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Buster Drayton vs Terry Holmes — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Drayton

Terry Holmes

Buster Drayton (40-15-1) and Terry Holmes (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Drayton

40

Wins28 KO · 70%

15

Losses

1

Draw57 tracked bouts

Holmes

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Drayton leads 1–0

Buster Drayton and Terry Holmes have met 1 time; Drayton leads 1–0.

Buster Drayton and Terry Holmes have met 1 time; Drayton leads 1–0.
Met1984Sep 26Series
Buster DraytonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Terry HolmesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Drayton 6 · Holmes 1 of 7 measurable rows
DraytonHolmes
Record†
40-15-1 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
72.3% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 28
28 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
70% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.4
3.4 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
57
3

† 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

Heightnot held
Buster Drayton: 5′11″
Terry Holmes: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Drayton: 74″
Terry Holmes: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Drayton: Died aged 68
Terry Holmes: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Drayton: Orthodox
Terry Holmes: Not recorded

Buster Drayton left, Terry 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
Buster Drayton40 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Buster Drayton: 40 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (70%) and 12 on the cards (30%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 70%12 on the cards 30%

Terry Holmes1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Terry Holmes: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Drayton 57, Terry Holmes 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Buster Drayton had won four in a row before losing a decision to Derrick Rolon. Drayton last boxed on Jun 10, 1995.WWWWL

Cole Jun 1992Smith Nov 1992Harris Aug 1993Vera Nov 1994Rolon Jun 19953.4 tracked bouts per year

Terry Holmes last boxed on Apr 28, 2012 — 5,287 days ago. Holmes had won once since losses to Maurice Blocker and Buster Drayton.LLW

Blocker Jan 1984Drayton Sep 1984Byrne Apr 20120.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Drayton and Terry Holmes ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Drayton and Terry Holmes met once on September 26, 1984, and Buster Drayton won by TKO.
The meeting

WSep 26, 1984 · Drayton · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Drayton or Holmes?
Buster Drayton is 40-15-1 and Terry Holmes is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Buster Drayton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Drayton40–15–172.3%

Holmes1–233.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Drayton or Holmes?
Buster Drayton has 28 knockout wins and Terry Holmes has 0. Buster Drayton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Drayton2870%

Holmes0

The Numbers ↓
Do Drayton and Holmes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Drayton and Terry Holmes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Drayton and Holmes?
This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Buster Drayton and 3 bouts tracked for Terry Holmes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Drayton57bouts

Holmes3bouts

How They Win ↓

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