Keith Holmes (boxer)
Keith Holmes | |
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Born | Keith Pickett Holmes March 30, 1969 Washington, D.C., United States |
Nationality | American |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Middleweight |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 46 |
Wins | 41 |
Wins by KO | 25 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 0 |
Keith Pickett Holmes (born March 30, 1969) is an American former boxer.
Holmes began his pro career in 1989 and captured the WBC Middleweight Title by scoring a TKO over Quincy Taylor in 1996. He defended the title twice before losing the belt to Hassine Cherifi in 1998, a decision loss in which he dropped Cherifi once. In 1999, Holmes landed a rematch with Cherifi and regained the belt via a 7th round TKO. Holmes again defended the title twice before losing the belt to middleweight legend Bernard Hopkins in a clear-cut decision loss as part of the Middleweight World Championship Series unification tournament.[1] He continued to fight sparingly after the loss to Hopkins, and in 2005 lost an IBF Light Middleweight Title Eliminator bout against Roman Karmazin in a close majority decision.
References
- ^ Brown, Clifton (16 April 2001). "BOXING; Hopkins Lets His Fighting Do the Talking". The New York Times. p. 7. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ "BOXING; Holmes Relies on Diet in March to Title Bout". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 Feb. 2019.
External links
- Boxing record for Keith Holmes from BoxRec (registration required)