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.
Howard Darlington (0-3 across 3 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.
Howard Darlington vs Larry Holmes — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Larry Holmes leads 1–0- Larry Holmes wonHolmes vs DarlingtonApr 24, 1974 · TKO · R4
The Numbers
- 0-3
- Record
- 69-6 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 92% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 44 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 63.77%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 65%
- 1
- Times stopped
- 1
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 0.9
- Bouts per year
- 2.6 (edge)
- 3
- 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
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- Height
- 6′3″ (190 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 81″ (206 cm)
- —
- Age
- 76
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyHoward Darlington · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Larry Holmes · 71 wins
KO/TKO
46
Decision
25
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (3 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
Howard Darlington
LLL
L3 streak · last fought Apr 24, 1974
Larry Holmes
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Jul 27, 2002
Common Questions
- Have Howard Darlington and Larry Holmes ever fought each other?
- Yes. Howard Darlington and Larry Holmes met once on April 24, 1974, and Larry Holmes won by TKO in round 4.
- Who has the better record, Howard Darlington or Larry Holmes?
- Howard Darlington is 0-3 across the 3 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, Howard Darlington or Larry Holmes?
- Howard Darlington has 0 knockout wins and Larry Holmes has 44. Larry Holmes has more.
- Do Howard Darlington and Larry Holmes have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Howard Darlington and Larry Holmes have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Howard Darlington and Larry Holmes?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Howard Darlington and 77 bouts tracked for Larry Holmes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.