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Randy Shields vs Thomas Hearns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Randy Shields

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Thomas Hearns

Randy Shields (0-6 across 6 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 3 common opponents.

Shields

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 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

Randy Shields and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.

Randy Shields and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.
Met1981Apr 25Series
Randy ShieldsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thomas HearnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR121Meeting

The Numbers

Shields 0 · Hearns 5 of 5 measurable rows
ShieldsHearns
Record†
0-661-5-1 (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‡levelmax 4
4
4
Title reignsmax 7
0
7 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.4
1.3
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 67
6
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
Randy Shields: No height on file
Thomas Hearns: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Randy Shields: No reach on file
Thomas Hearns: 78″
Agenot held
Randy Shields: No date of birth
Thomas Hearns: 68
Stance
Randy Shields: Not recorded
Thomas Hearns: Orthodox

Randy Shields 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
Randy Shields0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Randy Shields: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shields 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 — Randy Shields 6, Thomas Hearns 67 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Hearns better on 2 · even on 1

Shields

Opponent

Hearns

  • Randy Shields

    Loss, UD

    1978

    LeonardEven

    Thomas Hearns

    0–1–1 against

    Draw, SD

    1989

    Loss, TKO 14

    1981

  • Randy Shields

    Loss, RTD 6

    1978

    BenítezHearns better

    Thomas Hearns

    Win, MD

    1982

  • Randy Shields

    Loss, UD

    1979

    CuevasHearns better

    Thomas Hearns

    Win, TKO 2

    1980

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Randy Shields last boxed on Feb 19, 1983 — 15,948 days ago. Shields had lost six straight.LLLLL

Leonard Oct 1978Cuevas Jul 1979Hearns Apr 1981McCrory Jan 1982Bumphus Feb 19831.3 tracked bouts per year

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 Randy Shields and Thomas Hearns ever fought each other?
Yes. Randy Shields and Thomas Hearns met once on April 25, 1981, and Thomas Hearns won by TKO in round 12.
The meeting

LApr 25, 1981 · Hearns · TKO R12

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shields or Hearns?
Randy Shields is 0-6 across the 6 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 %

Shields0–60%

Hearns61–5–191.8%

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

Shields0

Hearns4878.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shields and Hearns have any common opponents?
Randy Shields and Thomas Hearns share 3 common opponents: Sugar Ray Leonard, Wilfred Benítez and José Cuevas. Thomas Hearns fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Sugar Ray LeonardL0–1–1

Wilfred BenítezLW

José CuevasLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shields and Hearns?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Randy Shields and 67 bouts tracked for Thomas Hearns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shields6bouts

Hearns67bouts

How They Win ↓

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