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A J Staples vs Earnie Shavers — record, stats and common opponents compared

A J Staples

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Earnie Shavers

A J Staples (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Earnie Shavers (76-14-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Staples

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Shavers

76

Wins70 KO · 92%

14

Losses

1

Draw91 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

Shavers leads 1–0

A J Staples and Earnie Shavers have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.

A J Staples and Earnie Shavers have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.
Met1972Sep 19Series
A J StaplesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Earnie ShaversFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Staples 1 · Shavers 4 of 5 measurable rows
StaplesShavers
Record†
0-376-14-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 70
0
70 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—92.11%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—92%
Times stopped‡max 7
2 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.5
1.3
3.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 91
3
91

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Reachnot held
A J Staples: No reach on file
Earnie Shavers: 79″
Agenot held
A J Staples: No date of birth
Earnie Shavers: Died aged 78
Stance
A J Staples: Not recorded
Earnie Shavers: Orthodox

A J Staples left, Earnie Shavers right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
A J Staples0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

A J Staples: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Staples yet.

Earnie Shavers76 wins · from 91 tracked bouts

Earnie Shavers: 76 tracked wins — 70 by KO/TKO (92%) and 6 on the cards (8%). Counted from 91 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

70 by KO/TKO 92%6 on the cards 8%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — A J Staples 3, Earnie Shavers 91 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Staples

Opponent

Shavers

  • A J Staples

    Loss, TKO 2

    1971

    LyleEven

    Earnie Shavers

    Loss, TKO 6

    1975

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

A J Staples last boxed on Sep 19, 1972 — 19,757 days ago. Staples had lost three straight.LLL

White May 1970Lyle Apr 1971Shavers Sep 19721.3 tracked bouts per year

Earnie Shavers had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Brian Yates. Shavers last boxed on Nov 24, 1995.WLWWL

Clinard Feb 1983Chaplin Mar 1983Sims May 1987Morgan Sep 1995Yates Nov 19953.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have A J Staples and Earnie Shavers ever fought each other?
Yes. A J Staples and Earnie Shavers met once on September 19, 1972, and Earnie Shavers won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LSep 19, 1972 · Shavers · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Staples or Shavers?
A J Staples is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Earnie Shavers is 76-14-1. Earnie Shavers has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Staples0–30%

Shavers76–14–184.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Staples or Shavers?
A J Staples has 0 knockout wins and Earnie Shavers has 70. Earnie Shavers has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Staples0

Shavers7092.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Staples and Shavers have any common opponents?
A J Staples and Earnie Shavers share 1 common opponent: Ron Lyle. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Ron LyleLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Staples and Shavers?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for A J Staples and 91 bouts tracked for Earnie Shavers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Staples3bouts

Shavers91bouts

How They Win ↓

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