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Pryor, on the other hand, was fearsome, intimidating and, despite possessing great talent and having been a peer of greats Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, was the recipient of limited media coverage.
On April 15, 1985, Hagler and Thomas Hearns met in what was billed as The Fight ; later it would become known as " The War.
Its first championship fight was for its vacant super middleweight title, between Thomas Hearns and James Kinchen ; Hearns won by decision.
20 minutes after the first of the two co main events was over, it was Hearns ' turn to step into the ring and challenge Benitez.
When the decision was announced, it was a majority decision: two judges had voted for Hearns, ( 144-139 and 146-136, according to KO magazine ) and one for a draw ( 142-142 ), making Hearns the WBC's new world Jr Middleweight champion.
Born in Grand Junction, Tennessee on October 18, 1958, Hearns was the youngest of three children in his mother's first marriage.
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 was voted " Fighter of the Year " by Ring Magazine in 1980.
Hearns was dazed, totally out of gas and received a count but was saved by the bell.
Hearns was able to stun Hagler soon after the opening bell, but he subsequently broke his right hand in the first round.
" The battle did go back and forth some, but Hearns was unable to capitalize on his early successes against Hagler, and the hand injury ultimately contributed to his undoing.
Hearns beat the count but was totally gone and the referee stopped the fight.
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.
Leonard later admitted that he believed Hearns had beaten him and that he was gifted the draw, stating the fighters were 1-1 in his book.
On June 23, 1997, Hearns appeared on a WWE telecast, performing in a storyline making use of kayfabe, where he was taunted and challenged by professional wrestler Bret " Hitman " Hart.
Hearns " attacked " Jim Neidhart and knocked him down as he was standing in front of Hart.
Due to personal financial issues, Hearns was forced to auction off his possessions at The Auction Block of Detroit, Michigan on April 3, 2010.

Hearns and fighter
Three of the most famous cases of a fighter using the bolo punch were when Leonard avenged his loss to Roberto Durán ( see " The No Más Fight "), when Leonard drew with Thomas Hearns in their second fight ( see Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns ), and when Ike Ibeabuchi knocked out Chris Byrd with a left-handed bolo punch during their 1999 heavyweight contest.

Hearns and year
The following year, Leonard retired due to a detached retina caused by Hearns ' jab and there would be no rematch until 1989.
Other fights Steele refereed included Mike Tyson's defeat of Donovan Ruddock in 1991, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns, Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor I, and the fight where Sugar Ray Leonard made his comeback after a three year lay-off in 1987 to beat Hagler.
* 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.

Hearns and 1980
In 1980, Hearns carried his 28-0 record into a world title match against Mexico's Pipino Cuevas.
Hearns won the WBA Welterweight Championship in 1980, scoring a second-round knockout of Jose ' Pipino ' Cuevas in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1980, Kenty became Kronk's first world champion, and Hearns followed him as world champion months after.
British middleweight boxer and England captain ( 1980 – 83 ) Errol Christie wore the coveted Kronk gold shorts in the eighties supporting Thomas Hearns on the bill in Las Vegas the night that Hearns soundly beat Roberto Durán on June 15, 1984.
Cuevas finally lost his title in 1980 to the undefeated and up-and-coming hometown hero Thomas Hearns in Detroit.
Espada lost his last important fight, against Thomas Hearns, by a knockout in round four at the Joe Louis Arena, in Detroit, on March 2 of 1980.
* 1980 – Thomas Hearns

Hearns and 1984
* 1984 – Thomas Hearns

Hearns and is
The first round of Hagler v Hearns is often considered to be among the best three minutes in boxing in middleweight history as the two fighters stood toe-to-toe trading blows.
Thomas " Tommy " Hearns ( born October 18, 1958 ) is a retired American professional boxer.
Hearns ' family is a fixture on the Detroit sports scene.
His mother, Lois Hearns, is a fight promoter.
His son Ronald Hearns is also a boxer, and has fought on the undercard of his father's last couple of fights.
The 6 ' 1 " Hearns stopped Curry in three rounds, however, the fight is best remembered in boxing circles as a rare but true example of " going down swinging ," with Curry punching valiantly even as he fell to the canvas.

Hearns and best
Hearns boxed from a distance in rounds one, two and three and Benitez kept applying pressure, and using his best method of fighting: Lying against the ropes.
Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns are considered to be two of the best boxers of all-time.

Hearns and known
Hearns became one of Steward's most successful and popular fighters, fighting Sugar Ray Leonard, knocking out Roberto Durán, and challenging undisputed Middleweight Champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler in a fight known as The War.
The War, also known as Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns or Hagler-Hearns, was a world middleweight championship boxing match between Undisputed Champion Marvin Hagler and challenger Thomas Hearns, who was himself the world's junior middleweight champion.

Hearns and for
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.
In round fifteen, Hearns seemed to think he had the decision secured, and Benitez seemed to imagine he needed a knockout to win, so Hearns proceeded to use his jab for three more minutes and Benitez tried to avoid defeat by throwing quick combinations onto Hearns ' face to see if he could find the punch that would finally lay down The Hitman for good.
A major pay-per-view event occurred on September 16, 1981, when Sugar Ray Leonard fought Thomas " Hitman " Hearns for the Welterweight Championship.
Hearns and Leonard banked a combined 17 million dollars for the fight, making it the largest purse in sports history.
Hearns had to wait until 1989 for a rematch with Sugar Ray Leonard, this time for Leonard's WBC Super Middleweight title.
Despite Mugabi being a mandatory contender for some time, a Hearns-Mugabi title match never materialised, as Hearns elected to move to Middleweight to challenge Marvin Hagler.
Early in the seventh round, Hearns hurt Leonard but punched himself out going for the knockout.
Three booming rights from Hearns sent Leonard down for the second time in the fight.
Judge Jerry Roth scored the fight 113-112 for Hearns, Judge Tom Kazmarek scored it 113-112 for Leonard, and Judge Dalby Shirley scored it 112-112.
* October 29-Thomas Hearns makes history, becoming the first boxer in history to win world titles at four different divisions, knocking out Juan Roldán in four rounds for the WBA's vacant world Middleweight title in Las Vegas.
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.

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