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Holley Mims vs Rubin Carter — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Holley Mims

🇨🇦CANADA

Rubin Carter

Holley Mims (3-6 across 9 tracked bouts) and Rubin Carter (27-12-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Mims

Tracked record

3–6

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Carter

27

Wins19 KO · 70%

12

Losses

1

Draw40 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

Carter leads 1–0

Holley Mims and Rubin Carter have met 1 time; Carter leads 1–0.

Holley Mims and Rubin Carter have met 1 time; Carter leads 1–0.
Met1962Dec 22Series
Holley MimsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rubin CarterFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Mims 1 · Carter 5 of 6 measurable rows
MimsCarter
Record†
3-627-12-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
68.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.37%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
70% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.2
0.7
8.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
9
40

† 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
Holley Mims: 5′7″
Rubin Carter: No height on file
Reachnot held
Holley Mims: No reach on file
Rubin Carter: 72″
Agenot comparable
Holley Mims: Died aged 40
Rubin Carter: Died aged 76
Stance
Holley Mims: Orthodox
Rubin Carter: Orthodox

Holley Mims left, Rubin Carter right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Holley Mims3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Holley Mims: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

Rubin Carter27 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Rubin Carter: 27 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (70%) and 8 on the cards (30%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 70%8 on the cards 30%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Holley Mims 9, Rubin Carter 40 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Mims better on 1 · Carter better on 1 · even on 2

Mims

Opponent

Carter

  • Holley Mims

    Loss, UD

    1964

    RodríguezMims better

    Rubin Carter

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1965

    Loss, UD

    1965

  • Holley Mims

    Loss, SD

    1959

    GiardelloEven

    Rubin Carter

    Loss, UD

    1964

  • Holley Mims

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1962

    Win, UD

    1961

    EllisCarter better

    Rubin Carter

    Win, UD

    1964

  • Holley Mims

    Loss, SD

    1964

    ArcherEven

    Rubin Carter

    Loss, SD

    1963

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

Holley Mims has lost four straight, after one straight win. Mims last boxed on Mar 20, 1964.WLLLL

Ellis Nov 1961Ellis May 1962Carter Dec 1962Archer Feb 1964Rodríguez Mar 19640.7 tracked bouts per year

Rubin Carter has lost the most recent, to Juan Carlos Rivero. Carter last boxed on Aug 6, 1966.LLWDL

Morris Jan 1966Harrington Jan 1966Burford Feb 1966McClure Mar 1966Rivero Aug 19668.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Holley Mims and Rubin Carter ever fought each other?
Yes. Holley Mims and Rubin Carter met once on December 22, 1962, and Rubin Carter won by UD.
The meeting

LDec 22, 1962 · Carter · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mims or Carter?
Holley Mims is 3-6 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rubin Carter is 27-12-1. Rubin Carter has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Mims3–633.3%

Carter27–12–168.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mims or Carter?
Holley Mims has 0 knockout wins and Rubin Carter has 19. Rubin Carter has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mims0

Carter1970.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mims and Carter have any common opponents?
Holley Mims and Rubin Carter share 4 common opponents: Luis Manuel Rodríguez, Joey Giardello and Jimmy Ellis (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
4 shared opponents

Luis Manuel RodríguezLL

Joey GiardelloLL

Jimmy Ellis1–1W

Joey ArcherLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mims and Carter?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Holley Mims and 40 bouts tracked for Rubin Carter. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mims9bouts

Carter40bouts

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