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James Waire vs Lindell Holmes — record, stats and common opponents compared

James Waire

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Lindell Holmes

James Waire (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) and Lindell Holmes (45-8) 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.

Waire

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Holmes

45

Wins36 KO · 80%

8

Losses

0

Draws54 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

James Waire and Lindell Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.

James Waire and Lindell Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.
Met1981May 27Series
James WaireFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lindell HolmesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Waire 0 · Holmes 5 of 5 measurable rows
WaireHolmes
Record†
0-645-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 36
0
36 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—80%
Times stopped‡levelmax 5
5
5
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4
1.1
4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
6
54

† 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
James Waire: No height on file
Lindell Holmes: 5′8″
Reachnot held
James Waire: No reach on file
Lindell Holmes: 72″
Agenot held
James Waire: No date of birth
Lindell Holmes: 69
Stance
James Waire: Not recorded
Lindell Holmes: Orthodox

James Waire left, Lindell 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
James Waire0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

James Waire: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Waire yet.

Lindell Holmes45 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Lindell Holmes: 45 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (80%) and 9 on the cards (20%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 80%9 on the cards 20%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Waire 6, Lindell Holmes 54 — 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

James Waire last boxed on Jul 29, 1985 — 15,060 days ago. Waire had lost six straight.LLLLL

Obelmejias Nov 1980Holmes May 1981Jr. Jan 1982Ramos Jun 1983Nunn Jul 19851.1 tracked bouts per year

Lindell Holmes last boxed on Jun 17, 1993 — 12,180 days ago. Holmes had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Byrd Mar 1991Horn May 1991Moncrief Nov 1992Eubank Feb 1993Emébé Jun 19934 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Waire and Lindell Holmes ever fought each other?
Yes. James Waire and Lindell Holmes met once on May 27, 1981, and Lindell Holmes won by TKO.
The meeting

LMay 27, 1981 · Holmes · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Waire or Holmes?
James Waire is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lindell Holmes is 45-8. Lindell Holmes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Waire0–60%

Holmes45–884.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Waire or Holmes?
James Waire has 0 knockout wins and Lindell Holmes has 36. Lindell Holmes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Waire0

Holmes3680%

The Numbers ↓
Do Waire and Holmes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Waire and Lindell Holmes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Waire and Holmes?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for James Waire and 54 bouts tracked for Lindell Holmes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Waire6bouts

Holmes54bouts

How They Win ↓

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