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Thomas Hearns Boxing Program Autograph
A great boxing program signed by boxer Thomas Hearns. The
Hitman is one of boxing's true Legends. Multi-Champion at
different weights and one of the most entertaining fighters
of all time. A very rare autograph to add to any boxing
collection.
Thomas Hearns
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This Boxing Program is also signed by Keith
Holmes.
As an amateur, Hearns won 147 of 155 fights
and took the AAU national and Golden Gloves 147-pound championships
in 1977. The 6-foot-1 Hearns had only 11 knockouts in his
amateur career but, after turning professional in November
of 1977, he became known as the "Hit Man" because
of his new-found punching ability.
Hearns won 28 straight professional bouts
going into a WBA welterweight championship fight against
Pipino Cuevas on Mexico on August 2, 1980. He knocked out
Cuevas in the 2nd round to win the title, and he was named
fighter of the year on the strength of that match.
On September 16, 1981, Hearns met WBC champion
Sugar Ray Leonard and was leading after 12 rounds. But Leonard
knocked Hearns down in the 13th and won on a technical knockout
in the 14th round.
Hearns won the WBC super welterweight championship
in 1982 by beating Wilfred Benitez and he was named fighter
of the year again in 1984 after knocking out Roberto Duran
to win the WBA version of the title.
He then stepped up to the middleweight class,
but lost to Marvin Hagler in a 1985 championship fight.
However, in 1987 Hearns knocked out Dennis Andries to win
the WBC light heavyweight title and Juan Roldan to take
the WBC middleweight crown. After he won the middleweight
victory, the WBC stripped him of the welterweight championship.
Hearns won his fifth championship, in the
new super middleweight division, by beating James Kinchen
in 1988. He had a rematch with Leonard in 1989, knocking
him down twice, but the fight resulted in a controversial
draw. In 1991, Hearns began fighting exclusively as a light
heavyweight. He won the WBA championship in June, beating
Virgil Hill on a 12-round decision. Hearns lost the title
to Iran Barkley in a 12-round split decision on March 20,
1992.
He became a champion for the seventh time
by winning the NABF cruiserweight (junior heavyweight) title
with a first-round knockout of Dan Ward on January 1, 1994.
He also won the IBO version of the title in 1999. In his
last bout before retiring, Hearns lost the IBO title to
Uriah Grant on April 8, 2000.
Hearns won 59 of his 64 professional fights, 46 by knockout.
