On June 6, 1988, Thomas Hearns (45-2, 38 KOs), the middleweight WBC champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Iran Barkley (24-4, 15 KOs).
Thomas Hearns is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round KO victory over Juan Roldán, 7 months and 8 days ago. Iran Barkley is on a 2-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Michael Olajide, 3 months ago.
The winning odds are at 94.8-5.2 in favor of Iran Barkley. It is going to be very difficult for Thomas Hearns to win this fight.
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.