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Hearns was regarded as one of the hardest punchers of all time, winning 30 of his first 32 bouts by knockout.
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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.
Hearns was named Ring Magazine fighter of the year in 1980 and 1984 and is best known for his fights with Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and Roberto Durán.
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 one
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.
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.
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.
* 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.
By the time he fought Thomas Hearns, he had defended the title ten times, winning all but one by knockout ; the sole Hagler defense that went the distance was a 15-round decision victory over Roberto Durán.
Hearns and all
Hearns also dominated the sixth and the seventh, but in the eighth, a Benitez right hand graced Hearns ' chin and Hearns fell on all fours.
Rounds ten and eleven were all Wilfredo, with the champion trying to close the gap between him and Hearns with masterful counter punching and ring intelligence.
Hearns won rounds nine through twelve on all three scorecards.
Even though Leonard dominated, hurting Hearns and battering him, all three judges gave both rounds to Leonard by a 10-9 margin.
Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Durán all headlined here, along with Larry Holmes against both Muhammad Ali and Gerry Cooney.
" Hearns lost by technical knockout in the 14th round despite leading on all three scorecards.
Hearns and time
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 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.
Three booming rights from Hearns sent Leonard down for the second time in the fight.
Hearns and winning
After losing to Kinchen, Ramos got back on the contender's list by winning four out of his next five bouts, which included victories over J. J. Cotrell and former Thomas Hearns challenger Fred Hutchings, whom he knocked out in five rounds on August 16, 1986, in Stockton, California.
Hearns and 30
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.
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.
Hearns and first
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.
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.
In that bout Barkley first knocked Hearns down in the third round and a discombobulated Hearns appeared to be in no shape to continue but Steele let him go on, stating after the fight that a great champion like Hearns should be given the chance to pull himself together.
Nicknamed the " Motor City Cobra " and more famously " The Hitman ," Hearns became the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions.
Hearns started his career by knocking out his first 17 opponents.
" In this legendary fight, Hearns suffered his first professional defeat when Leonard stopped him in the 14th round.
Hearns quickly made amends by dispatching undefeated rising star James " Black Gold " Shuler with a devastating first round knockout in 1986.
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 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.
In 1980, Kenty became Kronk's first world champion, and Hearns followed him as world champion months after.
* March 10-Marvin Hagler retains his undisputed world Middleweight title with an eleventh round knockout of John Mugabi, Thomas Hearns wins the NABF Middleweight title with a first round knockout of James Shuler, and Gaby Canizales wins the WBA world Bantamweight title with a seventh round knockout of Richie Sandoval, who was critically injured and almost died in the days after the fight.
* 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.
* 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.
Then superstar Thomas Hearns would meet-and defeat-Hill in Las Vegas by decision in June 1991 to end Hill's first reign as champion.
In a subsequent HBO broadcast featuring both Hagler and Hearns in studio commenting on the fight, Hearns revealed "... that first round took everything I had, man ...".
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