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Brian Yates vs Earnie Shavers — record, stats and common opponents compared

Brian Yates

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Earnie Shavers

Brian Yates (1-11 across 12 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Yates

Tracked record

1–11

counted from 12 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

Yates leads 1–0

Brian Yates and Earnie Shavers have met 1 time; Yates leads 1–0.

Brian Yates and Earnie Shavers have met 1 time; Yates leads 1–0.
Met1995Nov 24Series
Brian YatesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Earnie ShaversFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Yates 2 · Shavers 4 of 6 measurable rows
YatesShavers
Record†
1-1176-14-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
8.3%
84.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 70
1
70 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—92.11%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
92%
Times stopped‡max 7
5 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.5
2.2
3.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 91
12
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
Brian Yates: No reach on file
Earnie Shavers: 79″
Agenot held
Brian Yates: No date of birth
Earnie Shavers: Died aged 78
Stance
Brian Yates: Not recorded
Earnie Shavers: Orthodox

Brian Yates 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
Brian Yates1 win · from 12 tracked bouts

Brian Yates: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — Brian Yates 12, Earnie Shavers 91 — 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

Brian Yates last boxed on Apr 24, 2001 — 9,309 days ago. Yates had lost 11 straight.LLLLL

Cooper Jun 1999Blades Nov 1999Ray Feb 2000Linberger Apr 2001Norris Apr 20012.2 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 Brian Yates and Earnie Shavers ever fought each other?
Yes. Brian Yates and Earnie Shavers met once on November 24, 1995, and Brian Yates won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WNov 24, 1995 · Yates · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Yates or Shavers?
Brian Yates is 1-11 across the 12 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 %

Yates1–118.3%

Shavers76–14–184.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Yates or Shavers?
Brian Yates has 1 knockout win and Earnie Shavers has 70. Earnie Shavers has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Yates1

Shavers7092.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Yates and Shavers have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Brian Yates and Earnie Shavers have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Yates and Shavers?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Brian Yates and 91 bouts tracked for Earnie Shavers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Yates12bouts

Shavers91bouts

How They Win ↓

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