Have Santiago Valdez and Thomas Hearns ever fought each other?

Yes. Santiago Valdez and Thomas Hearns met once on March 31, 1980, and Thomas Hearns won by TKO in round 1.

Who has the better record, Valdez or Hearns?

Santiago Valdez is 0-3 across the 3 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.

Who has more knockouts, Valdez or Hearns?

Santiago Valdez has 0 knockout wins and Thomas Hearns has 48. Thomas Hearns has more.

Do Valdez and Hearns have any common opponents?

Santiago Valdez and Thomas Hearns share 1 common opponent: Virgil Hill. Thomas Hearns fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Valdez and Hearns?

This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Santiago Valdez and 67 bouts tracked for Thomas Hearns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Santiago Valdez vs Thomas Hearns — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Santiago Valdez

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Thomas Hearns

Santiago Valdez (0-3 across 3 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 1 common opponent.

Valdez

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Hearns

Wins48 KO · 79%

Losses

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

Santiago Valdez and Thomas Hearns have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.
Met	1980Mar 31	Series
Santiago ValdezFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Thomas HearnsFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR1Hearns vs Valdez	1Meeting

Hearns vs Valdez · Mar 31, 1980

The Numbers

Valdez 1 · Hearns 5 of 6 measurable rows

ValdezEdge = longer wingHearns

Record^†: 0-361-5-1 (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: 3 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 8: 0
8 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 2.4: 0.5
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 67: 3
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: Santiago Valdez: No height on file; Thomas Hearns: 6′1″
Reachnot held: Santiago Valdez: No reach on file; Thomas Hearns: 78″
Agenot held: Santiago Valdez: No date of birth; Thomas Hearns: 68
Stance: Santiago Valdez: Not recorded; Thomas Hearns: Orthodox

Santiago Valdez 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

Santiago Valdez0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Valdez yet.

Thomas Hearns61 wins · from 67 tracked bouts

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 — Santiago Valdez 3, Thomas Hearns 67 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Hearns better on 11 shared · Thomas Hearns better on 1

ValdezSantiago Valdez

Opponent

HearnsThomas Hearns

Santiago Valdez
Loss, KO
1986Jun 1986
HillVirgil HillUnited States 51–7Hearns betterThomas Hearns better — 1–0 to 0–1
Thomas Hearns
Win, UD
1991Jun 1991

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

Santiago Valdez last boxed on Jun 30, 1986 — 14,729 days ago. Valdez had lost three straight.LLL

Hearns Mar 1980McCrory Feb 1981Hill Jun 19860.5 tracked bouts per year

Thomas Hearns last boxed on Feb 4, 2006 — 7,569 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

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Have Santiago Valdez and Thomas Hearns ever fought each other?: Yes. Santiago Valdez and Thomas Hearns met once on March 31, 1980, and Thomas Hearns won by TKO in round 1.
Who has the better record, Valdez or Hearns?: Santiago Valdez is 0-3 across the 3 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.
Who has more knockouts, Valdez or Hearns?: Santiago Valdez has 0 knockout wins and Thomas Hearns has 48. Thomas Hearns has more.
Do Valdez and Hearns have any common opponents?: Santiago Valdez and Thomas Hearns share 1 common opponent: Virgil Hill. Thomas Hearns fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Valdez and Hearns?: This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Santiago Valdez and 67 bouts tracked for Thomas Hearns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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