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.
Larry Holmes (69-6) and Leon Shaw (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Larry Holmes vs Leon Shaw — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Larry Holmes leads 1–0- Larry Holmes wonHolmes vs ShawDec 9, 1975 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 69-6 (edge)
- Record
- 0-3
- 92% (edge)
- Win %
- 0%
- 44 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 63.77%
- KO rate
- —
- 65%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 3 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.6 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1
- 77
- Bouts tracked
- 3
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
- 6′3″ (190 cm)
- Height
- —
- 81″ (206 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 76
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyLarry Holmes · 71 wins
KO/TKO
46
Decision
25
Other
0
Leon Shaw · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (77 and 3 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Larry Holmes
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Jul 27, 2002
Leon Shaw
LLL
L3 streak · last fought Mar 14, 1978
Common Questions
- Have Larry Holmes and Leon Shaw ever fought each other?
- Yes. Larry Holmes and Leon Shaw met once on December 9, 1975, and Larry Holmes won by KO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, Larry Holmes or Leon Shaw?
- Larry Holmes is 69-6 and Leon Shaw is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. 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, Larry Holmes or Leon Shaw?
- Larry Holmes has 44 knockout wins and Leon Shaw has 0. Larry Holmes has more.
- Do Larry Holmes and Leon Shaw have any common opponents?
- Larry Holmes and Leon Shaw share 1 common opponent: Earnie Shavers. Larry Holmes fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Larry Holmes and Leon Shaw?
- This comparison is drawn from 77 bouts tracked for Larry Holmes and 3 bouts tracked for Leon Shaw. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.