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.
Eric Esch (77-10-4 across 91 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Eric Esch vs Larry Holmes — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Larry Holmes leads 1–0- Larry Holmes wonHolmes vs EschJul 27, 2002 · UD
The Numbers
- 77-10-4
- Record
- 69-6 (edge)
- 86.8%
- Win %
- 92% (edge)
- 55 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 44
- —
- KO rate
- 63.77%
- 74% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 65%
- 2
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 4.9 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 2.6
- 91
- 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
- 5′11″ (180 cm)
- Height
- 6′3″ (190 cm) (edge)
- 78″ (198 cm)
- Reach
- 81″ (206 cm) (edge)
- 60
- Age
- 76
- Orthodox
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- United States
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyEric Esch · 77 wins
KO/TKO
57
Decision
19
Other
1
Larry Holmes · 71 wins
KO/TKO
46
Decision
25
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (91 and 77 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.
Current Form
Eric Esch
LLLWW
L3 streak · last fought Jun 29, 2013
Larry Holmes
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Jul 27, 2002
Common Questions
- Have Eric Esch and Larry Holmes ever fought each other?
- Yes. Eric Esch and Larry Holmes met once on July 27, 2002, and Larry Holmes won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Eric Esch or Larry Holmes?
- Eric Esch is 77-10-4 across the 91 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, Eric Esch or Larry Holmes?
- Eric Esch has 55 knockout wins and Larry Holmes has 44. Eric Esch has more.
- Do Eric Esch and Larry Holmes have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eric Esch and Larry Holmes have faced.
- Who is bigger, Eric Esch or Larry Holmes?
- Larry Holmes is the taller fighter at 190 cm, 10 cm above the other. Larry Holmes also has the longer reach, by 8 cm.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Eric Esch and Larry Holmes?
- This comparison is drawn from 91 bouts tracked for Eric Esch and 77 bouts tracked for Larry Holmes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.