Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Billy Joiner vs Larry Holmes — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Billy Joiner

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Larry Holmes

Billy Joiner (12-13-3) and Larry Holmes (69-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Joiner

12

Wins

13

Losses

3

Draws28 tracked bouts

Holmes

69

Wins44 KO · 64%

6

Losses

0

Draws76 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Holmes leads 1–0

Billy Joiner and Larry Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.

Billy Joiner and Larry Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.
Met1975Dec 20Series
Billy JoinerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Larry HolmesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Joiner 0 · Holmes 8 of 8 measurable rows
JoinerHolmes
Record
12-13-369-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
48.2%
92% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
0
44 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
0%
63.77% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
42%
63% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 2.6
1.5
2.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 76
28
76

† 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

Heightnot held
Billy Joiner: No height on file
Larry Holmes: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Billy Joiner: No reach on file
Larry Holmes: 81″
Age12 yrs apart
Billy Joiner: 88
Larry Holmes: 76
Stance
Billy Joiner: Not recorded
Larry Holmes: Orthodox

Billy Joiner left, Larry Holmes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Joiner12 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Billy Joiner: 12 tracked wins — 5 by KO/TKO (42%) and 7 on the cards (58%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

5 by KO/TKO 42%7 on the cards 58%

Larry Holmes70 wins · from 76 tracked bouts

Larry Holmes: 70 tracked wins — 44 by KO/TKO (63%) and 26 on the cards (37%). Counted from 76 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

44 by KO/TKO 63%26 on the cards 37%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Joiner 28, Larry Holmes 76 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Holmes better on 1

Joiner

Opponent

Holmes

  • Billy Joiner

    Loss, KO

    1978

    EvangelistaHolmes better

    Larry Holmes

    Win, KO 7

    1978

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

Billy Joiner last boxed on Nov 13, 1981 — 16,411 days ago. Joiner had won once since losing by stoppage to Alfredo Evangelista.LLWLW

Holmes Dec 1975Bonavena Feb 1976Fletcher Aug 1976Evangelista May 1978Louis Nov 19811.5 tracked bouts per year

Larry Holmes last boxed on Jul 27, 2002 — 8,850 days ago. Holmes had won four straight since losing a decision to Brian Nielsen.LWWWW

Nielsen Jan 1997Harris Jul 1997Smith Jun 1999Weaver Nov 2000Esch Jul 20022.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Joiner and Larry Holmes ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Joiner and Larry Holmes met once on December 20, 1975, and Larry Holmes won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LDec 20, 1975 · Holmes · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Joiner or Holmes?
Billy Joiner is 12-13-3 and Larry Holmes is 69-6. Larry Holmes has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Joiner12–13–348.2%

Holmes69–692%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Joiner or Holmes?
Billy Joiner has 0 knockout wins and Larry Holmes has 44. Larry Holmes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Joiner0

Holmes4463.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Joiner and Holmes have any common opponents?
Billy Joiner and Larry Holmes share 1 common opponent: Alfredo Evangelista. Larry Holmes fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Alfredo EvangelistaLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Joiner and Holmes?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Billy Joiner and 76 bouts tracked for Larry Holmes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Joiner28bouts

Holmes76bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

6 suggested matchups

Compare Joiner with…

Compare Holmes with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.