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Larry Holmes (69-6) and Oliver Wright (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Larry Holmes vs Oliver Wright — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Larry Holmes

69–6

77 tracked bouts

JAMAICA

Oliver Wright

Tracked record

0–5

5 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

Larry Holmes leads 1–0

The Numbers

69-6 (edge)
Record
0-5

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

92% (edge)
Win %
0%
44 (edge)
Wins by knockout
0
63.77%
KO rate
65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

1 (edge)
Times stopped
4

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

3 (edge)
Title reigns
0
2.6 (edge)
Bouts per year
0.7

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

77
Bouts tracked
5

Tale of the Tape

6′3″ (190 cm)
Height
81″ (206 cm)
Reach
76
Age
79
Orthodox
Stance
Heavyweight
Division
United States
Nationality
Jamaica

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Larry Holmes · 71 wins

KO/TKO
46
Decision
25
Other
0

Oliver Wright · 0 wins

No tracked wins yet.

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (77 and 5 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Larry Holmes

    WSD · May 1983

    Tim Witherspoon

    Oliver Wright

    LTKO R2 · Oct 1980
  • Larry Holmes

    WTKO R11 · Sep 1979WUD · Mar 1978

    Earnie Shavers

    Oliver Wright

    LTKO R3 · May 1975

Shared 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

Oliver Wright

LLLLL

L5 streak · last fought Oct 24, 1980

Common Questions

Have Larry Holmes and Oliver Wright ever fought each other?
Yes. Larry Holmes and Oliver Wright met once on April 9, 1975, and Larry Holmes won by TKO.
Who has the better record, Larry Holmes or Oliver Wright?
Larry Holmes is 69-6 and Oliver Wright is 0-5 across the 5 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 Oliver Wright?
Larry Holmes has 44 knockout wins and Oliver Wright has 0. Larry Holmes has more.
Do Larry Holmes and Oliver Wright have any common opponents?
Larry Holmes and Oliver Wright share 2 common opponents: Tim Witherspoon and Earnie Shavers. Larry Holmes fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Larry Holmes and Oliver Wright?
This comparison is drawn from 77 bouts tracked for Larry Holmes and 5 bouts tracked for Oliver Wright. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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