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Erislandy Lara vs Gary Jacobs — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇨🇺MIDDLEWEIGHT

Erislandy Lara

🇬🇧MIDDLEWEIGHT

Gary Jacobs

Erislandy Lara (32-3-3) and Gary Jacobs (45-8) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. They haven't fought, in the fights Kill The Body tracks. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Lara

32

Wins19 KO · 59%

3

Losses

3

Draws38 tracked bouts

Jacobs

45

Wins26 KO · 58%

8

Losses

0

Draws2 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Erislandy Lara and Gary Jacobs haven't fought — no bout between them in the fights we track.

Haven't fought

No bout between them in the fights we track.

The Numbers

Lara 5 · Jacobs 1 of 6 measurable rows
LaraJacobs
Record
32-3-3 (edge)45-8
Win %0–100%
88.2% (edge)
84.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 26
19
26 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
59.38% (edge)
57.78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
59%—
Times stopped†levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.2
2.2 (edge)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 38
38
2

† 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

Height+2″
Erislandy Lara: 5′9″ (edge)
Gary Jacobs: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Erislandy Lara: 76″
Gary Jacobs: No reach on file
Age17 yrs apart
Erislandy Lara: 43
Gary Jacobs: 60
Stance
Erislandy Lara: Southpaw
Gary Jacobs: Southpaw

Erislandy Lara left, Gary Jacobs right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Erislandy Lara32 wins · from 38 tracked bouts

Erislandy Lara: 32 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (59%) and 13 on the cards (41%). Counted from 38 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 59%13 on the cards 41%

Gary Jacobs0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Gary Jacobs: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Jacobs yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Erislandy Lara 38, Gary Jacobs 2 — 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

Oldest left · newest right

Erislandy Lara has won seven straight, the most recent against Johan Gonzalez. Lara last boxed on Dec 6, 2025 — 319 days ago.WWWWW

LaManna May 2021O'Sullivan May 2022Zerafa Mar 2024García Sep 2024Gonzalez Dec 20252.2 tracked bouts per year

Gary Jacobs last boxed on Aug 26, 1995 — 11,380 days ago. Jacobs had lost two straight.LL

McGirt Aug 1989Whitaker Aug 19950.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Erislandy Lara and Gary Jacobs ever fought each other?
Erislandy Lara and Gary Jacobs haven't fought, in the fights Kill The Body tracks.
Who has the better record, Lara or Jacobs?
Erislandy Lara is 32-3-3 and Gary Jacobs is 45-8. Erislandy Lara has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Lara32–3–388.2%

Jacobs45–884.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lara or Jacobs?
Erislandy Lara has 19 knockout wins and Gary Jacobs has 26. Gary Jacobs has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lara1959.4%

Jacobs2657.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lara and Jacobs have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Erislandy Lara and Gary Jacobs have faced.
Who is bigger, Lara or Jacobs?
Erislandy Lara is the taller fighter at 175 cm, 5 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Lara175 cm192 cm reach

Jacobs170 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lara and Jacobs?
This comparison is drawn from 38 bouts tracked for Erislandy Lara and 2 bouts tracked for Gary Jacobs. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lara38bouts

Jacobs2bouts

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