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Ken Atkins vs Thomas Hearns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ken Atkins

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Thomas Hearns

Ken Atkins (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Atkins

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

Ken Atkins and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.

Ken Atkins and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.
Met1991Apr 6Series
Ken AtkinsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thomas HearnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Atkins 1 · Hearns 4 of 5 measurable rows
AtkinsHearns
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
Ken Atkins: No height on file
Thomas Hearns: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Ken Atkins: No reach on file
Thomas Hearns: 78″
Agenot held
Ken Atkins: No date of birth
Thomas Hearns: 68
Stance
Ken Atkins: Not recorded
Thomas Hearns: Orthodox

Ken Atkins 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
Ken Atkins0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Ken Atkins: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Atkins 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 — Ken Atkins 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

Ken Atkins last boxed on Apr 6, 1991 — 12,982 days ago. Atkins had lost the most recent, to Thomas Hearns.L

Hearns Apr 1991

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 Ken Atkins and Thomas Hearns ever fought each other?
Yes. Ken Atkins and Thomas Hearns met once on April 6, 1991, and Thomas Hearns won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LApr 6, 1991 · Hearns · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Atkins or Hearns?
Ken Atkins is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Atkins0–10%

Hearns61–5–191.8%

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

Atkins0

Hearns4878.7%

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

Atkins1bout

Hearns67bouts

How They Win ↓

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