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Antonio Tarver vs Shelby Gross — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Antonio Tarver

Shelby Gross

Antonio Tarver (31-6-1) and Shelby Gross (0-5 across 6 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

Gross

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 6 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 Shelby Gross have met 1 time; Tarver leads 1–0.

Antonio Tarver and Shelby Gross have met 1 time; Tarver leads 1–0.
Met1997Aug 12Series
Antonio TarverFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Shelby GrossFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Tarver 6 · Gross 0 of 6 measurable rows
TarverGross
Record†
31-6-1 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
82.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
71%—
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 11
11 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
2.2 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
6

† 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″
Shelby Gross: No height on file
Reachnot held
Antonio Tarver: 75″
Shelby Gross: No reach on file
Agenot held
Antonio Tarver: 57
Shelby Gross: No date of birth
Stance
Antonio Tarver: Southpaw
Shelby Gross: Not recorded

Antonio Tarver left, Shelby Gross 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%

Shelby Gross0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Shelby Gross: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gross yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Antonio Tarver 40, Shelby Gross 6 — 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 — 4,088 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

Shelby Gross last boxed on Nov 20, 2008 — 6,546 days ago. Gross had lost two straight.LLNCLL

Brown Feb 2005Daniels Oct 2005Gunn Mar 2006Moorer Feb 2008Gunn Nov 20080.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Antonio Tarver and Shelby Gross ever fought each other?
Yes. Antonio Tarver and Shelby Gross met once on August 12, 1997, and Antonio Tarver won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WAug 12, 1997 · Tarver · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tarver or Gross?
Antonio Tarver is 31-6-1 and Shelby Gross is 0-5 across the 6 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%

Gross0–50%

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

Tarver2271%

Gross0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tarver and Gross have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Antonio Tarver and Shelby Gross have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tarver and Gross?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Antonio Tarver and 6 bouts tracked for Shelby Gross. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tarver40bouts

Gross6bouts

How They Win ↓

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