Sports
Thomas Hearns, the World Boxing Council middleweight champion and the only man to win four world titles, has turned down a $2 million offer to fight unbeaten middleweight Michael Nunn, according to promoter Bob Arum.
Feb. 26, 1988
If Thomas Hearns retired from boxing today, he would be most remembered for dramatic losses to Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler.
Oct. 25, 1987
In the 1980s, one of the most enduring--and troubled--of boxing’s champions has been Thomas Hearns.
June 5, 1988
On the surface, it looks like a cakewalk for Thomas Hearns, a man struggling to free himself from the ghosts of Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler.
June 6, 1988
Thomas Hearns, teetering and tottering at the finish as he was nearly eight years ago, survived a furious Sugar Ray Leonard finish this time.
June 13, 1989
It looked pretty much like the same right hand that landed on the chin of Marvin Hagler a bunch of times last April.
March 11, 1986
There is a fight Saturday night in Atlantic City, N.J., a title fight between Thomas (Hit Man) Hearns and Michael (Silk) Olajide, and it’s being held at the Taj Mahal, Donald Trump’s latest monument to greed and gaudiness, but damn few people besides The Hit Man, The Silk and The Donald know anything about it.
April 27, 1990
When Thomas Hearns awoke Tuesday morning, he knew he had been in a fight. His body ached.
June 14, 1989
Thomas Hearns, with an eye on his May 17 date with light-heavyweight champion Virgil Hill, will fight Kemper Morton at the Forum tonight in a 10-round tuneup match.
Feb. 11, 1991
OK, pass that crow pie. We are ready.
June 8, 1991