Have Bruce Curry and Ronnie Shields ever fought each other?

Yes. Bruce Curry and Ronnie Shields met once on November 17, 1982, and Bruce Curry won by UD.

Who has the better record, Curry or Shields?

Bruce Curry is 33-8 and Ronnie Shields is 2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bruce Curry has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Curry or Shields?

Bruce Curry has 17 knockout wins and Ronnie Shields has 1. Bruce Curry has more.

Do Curry and Shields have any common opponents?

Bruce Curry and Ronnie Shields share 1 common opponent: Billy Costello. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Curry and Shields?

This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Bruce Curry and 4 bouts tracked for Ronnie Shields. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Bruce Curry vs Ronnie Shields — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Bruce Curry

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Ronnie Shields

Bruce Curry (33-8) and Ronnie Shields (2-2 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Curry

Wins17 KO · 52%

Losses

Draws41 tracked bouts

Shields

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 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

Curry leads 1–0

Bruce Curry and Ronnie Shields have met 1 time; Curry leads 1–0.
Met	1982Nov 17	Series
Bruce CurryFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Ronnie ShieldsFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	UDCurry vs Shields	1Meeting

Curry vs Shields · Nov 17, 1982

The Numbers

Curry 6 · Shields 1 of 7 measurable rows

CurryEdge = longer wingShields

Record^†: 33-8 (edge)2-2
Win %0–100%: 80.5% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 17: 17 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable: 51.52%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 52% (edge)
50%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 5
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1: 1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§max 4.3: 4.3 (edge)
1.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 41: 41
4

† 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: Bruce Curry: 5′10″; Ronnie Shields: No height on file
Reachnot held: Bruce Curry: 67″; Ronnie Shields: No reach on file
Age2 yrs apart: Bruce Curry: 70; Ronnie Shields: 68
Stance: Bruce Curry: Orthodox; Ronnie Shields: Not recorded

Bruce Curry left, Ronnie Shields right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Bruce Curry33 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

17 by KO/TKO 52%16 on the cards 48%

Ronnie Shields2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bruce Curry 41, Ronnie Shields 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

CurryBruce Curry

Opponent

ShieldsRonnie Shields

Bruce Curry
Loss, TKO 10
1984Jan 1984
CostelloBilly CostelloUnited States 40–2 · Super LightweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Ronnie Shields
Loss, UD
1984Jul 1984

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

Bruce Curry last boxed on Apr 29, 1986 — 14,784 days ago. Curry had won once since losing by stoppage to Billy Costello.WWWLW

Haley May 1983Akai Jul 1983Haley Oct 1983Costello Jan 1984Garcia Apr 19864.3 tracked bouts per year

Ronnie Shields last boxed on Mar 25, 1985 — 15,184 days ago. Shields had won once since losses to Bruce Curry and Billy Costello.WLLW

Podgorski Oct 1982Curry Nov 1982Costello Jul 1984Manley Mar 19851.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Bruce Curry and Ronnie Shields ever fought each other?: Yes. Bruce Curry and Ronnie Shields met once on November 17, 1982, and Bruce Curry won by UD.
Who has the better record, Curry or Shields?: Bruce Curry is 33-8 and Ronnie Shields is 2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bruce Curry has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Curry or Shields?: Bruce Curry has 17 knockout wins and Ronnie Shields has 1. Bruce Curry has more.
Do Curry and Shields have any common opponents?: Bruce Curry and Ronnie Shields share 1 common opponent: Billy Costello. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Curry and Shields?: This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Bruce Curry and 4 bouts tracked for Ronnie Shields. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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