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.
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.
Don Branch vs Larry Holmes — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Larry Holmes leads 1–0- Larry Holmes wonHolmes vs BranchAug 22, 1973 · PTS
The Numbers
- 0-2
- Record
- 69-6 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 92% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 44 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 63.77%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 65%
- 1
- Times stopped
- 1
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 0.7
- Bouts per year
- 2.6 (edge)
- 2
- Bouts tracked
- 77
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
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- Height
- 6′3″ (190 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 81″ (206 cm)
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- Age
- 76
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- Stance
- Orthodox
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- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDon Branch · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Larry Holmes · 71 wins
KO/TKO
46
Decision
25
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (2 and 77 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Don Branch
LL
L2 streak · last fought Aug 22, 1973
Larry Holmes
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Jul 27, 2002
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Don Branch or Larry 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Don Branch or Larry Holmes?
- Don Branch has 0 knockout wins and Larry Holmes has 44. Larry Holmes has more.
- Do Don Branch and Larry Holmes have any common opponents?
- Don Branch and Larry Holmes share 1 common opponent: Earnie Shavers. Larry Holmes fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Don Branch and Larry Holmes?
- This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Don Branch and 77 bouts tracked for Larry Holmes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.