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Sammy Ruckard vs Thomas Hearns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Sammy Ruckard

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Thomas Hearns

Sammy Ruckard (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.

Ruckard

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

Sammy Ruckard and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.

Sammy Ruckard and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.
Met1979Jan 31Series
Sammy RuckardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thomas HearnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Ruckard 1 · Hearns 4 of 5 measurable rows
RuckardHearns
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 8
0
8 (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
Sammy Ruckard: No height on file
Thomas Hearns: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Sammy Ruckard: No reach on file
Thomas Hearns: 78″
Agenot held
Sammy Ruckard: No date of birth
Thomas Hearns: 68
Stance
Sammy Ruckard: Not recorded
Thomas Hearns: Orthodox

Sammy Ruckard 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
Sammy Ruckard0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Sammy Ruckard: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ruckard 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 — Sammy Ruckard 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

Sammy Ruckard last boxed on Jan 31, 1979 — 17,440 days ago. Ruckard had lost the most recent, to Thomas Hearns.L

Hearns Jan 1979

Thomas Hearns last boxed on Feb 4, 2006 — 7,574 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 Sammy Ruckard and Thomas Hearns ever fought each other?
Yes. Sammy Ruckard and Thomas Hearns met once on January 31, 1979, and Thomas Hearns won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LJan 31, 1979 · Hearns · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ruckard or Hearns?
Sammy Ruckard 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 %

Ruckard0–10%

Hearns61–5–191.8%

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

Ruckard0

Hearns4878.7%

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

Ruckard1bout

Hearns67bouts

How They Win ↓

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