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Earl Butler vs Thomas Hearns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Earl Butler

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Thomas Hearns

Earl Butler (0-9 across 9 tracked bouts) and Thomas Hearns (61-5-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Butler

Tracked record

0–9

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Hearns

61

Wins48 KO · 79%

5

Losses

1

Draw67 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Hearns leads 1–0

Earl Butler and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.

Earl Butler and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.
Met1995Sep 26Series
Earl ButlerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thomas HearnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Butler 0 · Hearns 6 of 6 measurable rows
ButlerHearns
Record†
0-961-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
91.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 48
0
48 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.69%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—79%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 7
0
7 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.4
1.1
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 67
9
67

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Earl Butler: No height on file
Thomas Hearns: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Earl Butler: No reach on file
Thomas Hearns: 78″
Agenot held
Earl Butler: No date of birth
Thomas Hearns: 68
Stance
Earl Butler: Not recorded
Thomas Hearns: Orthodox

Earl Butler left, Thomas Hearns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Earl Butler0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Earl Butler: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Butler yet.

Thomas Hearns61 wins · from 67 tracked bouts

Thomas Hearns: 61 tracked wins — 48 by KO/TKO (79%) and 13 on the cards (21%). Counted from 67 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

48 by KO/TKO 79%13 on the cards 21%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earl Butler 9, Thomas Hearns 67 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Earl Butler last boxed on Jan 17, 2001 — 9,407 days ago. Butler had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Hearns Sep 1995Toney May 1996Johnson Dec 1999Jirov Jul 2000Valle Jan 20011.1 tracked bouts per year

Thomas Hearns last boxed on Feb 4, 2006 — 7,563 days ago. Hearns had won two straight since losing by stoppage to Uriah Grant.WWLWW

Snyder Nov 1998Miller Apr 1999Grant Apr 2000Long Jul 2005Landberg Feb 20062.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Earl Butler and Thomas Hearns ever fought each other?
Yes. Earl Butler and Thomas Hearns met once on September 26, 1995, and Thomas Hearns won by UD.
The meeting

LSep 26, 1995 · Hearns · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Butler or Hearns?
Earl Butler is 0-9 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Thomas Hearns is 61-5-1. Thomas Hearns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Butler0–90%

Hearns61–5–191.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Butler or Hearns?
Earl Butler has 0 knockout wins and Thomas Hearns has 48. Thomas Hearns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Butler0

Hearns4878.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Butler and Hearns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Earl Butler and Thomas Hearns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Butler and Hearns?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Earl Butler and 67 bouts tracked for Thomas Hearns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Butler9bouts

Hearns67bouts

How They Win ↓

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