Heavyweight · United States
Larry Holmes 69-6-0 44 KO · 1973–2002
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Larry Holmes was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Nov 3, 1949. Record 69-6-0 with 44 knockouts over 1973–2002. World titles: IBF heavyweight (1983–1985), WBC heavyweight (1978–1983). Larry Holmes last fought Eric Esch on Jul 27, 2002 and won by UD over 10 rounds.
Also: Λάρι Χολμς · Лари Холмс · Ларри Холмс +17 more Ларрі Голмс · Лары Холмс · לארי הולמס · لارى هولمز · لاري هولمز · لری هولمز · ল্যারি হোমস · ラリー・ホームズ · 拉里·霍姆斯 · 래리 홈즈 · Easton Assassin · Holmes · The Easton Assassin · Ο δολοφόνος του Ίστον · Холмс Ларри · Холмс, Ларри · 拉利·霍姆斯
Born Nov 3, 1949
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 190 cm
Reach 205.5 cm
Nickname The Easton Assassin
Debut Mar 21, 1973
Career 1973–2002
Rounds boxed 579
KO share 64%
Born in Cuthbert, Georgia, U.S.
Titles IBF, WBC heavyweight · 1978–1985
Boxerbook rating 2150 ± 222 · inactive since Jul 2002Why here › Confirmed bouts 28 of 75
Career record Record
69-6-0, 44 KOs · 1973–2002
Last result W
UD 10/10 · Scope, Norfolk, Virginia, 🇺🇸
The record 75 bouts, 1973–2002, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 75, Wikipedia (ja) · 75, Wikipedia (ru) · 4, Wikipedia (es) · 1
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UD 10/10 · Scope, Norfolk, Virginia, 🇺🇸
Holmes 68-6-0 · Esch 65-2-3
W
TKO 6/10 · Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, 🇺🇸
Holmes 67-6-0 · Weaver 41-17-1
W
TKO 8/10 · Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, 🇺🇸
Holmes 66-6-0 · Smith 44-19-1
W
SD 10/10 · The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Holmes 65-6-0 · Harris 9-8-2
L
For IBO heavyweight title SD 12/12 · Brøndby Hall, Copenhagen, 🇩🇰
Holmes 65-5-0 · Nielsen —
W
Anthony Willis
KO 8/10 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Holmes 64-5-0 · Willis —
W
Quinn Navarre
UD 10/10 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Holmes 63-5-0 · Navarre —
W
Curtis Sheppard
KO 4/10 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Holmes 62-5-0 · Sheppard —
W
UD 10/10 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Holmes 61-5-0 · Donaldson —
L
For WBC heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 61-4-0 · McCall 25-5-0
W
UD 10/10 · Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Shakopee, Minnesota, 🇺🇸
Holmes 60-4-0 · Ferguson —
W
Garing Lane
UD 10/10 · Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, 🇺🇸
Holmes 59-4-0 · Lane —
W
UD 10/10 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Holmes 58-4-0 · Ribalta 33-9-1
W
Paul Poirier
RTD 6/10 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Holmes 57-4-0 · Poirier —
W
Ken Lakusta
RTD 7/10 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Holmes 56-4-0 · Lakusta —
W
Rocky Pepeli
RTD 4/10 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 🇺🇸
Holmes 55-4-0 · Pepeli —
W
UD 10/10 · Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi, 🇺🇸
Holmes 54-4-0 · Martin —
L
For WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles UD 12/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 54-3-0 · Holyfield 27-0-0
W
UD 12/12 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holmes 53-3-0 · Mercer 18-0-0
W
Jamie Howe
TKO 1/10 · Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida, 🇺🇸
Holmes 52-3-0 · Howe —
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Art Card
UD 10/10 · Marriott's World Center, Orlando, Florida, 🇺🇸
Holmes 51-3-0 · Card —
W
Michael Greer
KO 4/10 · Neal S. Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, 🇺🇸
Holmes 50-3-0 · Greer —
W
Eddie Gonzales
UD 10/10 · Hyatt Regency, Tampa, Florida, 🇺🇸
Holmes 49-3-0 · Gonzales —
W
Tim Anderson
TKO 1/10 · The Diplomat, Hollywood, Florida, 🇺🇸
Holmes 48-3-0 · Anderson —
L
For WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles TKO 4/12 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Holmes 48-2-0 · Tyson 32-0-0
L
For IBF and The Ring heavyweight titles SD 15/15 · Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, 🇺🇸
Holmes 48-1-0 · Spinks 28-0-0
L
Lost IBF and The Ring heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Riviera, Winchester, 🇺🇸
Holmes 48-0-0 · Spinks 27-0-0
W
Retained IBF and The Ring heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Holmes 47-0-0 · Williams 16-1-0
W
Retained IBF and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 10/15 · Riviera, Winchester, 🇺🇸
Holmes 46-0-0 · Bey —
W
For IBF heavyweight title TKO 12/15 · Riviera, Winchester, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Holmes 45-0-0 · Smith 14-1-0
W
Retained Ring heavyweight title TKO 1/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 44-0-0 · Frazier 11-0-0
W
Retained WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 5/12 · Broadway by the Bay Theater, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Holmes 43-0-0 · Frank 20-0-1
W
For WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles SD 12/12 · Dunes, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 42-0-0 · Witherspoon 15-0-0
W
Retained WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles UD 12/12 · Watres Armory, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Holmes 41-0-0 · Rodriguez —
W
Retained WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Astrodome, Houston, Texas, 🇺🇸
Holmes 40-0-0 · Cobb 20-2-0
W
Retained WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 13/15 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 39-0-0 · Cooney 25-0-0
W
Retained WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 11/15 · Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Holmes 38-0-0 · Snipes —
W
Retained WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 3/15 · Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Holmes 37-0-0 · Spinks 10-2-2
W
Retained WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 36-0-0 · Berbick 18-1-1
W
Retained WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles RTD 10/15 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 35-0-0 · Ali 56-3-0
W
Retained WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 7/15 · Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, Minnesota, 🇺🇸
Holmes 34-0-0 · LeDoux —
W
Retained WBC heavyweight title TKO 8/15 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 33-0-0 · Jones —
W
Retained WBC heavyweight title KO 6/15 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 32-0-0 · Zanon —
W
Retained WBC heavyweight title TKO 11/15 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 31-0-0 · Shavers 59-7-1
W
Retained WBC heavyweight title TKO 12/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Holmes 30-0-0 · Weaver 19-8-0
W
For WBC heavyweight title TKO 7/15 · Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, 🇺🇸
Holmes 29-0-0 · Ocasio 13-0-0
W
Retained WBC heavyweight title KO 7/15 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 28-0-0 · Evangelista 23-2-0
W
Won WBC heavyweight title SD 15/15 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 27-0-0 · Norton 41-4-0
W
UD 12/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 26-0-0 · Shavers 54-6-1
W
Ibar Arrington
TKO 10/10 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Holmes 25-0-0 · Arrington —
W
Fred Houpe
TKO 7/10 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Holmes 24-0-0 · Houpe —
W
Horace Robinson
TKO 5/10 · Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, 🇵🇷
Holmes 23-0-0 · Robinson —
W
Tom Prater
UD 8/8 · Pensacola, Florida, 🇺🇸
Holmes 22-0-0 · Prater —
W
UD 10/10 · Capital Centre, Landover, 🇺🇸
Holmes 21-0-0 · Williams —
W
Fred Askew
TKO 2/10 · Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, 🇺🇸
Holmes 20-0-0 · Askew —
W
Joe Gholston
TKO 8/10 · Allan P. Kirby Field House, Easton, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Holmes 19-0-0 · Gholston —
W
TKO 3/10 · Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, 🇵🇷
Holmes 18-0-0 · Joiner —
W
Leon Shaw
KO 1/10 · D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., 🇺🇸
Holmes 17-0-0 · Shaw —
W
Rodney Bobick
TKO 6/10 · Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, 🇵🇭
Holmes 16-0-0 · Bobick —
W
Charlie James
PTS 10/10 · International Center, Honolulu, 🇺🇸
Holmes 15-0-0 · James —
W
Obie English
TKO 7/10 · Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Holmes 14-0-0 · English —
W
Ernie Smith
KO 3/8 · Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Holmes 13-0-0 · Smith —
W
Robert Yarborough
KO 4 · Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Holmes 12-0-0 · Yarborough —
W
TKO 3 · International Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 🇺🇸
Holmes 11-0-0 · Wright —
W
KO 1/8 · Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Holmes 10-0-0 · Green —
W
Joe Hathaway
TKO 1/8 · Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Holmes 9-0-0 · Hathaway —
W
Bob Mashburn
TKO 7/8 · Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Holmes 8-0-0 · Mashburn —
W
Howard Darlington
TKO 4/6 · Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Holmes 7-0-0 · Darlington —
W
Kevin Isaac
TKO 3/6 · Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Holmes 6-0-0 · Isaac —
W
Jerry Judge
PTS 6/6 · Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Holmes 5-0-0 · Judge —
W
PTS 6/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Holmes 4-0-0 · Bozic 12-1-0
W
Don Branch
PTS 6/6 · Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Holmes 3-0-0 · Branch —
W
Curtis Whitner
TKO 1/4 · Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Holmes 2-0-0 · Whitner —
W
Art Savage
TKO 3/4 · Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Holmes 1-0-0 · Savage —
W
Rodell Dupree
PTS 4/4 · Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Holmes 0-0-0 · Dupree —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
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Facts
What is Larry Holmes's record? Larry Holmes's professional record is 69-6-0 with 44 knockouts.
Who did Larry Holmes fight last? Larry Holmes last fought Eric Esch on Jul 27, 2002 and won by UD over 10 rounds.
Which world titles has Larry Holmes held? Larry Holmes has held 2 world title reigns: IBF heavyweight (1983–1985), WBC heavyweight (1978–1983). Sources Boxerbook ID 11143 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/11143 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
