On April 8, 2000, a 41-year-old Thomas Hearns (59-4-1, 46 KOs) and Uriah Grant met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Hearns came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months and 29 days.
Thomas Hearns lost to Uriah Grant via RTD in the 3rd round, and adds an loss to his record at 59-5-1.
On March 20, 1992, Thomas Hearns and Iran Barkley met again in a rematch.
Hearns came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 17 days. Barkley was on a 3-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 10 days.
Iran Barkley defeated Thomas Hearns via split decision in the rematch and wins the WBA title. Barkley improves his record to 29-7, while Hearns adds a loss to his record at 50-4-1.
On June 6, 1988, the 29-year-old WBC middleweight world champion, Thomas Hearns (45-2, 38 KOs), faced a 28-year-old Iran Barkley (24-4, 15 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Hearns came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 8 days. Barkley was on a 2-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months.
Iran Barkley made easy work of Thomas Hearns, stopping the champion via TKO in the 3rd. Barkley improves his record to 25-4 (16 KOs), while Hearns adds a loss to his record at 45-3.
On April 15, 1985, a 26-year-old Thomas Hearns (40-1, 34 KOs) got a shot at the undisputed middleweight championship held by 30-year-old Marvelous Marvin Hagler (60-2-2, 50 KOs).
Hearns came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months. Hagler was on a 14-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 27 days.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler made easy work of Thomas Hearns, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Hagler improves his record to 61-2-2 (51 KOs), while Hearns adds a loss to his record at 40-2.
On September 16, 1981, the 22-year-old WBA welterweight champion, Thomas Hearns (32-0, 30 KOs), and the 25-year-old WBC and The Ring welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard (30-1, 21 KOs) faced each other for the undisputed world championpionship.
Hearns came in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 22 days. Leonard was on a 3-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 22 days.
Sugar Ray Leonard stopped Thomas Hearns via TKO in the 14th round and unified the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles. Leonard improves his record to 31-1 (22 KOs), while Hearns adds a loss to his record at 32-1.