biography
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Hearns, Thomas
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nicknames Hit Man and Motor City Cobra
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pronunciation:
[hernz]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1958– )
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| biography:
| Boxer, born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. In 1988 he became the first man to win world titles at four and five different weights, and in 1991 the first to win titles at six different weights: he defeated Pipino Cuevas for the welterweight title (WBA, 1980), Wilfred Benitez for the super-welterweight (WBC, 1982), Roberto Duran for the vacant WBA junior-middleweight title (1984), Dennis Andries for the light-heavyweight (WBC, 1987), Juan Roldan for the middleweight (WBC, 1987), James Kinchen for the super-middleweight (WBO, 1988), and Virgil Hill for the light-heavyweight (WBA, 1991). He was fated, however, to be best remembered as the loser in two of the ring's greatest fights - against Sugar Ray Leonard (1980) and Marvin Hagler (1985). |
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