Hearns started the round boxing and moving, but after staggering Hearns with an overhand right, Leonard pinned Hearns against the ropes. Leonard, with his left eye shut and time running out, resumed his attack in the 14th. Hearns was dazed, totally out of gas and received a count but was saved by the bell. He came on strong and put Hearns through the ropes at the end of the round. In the 13th round, Leonard, behind on points on all 3 judges scorecards, needed a knockout to win.
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In 1981, Hearns the WBA Champion, with a 32–0 record (30 KOs), fought WBC Champion Sugar Ray Leonard (30–1) to unify the World Welterweight Championship in a bout dubbed "The Showdown." In this fight, Hearns suffered his first professional defeat when Leonard stopped him in the 14th round. Thomas Hearns Hearns, center, in Detroit, December 1981 Hearns was voted "Fighter of the Year" by Ring Magazine in 1980. Hearns ended Cuevas's 4-year reign by beating him by TKO in the second round. In 1980, Hearns carried his 28–0 record into a world title match against Mexico's Cuevas. Hearns started his career by knocking out his first 17 opponents. In addition, he won the IBO title at Cruiserweight.
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He won six major world titles in five weight classes during his pro career, defeating future boxing hall of famers such as José "Pipino" Cuevas, Wilfred Benítez, Virgil Hill and Roberto Durán. Steward had changed Hearns from a light hitting amateur boxer to one of the most devastating punchers in boxing history. Hearns began his professional boxing career in Detroit, Michigan, under the tutelage of Emanuel Steward in 1977. He also won the 1977 National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Championship. In 1977, he won the National Amateur Athletic Union Light Welterweight Championship, defeating Bobby Joe Young of Steubenville, Ohio, in the finals. Hearns raised Tommy and his siblings in Grand Junction until Tommy was five years old then the family moved to Detroit, Michigan. With her second marriage, six children joined the first three. Hearns was born in Grand Junction, Tennessee, on October 18, 1958, the youngest of three children in his mother's first marriage. On June 10, 2012, Hearns was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He currently ranks #78 in BoxRec ranking of the greatest pound for pound boxers of all time. He is ranked number 18 on The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Hearns was known as a devastating puncher throughout his career, even at cruiserweight, despite having climbed up five weight classes. Hearns was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America in 19 the latter following his knockout of Roberto Durán. Nicknamed the " Motor City Cobra", and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns's tall, slender build and oversized arms and shoulders allowed him to move up over fifty pounds in his career and become the first boxer in history to win world titles in five weight divisions: welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight. Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006.
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