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Don Branch vs Larry Holmes — record, stats and common opponents compared

Don Branch

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Larry Holmes

Don Branch (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Branch

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Holmes

69

Wins44 KO · 64%

6

Losses

0

Draws76 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

Holmes leads 1–0

Don Branch and Larry Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.

Don Branch and Larry Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.
Met1973Aug 22Series
Don BranchFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Larry HolmesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Branch 0 · Holmes 5 of 5 measurable rows
BranchHolmes
Record†
0-269-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
92% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
0
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—63.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.6
0.7
2.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 76
2
76

† 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
Don Branch: No height on file
Larry Holmes: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Don Branch: No reach on file
Larry Holmes: 81″
Agenot held
Don Branch: No date of birth
Larry Holmes: 76
Stance
Don Branch: Not recorded
Larry Holmes: Orthodox

Don Branch 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
Don Branch0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Don Branch: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Branch yet.

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 — Don Branch 2, Larry Holmes 76 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Holmes better on 1

Branch

Opponent

Holmes

  • Don Branch

    Loss, KO 1

    1970

    ShaversHolmes better

    Larry Holmes

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 11

    1979

    Win, UD

    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

Don Branch last boxed on Aug 22, 1973 — 19,424 days ago. Branch had lost two straight.LL

Shavers Sep 1970Holmes Aug 19730.7 tracked bouts per year

Larry Holmes last boxed on Jul 27, 2002 — 8,858 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 Don Branch and Larry Holmes ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Branch and Larry Holmes met once on August 22, 1973, and Larry Holmes won by PTS.
The meeting

LAug 22, 1973 · Holmes · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Branch or Holmes?
Don Branch is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Larry Holmes is 69-6. Larry Holmes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Branch0–20%

Holmes69–692%

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

Branch0

Holmes4463.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Branch and Holmes have any common opponents?
Don Branch and Larry Holmes share 1 common opponent: Earnie Shavers. Larry Holmes fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Earnie ShaversLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Branch and Holmes?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Don Branch and 76 bouts tracked for Larry Holmes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Branch2bouts

Holmes76bouts

How They Win ↓

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