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Dave Holly vs Dixie Kid — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Holly

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Dixie Kid

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.

Holly

Tracked record

4–8–5

counted from 17 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kid

92

Wins59 KO · 64%

45

Losses

21

Draws163 tracked bouts

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

Dave Holly and Dixie Kid have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Dave Holly and Dixie Kid have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1904Oct 151904Nov 25Series
Dave HollyFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Dixie KidFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultNWSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Holly 1 · Kid 5 of 6 measurable rows
HollyKid
Record†
4-8-592-45-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%
38.2%
64.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 59
0
59 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—64.13%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
64% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
0 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.1
4.3
8.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 163
17
163

† 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
Dave Holly: No date of birth
Dixie Kid: Died aged 50

Dave Holly left, Dixie Kid right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Dixie Kid92 wins · from 163 tracked bouts

Dixie Kid: 92 tracked wins — 59 by KO/TKO (64%), 19 on the cards (21%) and 14 by another method or unrecorded (15%). Counted from 163 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

59 by KO/TKO 64%19 on the cards 21%14 by another method or unrecorded 15%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave Holly 17, Dixie Kid 163 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Holly better on 1 · Kid better on 1

Holly

Opponent

Kid

  • Dave Holly

    1–1–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1905

    Draw, NWS

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    Win, PTS

    1904

    LangfordHolly better

    Dixie Kid

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1910

    Loss, RTD 5

    1909

  • Dave Holly

    1–1 against

    Loss, DQ

    1906

    Win, NWS

    1904

    WalcottKid better

    Dixie Kid

    Win, DQ

    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

Dave Holly last boxed on Oct 11, 1906 — 43,837 days ago. Holly had lost five straight.LLLLL

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

Dixie Kid has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Kid last boxed on Mar 14, 1920.DWWLL

Hoche Apr 1919Hoche Jul 1919Rautal Oct 1919Pluyette Jan 1920Buisson Mar 19208.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The 2 meetings

LNov 25, 1904 · Kid · NWS

WOct 15, 1904 · Holly · NWS

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

Holly4–8–538.2%

Kid92–45–2164.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Holly or Kid?
Dave Holly has 0 knockout wins and Dixie Kid has 59. Dixie Kid has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Holly0

Kid5964.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Holly and 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.
2 shared opponents

Sam Langford1–1–2L

Barbados Joe Walcott1–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Holly and Kid?
This comparison is drawn from 17 bouts tracked for Dave Holly and 163 bouts tracked for Dixie Kid. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Holly17bouts

Kid163bouts

How They Win ↓

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