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, Leonard or 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, Leonard or Hearns?

Sugar Ray Leonard has 25 knockout wins and Thomas Hearns has 48. Thomas Hearns has more.

Do Leonard and 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, Leonard or 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 Leonard and 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.

Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Sugar Ray Leonard

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Thomas Hearns

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.

Leonard

Wins25 KO · 69%

Losses

Draw40 tracked bouts

Hearns

Wins48 KO · 79%

Losses

Draw67 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Leonard leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns have met 2 times; Leonard leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1981Sep 16	1989Jun 12	Series
Sugar Ray LeonardFighter A	WWon	DDraw	1–0–1W–L–D
Thomas HearnsFighter B	LLost	DDraw	0–1–1W–L–D
Result	TKOR14Hearns vs Leonard	SDHearns vs Leonard	2Meetings

The Numbers

Leonard 2 · Hearns 6 of 8 measurable rows

LeonardEdge = longer wingHearns

Record: 36-3-161-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 91.3%
91.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 48: 25
48 (edge)
KO rate0–100%: 69.44%
78.69% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^†0–100%: 69%
79% (edge)
Times stopped^†max 4: 1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 11: 11 (edge)
7
Bouts per year^‡max 2.4: 2
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 67: 40
67

† 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

Height+3″: Sugar Ray Leonard: 5′10″; Thomas Hearns: 6′1″ (edge)
Reach+4″: Sugar Ray Leonard: 74″; Thomas Hearns: 78″ (edge)
Age2 yrs apart: Sugar Ray Leonard: 70; Thomas Hearns: 68
Stance: Sugar Ray Leonard: Orthodox; Thomas Hearns: Orthodox

Sugar Ray Leonard 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

Sugar Ray Leonard36 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

25 by KO/TKO 69%11 on the cards 31%

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 — Sugar Ray Leonard 40, Thomas Hearns 67 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

6 shared

6 shared · Leonard better on 1 · Hearns better on 1 · even on 46 shared · Sugar Ray Leonard better on 1 · Thomas Hearns better on 1 · even on 4

LeonardSugar Ray Leonard

Opponent

HearnsThomas Hearns

Sugar Ray Leonard
2–1 against
Win, UD
1989Dec 1989
Win, TKO 8
1980Nov 1980
Loss, UD
1980Jun 1980
DuránRoberto DuránArgentina 103–16Hearns betterThomas Hearns better — 1–0 to 2–1
Thomas Hearns
Win, KO 2
1984Jun 1984
Sugar Ray Leonard
Win, SD
1987Apr 1987
HaglerMarvelous Marvin HaglerUnited States 62–3–2 · MiddleweightLeonard betterSugar Ray Leonard better — 1–0 to 0–1
Thomas Hearns
Loss, TKO 3
1985Apr 1985
Sugar Ray Leonard
Win, TKO
1979Nov 1979
BenítezWilfred BenítezUnited States 53–8–1EvenEven — 1–0 both
Thomas Hearns
Win, MD
1982Dec 1982
Sugar Ray Leonard
Win, UD
1979May 1979
GeraldoMarcos GeraldoMexico 66–28–1EvenEven — 1–0 both
Thomas Hearns
Win, KO 1
1982Feb 1982
Sugar Ray Leonard
Win, TKO 3
1982Feb 1982
FinchBruce FinchEvenEven — 1–0 both
Thomas Hearns
Win, KO 3
1978Sep 1978
Sugar Ray Leonard
Win, UD
1978Oct 1978
ShieldsRandy ShieldsEvenEven — 1–0 both
Thomas Hearns
Win, TKO 12
1981Apr 1981

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

Sugar Ray Leonard last boxed on Mar 1, 1997 — 10,826 days ago. Leonard had lost two straight, after one straight win.WDWLL

Lalonde Nov 1988Hearns Jun 1989Durán Dec 1989Norris Feb 1991Camacho Mar 19972 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 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, Leonard or 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, Leonard or Hearns?: Sugar Ray Leonard has 25 knockout wins and Thomas Hearns has 48. Thomas Hearns has more.
Do Leonard and 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, Leonard or 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 Leonard and 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.

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