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Luis Primera vs Thomas Hearns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Luis Primera

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Thomas Hearns

Luis Primera (1-1 across 2 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.

Primera

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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

Luis Primera and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.

Luis Primera and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.
Met1980Dec 6Series
Luis PrimeraFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thomas HearnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Primera 2 · Hearns 5 of 7 measurable rows
PrimeraHearns
Record†
1-161-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
91.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 48
1
48 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.69%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
79%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 9
0
9 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.4
0.8
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 67
2
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
Luis Primera: No height on file
Thomas Hearns: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Luis Primera: No reach on file
Thomas Hearns: 78″
Agenot held
Luis Primera: No date of birth
Thomas Hearns: 68
Stance
Luis Primera: Not recorded
Thomas Hearns: Orthodox

Luis Primera 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
Luis Primera1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Luis Primera: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — Luis Primera 2, 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

Luis Primera last boxed on Dec 6, 1980 — 16,756 days ago. Primera had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Thomas Hearns.WL

Resto Jul 1978Hearns Dec 19800.8 tracked bouts per year

Thomas Hearns last boxed on Feb 4, 2006 — 7,564 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 Luis Primera and Thomas Hearns ever fought each other?
Yes. Luis Primera and Thomas Hearns met once on December 6, 1980, and Thomas Hearns won by KO in round 6.
The meeting

LDec 6, 1980 · Hearns · KO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Primera or Hearns?
Luis Primera is 1-1 across the 2 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 %

Primera1–150%

Hearns61–5–191.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Primera or Hearns?
Luis Primera has 1 knockout win and Thomas Hearns has 48. Thomas Hearns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Primera1

Hearns4878.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Primera and Hearns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Luis Primera and Thomas Hearns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Primera and Hearns?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Luis Primera and 67 bouts tracked for Thomas Hearns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Primera2bouts

Hearns67bouts

How They Win ↓

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