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Keith Holmes Record

41-5
Total Fights46
Wins41
Losses5
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins2
Title Defenses4
Title-Fight KOs5
KO Wins25
KO Losses0
Keith Holmes Record & Stats
Washington, D.C., United States
*
Born
Mar 30, 1969
Age
54
Debut
Oct 26, 1989
Record
41-5
Title Fights
8
KOs
25 (54.3%)
Height
188 cm
Reach
188 cm
Ape Index
0 cm
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
WBC
MD
w2
d4
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Keith Holmes' Record
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      What is Keith Holmes' boxing record?

      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.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      46Jun 6, 200940Willis LockettWinUD
      45Aug 16, 200637Tito MendozaLossUD
      44Oct 7, 200637Cory CummingsWinUD
      43Apr 2, 200536Roman KarmazinLossMD
      42Mar 14, 200434Kuvonchbek ToygonbaevWinMD
      41Oct 4, 200334Jason PapillionWinTKO8
      40Aug 9, 200334Anthony IvoryWinUD
      39Apr 14, 200132Bernard HopkinsLoss *UD
      38Apr 29, 200031Robert McCrackenWin *TKO11
      37Sep 24, 199930Andrew CouncilWin *UD
      36Apr 24, 199930Hacine CherifiWin *TKO7
      35Feb 6, 199929Alex LuboWinTKO1
      34Nov 13, 199829Urbano GurrolaWinUD
      33May 2, 199829Hacine CherifiLoss *UD
      32Dec 5, 199728Paul VadenWin *TKO11
      31Oct 19, 199627Richie WoodhallWin *TKO12
      30Mar 16, 199626Quincy TaylorWin *TKO9
      29Dec 16, 199526Kevin TillmanWinUD
      28Aug 19, 199526Tommy SmallWinTKO4
      27Apr 10, 199526Kenneth KiddWinTKO1
      26Mar 20, 199525Sam WilsonWinKO2
      25Sep 23, 199425Andrew CouncilWinUD
      24Aug 18, 199425Darryl LattimoreWinKO3
      23Jul 20, 199425Eric RhinehartWinTKO2
      22May 11, 199425Kelcie BanksWinTKO3
      21Apr 8, 199425Luis CastilloWinKO2
      20Apr 2, 199425Sam GervinsWinTKO2
      19Mar 16, 199424Bobby HightowerWinKO1
      18Jan 27, 199424Jeff JohnsonWinUD
      17Dec 7, 199324Jim JacksonWinTKO1
      16Dec 2, 199324Reggie StricklandWinUD
      15Nov 12, 199324Harold BennettWinKO3
      14Oct 14, 199324Kimara DavisWinTKO1
      13Oct 8, 199324Ralph SoutherlandWinKO1
      12Sep 25, 199324Nick ParkerWinTKO6
      11Sep 4, 199324Lennell StromanWinKO1
      10Aug 14, 199324Horace WattersonWinPTS
      9Apr 10, 199122Jose Hiram TorresWinTKO6
      8Jul 20, 199021Ronald HammondLossUD
      7Jun 15, 199021Anthony RossWinUD
      6Jun 1, 199021Tom AlexanderWinUD
      5May 17, 199021Anthony GreenWinSD
      4Apr 3, 199021Drew HayesWinPTS
      3Feb 10, 199020Jerome WashingtonWinKO1
      2Nov 15, 198920Roland JonesWinTKO2
      1Oct 26, 198920Kilpatrick MitchellWinUD

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      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.

      Championships

      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.

      Title Wins

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Apr 24, 1999Hacine CherifiMiddleweightWBCTKO
      Mar 16, 1996Quincy TaylorMiddleweightWBCTKO

      Title Defenses

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Apr 29, 2000Robert McCrackenMiddleweightWBCTKO
      Sep 24, 1999Andrew CouncilMiddleweightWBCUD
      Dec 5, 1997Paul VadenMiddleweightWBCTKO
      Oct 19, 1996Richie WoodhallMiddleweightWBCTKO

      Title Losses

      Keith Holmes lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Apr 14, 2001Bernard HopkinsMiddleweightWBCUD
      May 2, 1998Hacine CherifiMiddleweightWBCUD

      Highlights

      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.

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