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Biography
Thomas Hearns is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns' 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.
Awards & recognition
- International Boxing Hall of Fame · 2012
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award · 1984
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year · 1984
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award · 1980
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year · 1980
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- IBO World Cruiserweight Champion
- The Ring World Junior Middleweight Champion
- WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion
- WBA World Welterweight Champion
- WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion
- WBC World Middleweight Champion
- WBC World Super Welterweight Champion
- WBO World Super Middleweight Champion
