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Total Fights | 46 |
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Wins | 41 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 5 |
KO Wins | 25 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 19 years and seven months, Keith Holmes fought 46 times with 41 wins and 5 losses.
Holmes retired from professional boxing with a record of 41-5, which included two middleweight world-title wins and four successful title defense fights. He had a 54.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 25 of his total 46 fights being knockout wins, five of which were in title fights. Holmes never lost via knockout.
His last fight was a 8-round unanimous decision victory over Willis Lockett on June 6, 2009.
Some of Holmes' best fights and notable victories include wins over Quincy Taylor, Hacine Cherifi, Andrew Council, Richie Woodhall, Robert McCracken, Paul Vaden, and Anthony Ivory.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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46 | Jun 6, 2009 | 40 | Willis Lockett | Win | UD |
45 | Aug 16, 2006 | 37 | Tito Mendoza | Loss | UD |
44 | Oct 7, 2006 | 37 | Cory Cummings | Win | UD |
43 | Apr 2, 2005 | 36 | Roman Karmazin | Loss | MD |
42 | Mar 14, 2004 | 34 | Kuvonchbek Toygonbaev | Win | MD |
41 | Oct 4, 2003 | 34 | Jason Papillion | Win | TKO8 |
40 | Aug 9, 2003 | 34 | Anthony Ivory | Win | UD |
39 | Apr 14, 2001 | 32 | Bernard Hopkins | Loss * | UD |
38 | Apr 29, 2000 | 31 | Robert McCracken | Win * | TKO11 |
37 | Sep 24, 1999 | 30 | Andrew Council | Win * | UD |
36 | Apr 24, 1999 | 30 | Hacine Cherifi | Win * | TKO7 |
35 | Feb 6, 1999 | 29 | Alex Lubo | Win | TKO1 |
34 | Nov 13, 1998 | 29 | Urbano Gurrola | Win | UD |
33 | May 2, 1998 | 29 | Hacine Cherifi | Loss * | UD |
32 | Dec 5, 1997 | 28 | Paul Vaden | Win * | TKO11 |
31 | Oct 19, 1996 | 27 | Richie Woodhall | Win * | TKO12 |
30 | Mar 16, 1996 | 26 | Quincy Taylor | Win * | TKO9 |
29 | Dec 16, 1995 | 26 | Kevin Tillman | Win | UD |
28 | Aug 19, 1995 | 26 | Tommy Small | Win | TKO4 |
27 | Apr 10, 1995 | 26 | Kenneth Kidd | Win | TKO1 |
26 | Mar 20, 1995 | 25 | Sam Wilson | Win | KO2 |
25 | Sep 23, 1994 | 25 | Andrew Council | Win | UD |
24 | Aug 18, 1994 | 25 | Darryl Lattimore | Win | KO3 |
23 | Jul 20, 1994 | 25 | Eric Rhinehart | Win | TKO2 |
22 | May 11, 1994 | 25 | Kelcie Banks | Win | TKO3 |
21 | Apr 8, 1994 | 25 | Luis Castillo | Win | KO2 |
20 | Apr 2, 1994 | 25 | Sam Gervins | Win | TKO2 |
19 | Mar 16, 1994 | 24 | Bobby Hightower | Win | KO1 |
18 | Jan 27, 1994 | 24 | Jeff Johnson | Win | UD |
17 | Dec 7, 1993 | 24 | Jim Jackson | Win | TKO1 |
16 | Dec 2, 1993 | 24 | Reggie Strickland | Win | UD |
15 | Nov 12, 1993 | 24 | Harold Bennett | Win | KO3 |
14 | Oct 14, 1993 | 24 | Kimara Davis | Win | TKO1 |
13 | Oct 8, 1993 | 24 | Ralph Southerland | Win | KO1 |
12 | Sep 25, 1993 | 24 | Nick Parker | Win | TKO6 |
11 | Sep 4, 1993 | 24 | Lennell Stroman | Win | KO1 |
10 | Aug 14, 1993 | 24 | Horace Watterson | Win | PTS |
9 | Apr 10, 1991 | 22 | Jose Hiram Torres | Win | TKO6 |
8 | Jul 20, 1990 | 21 | Ronald Hammond | Loss | UD |
7 | Jun 15, 1990 | 21 | Anthony Ross | Win | UD |
6 | Jun 1, 1990 | 21 | Tom Alexander | Win | UD |
5 | May 17, 1990 | 21 | Anthony Green | Win | SD |
4 | Apr 3, 1990 | 21 | Drew Hayes | Win | PTS |
3 | Feb 10, 1990 | 20 | Jerome Washington | Win | KO1 |
2 | Nov 15, 1989 | 20 | Roland Jones | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Oct 26, 1989 | 20 | Kilpatrick Mitchell | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
Keith Holmes is a 54-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Washington, D.C., United States on March 30, 1969. He is a former middleweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 19 years — from 1989 to 2009.
Holmes made his professional boxing debut against Kilpatrick Mitchell at the age of 20 on October 26, 1989, defeating Mitchell via 4 round unanimous decision. He went on to win 6 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 2 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on March 16, 1996 after 29 professional fights, against Quincy Taylor for the middleweight WBC title. He defeated Taylor via 9th round TKO to become the middleweight champion of the world.
Holmes has won two world titles at middleweight. For all the details about Holmes' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Holmes had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Willis Lockett on June 6, 2009. Holmes won the fight via 8 round unanimous decision. It's been 14 years, 9 months, and 22 days since this fight.
Holmes had a total of eight world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and four successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost two.
Keith Holmes fought for middleweight world titles in two fights and won both the times, both of them via stoppage. In total, he won two middleweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Apr 24, 1999 | Hacine Cherifi | Middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Mar 16, 1996 | Quincy Taylor | Middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Keith Holmes had six middleweight world-title defense fights. He won four of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Apr 29, 2000 | Robert McCracken | Middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Sep 24, 1999 | Andrew Council | Middleweight | WBC | UD |
Dec 5, 1997 | Paul Vaden | Middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Oct 19, 1996 | Richie Woodhall | Middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Keith Holmes lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Apr 14, 2001 | Bernard Hopkins | Middleweight | WBC | UD |
May 2, 1998 | Hacine Cherifi | Middleweight | WBC | UD |
Holmes fought a total of 46 times during his professional career, which includes 8 world-title fights at the middleweight division. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
March 16, 1996: Holmes wins his first world title by defeating Quincy Taylor via 9th round TKO. He is now the WBC middleweight world champion.
October 19, 1996: Holmes successfully defends the WBC middleweight title against Richie Woodhall, winning the fight via 12th round TKO.
Holmes knocked out 25 of his 46 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 54.3%. Of his total 41 wins, 25 of them were via KO (61%).
Holmes' first world-title win was the WBC belt at middleweight. He defeated Quincy Taylor via 9 round TKO to win the title.
Holmes won two world titles at middleweight.
Holmes had a total of six title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost two times.