Sugar Ray Leonard (36-3-1) and Thomas Hearns (61-5-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 6 common opponents.
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sugar Ray Leonard leads 1–0- DrawHearns vs LeonardJun 12, 1989 · SD
- Sugar Ray Leonard wonHearns vs LeonardSep 16, 1981 · TKO · R14
The Numbers
- 36-3-1
- Record
- 61-5-1 (edge)
- 91.3%
- Win %
- 91.8% (edge)
- 25
- Wins by knockout
- 48 (edge)
- 69.44%
- KO rate
- 78.69% (edge)
- 69%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 79% (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 4
- 11 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 7
- 2
- Bouts per year
- 2.4 (edge)
- 40
- Bouts tracked
- 67
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′10″ (178 cm)
- Height
- 6′1″ (185 cm) (edge)
- 74″ (188 cm)
- Reach
- 78″ (198 cm) (edge)
- 70
- Age
- 67
- Orthodox
- Stance
- Orthodox
- United States
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlySugar Ray Leonard · 36 wins
KO/TKO
25
Decision
11
Other
0
Thomas Hearns · 61 wins
KO/TKO
48
Decision
13
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (40 and 67 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
6 sharedSugar Ray Leonard
WUD · Dec 1989WTKO R8 · Nov 1980LUD · Jun 1980Thomas Hearns
WKO R2 · Jun 1984
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Sugar Ray Leonard
LLWDW
L2 streak · last fought Mar 1, 1997
Thomas Hearns
WWLWW
W2 streak · last fought Feb 4, 2006
Common Questions
- Have Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns ever fought each other?
- Yes. Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns have met 2 times and Sugar Ray Leonard leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
- Who has the better record, Sugar Ray Leonard or Thomas Hearns?
- Sugar Ray Leonard is 36-3-1 and Thomas Hearns is 61-5-1. Thomas Hearns has the higher win percentage.
- Who has more knockouts, Sugar Ray Leonard or Thomas Hearns?
- Sugar Ray Leonard has 25 knockout wins and Thomas Hearns has 48. Thomas Hearns has more.
- Do Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns have any common opponents?
- Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns share 6 common opponents: Roberto Durán, Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Wilfred Benítez (and 3 others). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- Who is bigger, Sugar Ray Leonard or Thomas Hearns?
- Thomas Hearns is the taller fighter at 185 cm, 7 cm above the other. Thomas Hearns also has the longer reach, by 10 cm.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns?
- This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Leonard and 67 bouts tracked for Thomas Hearns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.