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Jim Richards vs Thomas Hearns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jim Richards

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Thomas Hearns

Jim Richards (0-1 across 1 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.

Richards

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Jim Richards and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.

Jim Richards and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.
Met1980Feb 3Series
Jim RichardsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thomas HearnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Richards 1 · Hearns 4 of 5 measurable rows
RichardsHearns
Record†
0-161-5-1 (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 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 7
0
7 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 67
1
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
Jim Richards: No height on file
Thomas Hearns: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Jim Richards: No reach on file
Thomas Hearns: 78″
Agenot held
Jim Richards: No date of birth
Thomas Hearns: 68
Stance
Jim Richards: Not recorded
Thomas Hearns: Orthodox

Jim Richards 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
Jim Richards0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jim Richards: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Richards 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 — Jim Richards 1, 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

Jim Richards last boxed on Feb 3, 1980 — 17,060 days ago. Richards had lost the most recent, to Thomas Hearns.L

Hearns Feb 1980

Thomas Hearns last boxed on Feb 4, 2006 — 7,562 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 Jim Richards and Thomas Hearns ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim Richards and Thomas Hearns met once on February 3, 1980, and Thomas Hearns won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LFeb 3, 1980 · Hearns · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Richards or Hearns?
Jim Richards is 0-1 across the 1 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 %

Richards0–10%

Hearns61–5–191.8%

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

Richards0

Hearns4878.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Richards and Hearns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jim Richards and Thomas Hearns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Richards and Hearns?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jim Richards and 67 bouts tracked for Thomas Hearns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Richards1bout

Hearns67bouts

How They Win ↓

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