On March 20, 1992, Thomas Hearns (50-3-1, 40 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Iran Barkley (28-7, 17 KOs).
Thomas Hearns is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Virgil Hill, 9 months and 17 days ago. Iran Barkley is on a 3-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Darrin Van Horn, 2 months and 10 days ago.
The winning odds are at 77.6-22.4 in favor of Thomas Hearns. It is going to be a competitive fight and Iran Barkley will put up a very good fight, but Hearns will prevail.
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.