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Antonio Tarver vs Mike Sheppard — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Antonio Tarver

Mike Sheppard

Antonio Tarver (31-6-1) and Mike Sheppard (0-17-1 across 18 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Tarver

31

Wins22 KO · 71%

6

Losses

1

Draw40 tracked bouts

Sheppard

Tracked record

0–17–1

counted from 18 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Tarver leads 1–0

Antonio Tarver and Mike Sheppard have met 1 time; Tarver leads 1–0.

Antonio Tarver and Mike Sheppard have met 1 time; Tarver leads 1–0.
Met2013Nov 26Series
Antonio TarverFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mike SheppardFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Tarver 6 · Sheppard 0 of 6 measurable rows
TarverSheppard
Record†
31-6-1 (edge)0-17-1
Win %0–100%
82.9% (edge)
2.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
71%—
Times stopped‡max 14
0 (edge)
14
Title reignsmax 7
7 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
2.2 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
18

† 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

Heightnot held
Antonio Tarver: 6′2″
Mike Sheppard: No height on file
Reachnot held
Antonio Tarver: 75″
Mike Sheppard: No reach on file
Agenot held
Antonio Tarver: 57
Mike Sheppard: No date of birth
Stance
Antonio Tarver: Southpaw
Mike Sheppard: Not recorded

Antonio Tarver left, Mike Sheppard right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Antonio Tarver31 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Antonio Tarver: 31 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (71%) and 9 on the cards (29%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 71%9 on the cards 29%

Mike Sheppard0 wins · from 18 tracked bouts

Mike Sheppard: no tracked wins in the 18 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sheppard yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Antonio Tarver 40, Mike Sheppard 18 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Antonio Tarver last boxed on Aug 14, 2015 — 4,084 days ago. Tarver had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Steve Cunningham.NCNCWWD

Kayode Mar 2012Kayode Jun 2012Sheppard Nov 2013Banks Dec 2014Cunningham Aug 20152.2 tracked bouts per year

Mike Sheppard last boxed on Dec 16, 2017 — 3,229 days ago. Sheppard had lost 17 straight.LLLLL

Washington Dec 2014Wawrzyk Sep 2015Kuzmin Oct 2016Toney May 2017Kean Dec 20171 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Antonio Tarver and Mike Sheppard ever fought each other?
Yes. Antonio Tarver and Mike Sheppard met once on November 26, 2013, and Antonio Tarver won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WNov 26, 2013 · Tarver · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tarver or Sheppard?
Antonio Tarver is 31-6-1 and Mike Sheppard is 0-17-1 across the 18 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Antonio Tarver has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Tarver31–6–182.9%

Sheppard0–17–12.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tarver or Sheppard?
Antonio Tarver has 22 knockout wins and Mike Sheppard has 0. Antonio Tarver has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tarver2271%

Sheppard0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tarver and Sheppard have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Antonio Tarver and Mike Sheppard have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tarver and Sheppard?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Antonio Tarver and 18 bouts tracked for Mike Sheppard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tarver40bouts

Sheppard18bouts

How They Win ↓

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