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

🇧🇧WELTERWEIGHT

Barbados Joe Walcott

Dave Holly

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.

Walcott

96

Wins57 KO · 59%

31

Losses

27

Draws156 tracked bouts

Holly

Tracked record

4–8–5

counted from 17 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Barbados Joe Walcott and Dave Holly have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Barbados Joe Walcott and Dave Holly have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1904Sep 101906Jan 25Series
Barbados Joe WalcottFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Dave HollyFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultNWSDQ2Meetings

The Numbers

Walcott 5 · Holly 1 of 6 measurable rows
WalcottHolly
Record†
96-31-27 (edge)4-8-5
Win %0–100%
71.1% (edge)
38.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 57
57 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
59.38%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
59% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 9
9
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.6
8.6 (edge)
4.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 156
156
17

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Agenot held
Barbados Joe Walcott: Died aged 62
Dave Holly: No date of birth
Stance
Barbados Joe Walcott: Orthodox
Dave Holly: Not recorded

Barbados Joe Walcott left, Dave Holly right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Barbados Joe Walcott96 wins · from 156 tracked bouts

Barbados Joe Walcott: 96 tracked wins — 57 by KO/TKO (59%), 28 on the cards (29%) and 11 by another method or unrecorded (11%). Counted from 156 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

57 by KO/TKO 59%28 on the cards 29%11 by another method or unrecorded 11%

Dave Holly4 wins · from 17 tracked bouts

Dave Holly: 4 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (25%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (75%). Counted from 17 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 25%3 by another method or unrecorded 75%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Barbados Joe Walcott 156, Dave Holly 17 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Walcott better on 2 · Holly better on 1

Walcott

Opponent

Holly

  • Barbados Joe Walcott

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    GansWalcott better

    Dave Holly

    0–3–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1906

    Draw, NWS

    1904

    Loss, NWS

    1903

    Draw, NWS

    1903

    Loss, NWS

    1902

  • Barbados Joe Walcott

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    LangfordWalcott better

    Dave Holly

    1–1–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1905

    Draw, NWS

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    Win, PTS

    1904

  • Barbados Joe Walcott

    Loss, DQ

    1904

    KidHolly better

    Dave Holly

    1–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1904

    Win, NWS

    1904

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Barbados Joe Walcott had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Tom Sawyer. Walcott last boxed on Nov 2, 1910.DLLWL

Potts Mar 1910MacKinnon Apr 1910Whitney May 1910Lee Oct 1910Sawyer Nov 19108.6 tracked bouts per year

Dave Holly last boxed on Oct 11, 1906 — 43,842 days ago. Holly had lost five straight.LLLLL

Kid Nov 1904Langford Feb 1905Walcott Jan 1906Gans Jul 1906Blackburn Oct 19064.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The 2 meetings

WJan 25, 1906 · Walcott · DQ

LSep 10, 1904 · Holly · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Walcott or 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.
Records · win %

Walcott96–31–2771.1%

Holly4–8–538.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Walcott or Holly?
Barbados Joe Walcott has 57 knockout wins and Dave Holly has 0. Barbados Joe Walcott has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Walcott5759.4%

Holly0

The Numbers ↓
Do Walcott and 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.
3 shared opponents

Joe GansD0–3–2

Sam LangfordD1–1–2

Dixie KidL1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Walcott and Holly?
This comparison is drawn from 156 bouts tracked for Barbados Joe Walcott and 17 bouts tracked for Dave Holly. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Walcott156bouts

Holly17bouts

How They Win ↓

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