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Horace Robinson vs Larry Holmes — record, stats and common opponents compared

Horace Robinson

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Larry Holmes

Horace Robinson (1-4 across 5 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.

Robinson

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Holmes

69

Wins44 KO · 64%

6

Losses

0

Draws76 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

Holmes leads 1–0

Horace Robinson and Larry Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.

Horace Robinson and Larry Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.
Met1977Mar 17Series
Horace RobinsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Larry HolmesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Robinson 2 · Holmes 5 of 7 measurable rows
RobinsonHolmes
Record†
1-469-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
92% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
1
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—63.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
63%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.1
4.1 (edge)
2.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 76
5
76

† 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
Horace Robinson: No height on file
Larry Holmes: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Horace Robinson: No reach on file
Larry Holmes: 81″
Agenot held
Horace Robinson: No date of birth
Larry Holmes: 76
Stance
Horace Robinson: Not recorded
Larry Holmes: Orthodox

Horace Robinson left, Larry Holmes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Horace Robinson1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Horace Robinson: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Larry Holmes70 wins · from 76 tracked bouts

Larry Holmes: 70 tracked wins — 44 by KO/TKO (63%) and 26 on the cards (37%). Counted from 76 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

44 by KO/TKO 63%26 on the cards 37%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Horace Robinson 5, Larry Holmes 76 — 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

Horace Robinson last boxed on Jun 3, 1978 — 17,670 days ago. Robinson had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Holmes Mar 1977Mercado May 1977Stander Nov 1977Mercado Feb 1978Lyle Jun 19784.1 tracked bouts per year

Larry Holmes last boxed on Jul 27, 2002 — 8,850 days ago. Holmes had won four straight since losing a decision to Brian Nielsen.LWWWW

Nielsen Jan 1997Harris Jul 1997Smith Jun 1999Weaver Nov 2000Esch Jul 20022.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Horace Robinson and Larry Holmes ever fought each other?
Yes. Horace Robinson and Larry Holmes met once on March 17, 1977, and Larry Holmes won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LMar 17, 1977 · Holmes · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Robinson or Holmes?
Horace Robinson is 1-4 across the 5 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.
Records · win %

Robinson1–420%

Holmes69–692%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Robinson or Holmes?
Horace Robinson has 1 knockout win and Larry Holmes has 44. Larry Holmes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Robinson1

Holmes4463.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Robinson and Holmes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Horace Robinson and Larry Holmes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Robinson and Holmes?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Horace Robinson and 76 bouts tracked for Larry Holmes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Robinson5bouts

Holmes76bouts

How They Win ↓

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