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Cleveland Williams vs John Holman — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Cleveland Williams

John Holman

Cleveland Williams (82-13-2) and John Holman (3-7 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Williams

82

Wins62 KO · 76%

13

Losses

2

Draws97 tracked bouts

Holman

Tracked record

3–7

counted from 10 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

Williams leads 1–0

Cleveland Williams and John Holman have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.

Cleveland Williams and John Holman have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.
Met1957Oct 15Series
Cleveland WilliamsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
John HolmanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Williams 4 · Holman 2 of 6 measurable rows
WilliamsHolman
Record†
82-13-2 (edge)3-7
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
30%
Wins by knockoutmax 62
62 (edge)
3
KO ratenot comparable
75.61%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
76%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 8
8
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.9
3.9 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 97
97
10

† 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
Cleveland Williams: 6′2″
John Holman: No height on file
Reachnot held
Cleveland Williams: 78″
John Holman: No reach on file
Agenot held
Cleveland Williams: Died aged 66
John Holman: No date of birth

Cleveland Williams left, John Holman right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cleveland Williams82 wins · from 97 tracked bouts

Cleveland Williams: 82 tracked wins — 62 by KO/TKO (76%), 19 on the cards (23%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 97 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

62 by KO/TKO 76%19 on the cards 23%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

John Holman3 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

John Holman: 3 tracked wins — 3 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cleveland Williams 97, John Holman 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Williams better on 2

Williams

Opponent

Holman

  • Cleveland Williams

    Draw, PTS

    1962

    MachenWilliams better

    John Holman

    Loss, KO

    1956

  • Cleveland Williams

    Loss, KO 3

    1954

    SatterfieldWilliams better

    John Holman

    1–2 against

    Win, TKO 8

    1956

    Loss, KO 1

    1954

    Loss, KO

    1954

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

Cleveland Williams has won three straight since losses to Jack O'Halloran and George Chuvalo. Williams last boxed on Oct 28, 1973.LLWWW

O'Halloran Sep 1971Chuvalo Nov 1971Daniels May 1972Mashburn Jul 1972Davila Oct 19733.9 tracked bouts per year

John Holman last boxed on Oct 15, 1957 — 25,206 days ago. Holman had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Satterfield Jan 1956Machen Oct 1956Pastrano Feb 1957Valdés May 1957Williams Oct 19571.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cleveland Williams and John Holman ever fought each other?
Yes. Cleveland Williams and John Holman met once on October 15, 1957, and Cleveland Williams won by KO in round 7.
The meeting

WOct 15, 1957 · Williams · KO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Holman?
Cleveland Williams is 82-13-2 and John Holman is 3-7 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Cleveland Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Williams82–13–285.6%

Holman3–730%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Holman?
Cleveland Williams has 62 knockout wins and John Holman has 3. Cleveland Williams has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams6275.6%

Holman3

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Holman have any common opponents?
Cleveland Williams and John Holman share 2 common opponents: Eddie Machen and Bob Satterfield. Cleveland Williams fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Eddie MachenDL

Bob SatterfieldL1–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Holman?
This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Cleveland Williams and 10 bouts tracked for John Holman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams97bouts

Holman10bouts

How They Win ↓

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