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.
Dave Holly (4-8-5 across 17 tracked bouts) and Dixie Kid (92-45-21) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.
Dave Holly vs Dixie Kid — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 1–1- Dixie Kid wonKid vs HollyNov 25, 1904 · NWS
- Dave Holly wonKid vs HollyOct 15, 1904 · NWS
The Numbers
- 4-8-5
- Record
- 92-45-21 (edge)
- 38.2%
- Win %
- 64.9% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 59 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 64.13%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 64% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 8
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 4.3
- Bouts per year
- 6.3 (edge)
- 17
- Bouts tracked
- 165
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 142
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDave Holly · 4 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
3
Dixie Kid · 92 wins
KO/TKO
59
Decision
19
Other
14
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (17 and 165 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedDave Holly
LNWS · Feb 1905DNWS · Nov 1904DPTS · Sep 1904WPTS · Apr 1904Dixie Kid
LKO R3 · Jan 1910LRTD R5 · Sep 1909
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Dave Holly
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought Oct 11, 1906
Dixie Kid
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L4 streak · last fought Apr 12, 1926
Common Questions
- Have Dave Holly and Dixie Kid ever fought each other?
- Yes. Dave Holly and Dixie Kid have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
- Who has the better record, Dave Holly or Dixie Kid?
- Dave Holly is 4-8-5 across the 17 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Dixie Kid is 92-45-21. Dixie Kid has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Dave Holly or Dixie Kid?
- Dave Holly has 0 knockout wins and Dixie Kid has 59. Dixie Kid has more.
- Do Dave Holly and Dixie Kid have any common opponents?
- Dave Holly and Dixie Kid share 2 common opponents: Sam Langford and Barbados Joe Walcott. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dave Holly and Dixie Kid?
- This comparison is drawn from 17 bouts tracked for Dave Holly and 165 bouts tracked for Dixie Kid. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.