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Barbados Joe Walcott (96-31-27) and Dave Holly (4-8-5 across 17 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Barbados Joe Walcott vs Dave Holly — record, stats and common opponents compared

WELTERWEIGHT

Barbados Joe Walcott

96–31–27

159 tracked bouts

Dave Holly

Tracked record

4–8–5

17 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Series level 1–1

The Numbers

96-31-27 (edge)
Record
4-8-5

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

71.1% (edge)
Win %
38.2%
57 (edge)
Wins by knockout
0
59.38%
KO rate
59% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
0%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

10
Times stopped
0 (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
8.8 (edge)
Bouts per year
4.3

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

159
Bouts tracked
17

Tale of the Tape

153
Age
Orthodox
Stance
Welterweight
Division
Barbados
Nationality

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Barbados Joe Walcott · 96 wins

KO/TKO
57
Decision
28
Other
11

Dave Holly · 4 wins

KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
3

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (159 and 17 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared
  • Barbados Joe Walcott

    DPTS · Sep 1904

    Joe Gans

    Dave Holly

    LPTS · Jul 1906DNWS · Jun 1904LNWS · Dec 1903DNWS · Oct 1903LNWS · Oct 1902
  • Barbados Joe Walcott

    DPTS · Sep 1904

    Sam Langford

    Dave Holly

    LNWS · Feb 1905DNWS · Nov 1904DPTS · Sep 1904WPTS · Apr 1904
  • Barbados Joe Walcott

    LDQ · Apr 1904

    Dixie Kid

    Dave Holly

    LNWS · Nov 1904WNWS · Oct 1904

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Barbados Joe Walcott

LWLLD

L1 streak · last fought Nov 2, 1910

Dave Holly

LLLLL

L5 streak · last fought Oct 11, 1906

Common Questions

Have Barbados Joe Walcott and Dave Holly ever fought each other?
Yes. Barbados Joe Walcott and Dave Holly have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
Who has the better record, Barbados Joe Walcott or Dave Holly?
Barbados Joe Walcott is 96-31-27 and Dave Holly is 4-8-5 across the 17 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Barbados Joe Walcott has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Barbados Joe Walcott or Dave Holly?
Barbados Joe Walcott has 57 knockout wins and Dave Holly has 0. Barbados Joe Walcott has more.
Do Barbados Joe Walcott and Dave Holly have any common opponents?
Barbados Joe Walcott and Dave Holly share 3 common opponents: Joe Gans, Sam Langford and Dixie Kid. Barbados Joe Walcott fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barbados Joe Walcott and Dave Holly?
This comparison is drawn from 159 bouts tracked for Barbados Joe Walcott and 17 bouts tracked for Dave Holly. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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