BOXER

Thomas Hearns

1958 - Today

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Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns's tall, slender build and long arms and shoulders allowed him to move up over fifty pounds (22.7kg) 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. Hearns was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America in 1980 and 1984; the latter following his knockout of Roberto Durán. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Hearns has received more than 3,763,491 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Thomas Hearns is the 74th most popular boxer (up from 88th in 2019), the 5,848th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,761st in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Thomas Hearns ranks 74 out of 496. Before him are Alexis Argüello, Július Torma, Michael Spinks, Carmen Basilio, Frederick Grace, and Jess Willard. After him are Ernie Terrell, Oscar De La Hoya, Santiago Lovell, Piero Toscani, Rafael Iglesias, and Andrew Golota.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Thomas Hearns ranks 200. Before him are Olivier Marchal, Hussein Saeed, Mladen Ivanić, Sylvester Groth, Kim Coates, and Peter H. Gilmore. After him are Volodymyr Bezsonov, Kornelia Ender, Gigi Becali, Paolo Macchiarini, Mark Cuban, and David Sylvian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Hearns ranks 5,848 out of 20,380. Before him are Jason Scott Lee (1966), Ellen Corby (1911), Ralph Towner (1940), Jeanette MacDonald (1903), Joe Manganiello (1976), and Martin Ferrero (1947). After him are Louis Clarke (1901), Arthur Golden (1956), Milman Parry (1902), Fred Alderman (1905), Juan Trippe (1899), and Joe Lieberman (1942).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Thomas Hearns ranks 39. Before him are Gene Tunney (1897), Oliver Kirk (1884), Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), Michael Spinks (1956), Carmen Basilio (1927), and Jess Willard (1881). After him are Ernie Terrell (1939), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), James J. Jeffries (1875), Samuel Berger (1884), Carmen Barth (1912), and Jimmy Ellis (1940).

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