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Elmer Ray vs John Holman — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Elmer Ray

John Holman

Elmer Ray (98-23-11) 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 1 common opponent.

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 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

Holman leads 1–0

Elmer Ray and John Holman have met 1 time; Holman leads 1–0.

Elmer Ray and John Holman have met 1 time; Holman leads 1–0.
Met1949Mar 8Series
Elmer RayFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John HolmanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Ray 4 · Holman 2 of 6 measurable rows
RayHolman
Record†
98-23-11 (edge)3-7
Win %0–100%
78.4% (edge)
30%
Wins by knockoutmax 69
69 (edge)
3
KO ratenot comparable
70.41%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
70%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
9
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.8
8.8 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
135
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

Agenot held
Elmer Ray: Died aged 76
John Holman: No date of birth
Stance
Elmer Ray: Orthodox
John Holman: Not recorded

Elmer Ray left, John Holman right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Elmer Ray98 wins · from 135 tracked bouts

Elmer Ray: 98 tracked wins — 69 by KO/TKO (70%), 27 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 135 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

69 by KO/TKO 70%27 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

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 — Elmer Ray 135, John Holman 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Ray

Opponent

Holman

  • Elmer Ray

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 9

    1948

    Win, SD

    1947

    CharlesEven

    John Holman

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1955

    Win, TKO 9

    1955

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

Elmer Ray has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Ray last boxed on Mar 8, 1949.LWWLL

Charles May 1948Boddie Jan 1949Peaks Feb 1949Riviera Feb 1949Holman Mar 19498.8 tracked bouts per year

John Holman last boxed on Oct 15, 1957 — 25,205 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 Elmer Ray and John Holman ever fought each other?
Yes. Elmer Ray and John Holman met once on March 8, 1949, and John Holman won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

LMar 8, 1949 · Holman · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ray or Holman?
Elmer Ray is 98-23-11 and John Holman is 3-7 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Elmer Ray has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ray98–23–1178.4%

Holman3–730%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ray or Holman?
Elmer Ray has 69 knockout wins and John Holman has 3. Elmer Ray has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ray6970.4%

Holman3

The Numbers ↓
Do Ray and Holman have any common opponents?
Elmer Ray and John Holman share 1 common opponent: Ezzard Charles. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Ezzard Charles1–11–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ray and Holman?
This comparison is drawn from 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray and 10 bouts tracked for John Holman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ray135bouts

Holman10bouts

How They Win ↓

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