Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Joe Hathaway vs Larry Holmes — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Hathaway

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Larry Holmes

Joe Hathaway (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Hathaway

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Joe Hathaway and Larry Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.

Joe Hathaway and Larry Holmes have met 1 time; Holmes leads 1–0.
Met1974Dec 11Series
Joe HathawayFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Larry HolmesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Hathaway 0 · Holmes 4 of 4 measurable rows
HathawayHolmes
Record†
0-169-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
92% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
0
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—63.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 76
1
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
Joe Hathaway: No height on file
Larry Holmes: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Joe Hathaway: No reach on file
Larry Holmes: 81″
Agenot held
Joe Hathaway: No date of birth
Larry Holmes: 76
Stance
Joe Hathaway: Not recorded
Larry Holmes: Orthodox

Joe Hathaway 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
Joe Hathaway0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Joe Hathaway: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hathaway yet.

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 — Joe Hathaway 1, 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

Joe Hathaway last boxed on Dec 11, 1974 — 18,954 days ago. Hathaway had lost the most recent, to Larry Holmes.L

Holmes Dec 1974

Larry Holmes last boxed on Jul 27, 2002 — 8,864 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 Joe Hathaway and Larry Holmes ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Hathaway and Larry Holmes met once on December 11, 1974, and Larry Holmes won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LDec 11, 1974 · Holmes · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hathaway or Holmes?
Joe Hathaway is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Hathaway0–10%

Holmes69–692%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hathaway or Holmes?
Joe Hathaway has 0 knockout wins and Larry Holmes has 44. Larry Holmes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hathaway0

Holmes4463.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hathaway and Holmes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Hathaway and Larry Holmes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hathaway and Holmes?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Joe Hathaway and 76 bouts tracked for Larry Holmes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hathaway1bout

Holmes76bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

3 suggested matchups

Compare Holmes with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.