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Thomas Hearns vs Tyrone Phelps — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Thomas Hearns

Tyrone Phelps

Thomas Hearns (61-5-1) and Tyrone Phelps (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) 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.

Hearns

61

Wins48 KO · 79%

5

Losses

1

Draw67 tracked bouts

Phelps

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Thomas Hearns and Tyrone Phelps have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.

Thomas Hearns and Tyrone Phelps have met 1 time; Hearns leads 1–0.
Met1978Mar 31Series
Thomas HearnsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tyrone PhelpsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Hearns 5 · Phelps 2 of 7 measurable rows
HearnsPhelps
Record†
61-5-1 (edge)1-4
Win %0–100%
91.8% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 48
48 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
78.69%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
79%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 9
9 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.4
2.4 (edge)
1.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 67
67
5

† 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
Thomas Hearns: 6′1″
Tyrone Phelps: No height on file
Reachnot held
Thomas Hearns: 78″
Tyrone Phelps: No reach on file
Agenot held
Thomas Hearns: 68
Tyrone Phelps: No date of birth
Stance
Thomas Hearns: Orthodox
Tyrone Phelps: Not recorded

Thomas Hearns left, Tyrone Phelps right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Tyrone Phelps1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Tyrone Phelps: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Thomas Hearns 67, Tyrone Phelps 5 — 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

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

Tyrone Phelps last boxed on Oct 28, 1978 — 17,525 days ago. Phelps had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Sr. May 1975Sr. Jul 1975Resto Jun 1977Hearns Mar 1978Santos Oct 19781.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Thomas Hearns and Tyrone Phelps ever fought each other?
Yes. Thomas Hearns and Tyrone Phelps met once on March 31, 1978, and Thomas Hearns won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WMar 31, 1978 · Hearns · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hearns or Phelps?
Thomas Hearns is 61-5-1 and Tyrone Phelps is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Thomas Hearns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hearns61–5–191.8%

Phelps1–420%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hearns or Phelps?
Thomas Hearns has 48 knockout wins and Tyrone Phelps has 1. Thomas Hearns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hearns4878.7%

Phelps1

The Numbers ↓
Do Hearns and Phelps have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Thomas Hearns and Tyrone Phelps have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hearns and Phelps?
This comparison is drawn from 67 bouts tracked for Thomas Hearns and 5 bouts tracked for Tyrone Phelps. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hearns67bouts

Phelps5bouts

How They Win ↓

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