hearns won rounds nine through twelve on all three scorecards.
If he had scored it 10-9, as his two colleagues did, Hearns would have won by a split decision.
The decision was soundly booed, as most felt that Hearns had won.
title ( the same title that Hearns won from Hill, but which was vacated after Iran Barkley dethroned Hearns afterward ).
In the 14th round, Leonard won in a technical knockout, pounding away with Hearns on the ropes, until referee Davey Pearl stopped the fight.
Hearns and WBC
In the second, Wilfred Benítez, also of Puerto Rico, would defend his WBC world Jr Middleweight championship against the former WBA Welterweight champion of the world Thomas Hearns, of Detroit, Michigan.
In 1981, Hearns the WBA Champion, with a 32-0 record ( 30 KOs ), fought WBC Champion Sugar Ray Leonard ( 30-1 ) to unify the World Welterweight Championship in a bout dubbed " The Showdown.
Hearns had to wait until 1989 for a rematch with Sugar Ray Leonard, this time for Leonard's WBC Super Middleweight title.
" Leonard ( 35-1 with 25 KOs ) defended the WBC Super Middleweight Championship against Hearns ( 46-3 with 38 KOs ) on June 12, 1989 at Caesar's Palace in a scheduled twelve-rounder.
* June 6 – in Las Vegas, Nevada, Iran Barkley knocked out Thomas Hearns in the 3rd round to win the WBC Middleweight Title.
* June 15 – in the most anticipated bout of the year, Thomas Hearns, WBC world Jr. Middleweight champion, knocks out WBA world champion Roberto Durán in two rounds.
* September 16-A much anticipated bout takes place, and Sugar Ray Leonard unifies his WBC world Welterweight title with the WBA one by knocking out the WBA's champion Thomas Hearns in round fourteen at Las Vegas.
* December 3-the Carnival of Champions: Wilfredo Gómez retains his WBC world Super Bantamweight championship with a fourteen round knockout over Lupe Pintor and Thomas Hearns becomes the WBC's world Jr. Middleweight champion with a fifteen round majority decision over Wilfred Benítez.
* June 15-Thomas Hearns retains his WBC world Jr. Middleweight title with a second round knockout over Roberto Durán, who had been forced by the WBA to leave his WBA championship vacant before the fight, in Las Vegas.
* June 23-The Triple Header: Thomas Hearns retains his WBC world Jr. Middleweight title with an eighth round knockout win against former world champion Mark Medal, Roberto Durán loses a ten round decision to Marvin Hagler's half brother Robbie Sims, and Barry McGuigan loses his WBA world Featherweight title on a fifteen round unanimous decision to Stevie Cruz.
* March 9-Thomas Hearns becomes the ninth boxer in history to win world titles in three divisions, and the first American to do so since Henry Armstrong, knocking out WBC world Light-Heavyweight champion Dennis Andries, born in Guyana but a British resident, in round ten in Detroit.
* June 6-Iran Barkley conquers the WBC world Middleweight title with a third round knockout of Thomas Hearns, who had cut Barkley seriously in round two, in Las Vegas.
* June 12-Sugar Ray Leonard retains his WBC world Super Middleweight title with a twelve round draw in a rematch with Thomas Hearns in Las Vegas.
* In a double-bout in Houston, WBC welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard made a technical knockout ( TKO ) of Ayub Kalule in the 9th round to win the WBA's junior middleweight boxing championship, and Thomas Hearns defended his title against challenger Pablo Baez.
Hearns and Super
During his time as Super Welterweight Champion, Hearns also ventured into the middleweight division, losing a legendary battle to Undisputed Middleweight Champion Marvin Hagler in 1985.
Hearns and Welterweight
A major pay-per-view event occurred on September 16, 1981, when Sugar Ray Leonard fought Thomas " Hitman " Hearns for the Welterweight Championship.
* August 2-Thomas Hearns defeats Jose Pipino Cuevas by a knockout in round 2 to win boxing's WBA world Welterweight title and Yasutsune Uehara knocks out Samuel Serrano in round six to win the WBA's world Jr. Lightweight title in Detroit
Promoted as " The Showdown ," Leonard ( 30-1 with 21 KO ) fought Hearns ( 32-0 with 30 KO ) on September 16, 1981 at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada to unify the World Welterweight Championship in a scheduled fifteen-rounder.
In round fourteen, after staggering Hearns with an overhand right, Leonard pinned Hearns against the ropes, where he unleashed another furious combination, prompting referee Davey Pearl to stop the contest and award Sugar Ray Leonard the Unified World Welterweight Championship.
* September 16 – Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Thomas Hearns by knockout in round 14 to unify boxing's world Welterweight title.
* August 2-Thomas Hearns becomes WBA world Welterweight champion, knocking out Pipino Cuevas in two rounds in Detroit.
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