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Bruce Shearer vs Harry Forbes — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bruce Shearer

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Harry Forbes

Bruce Shearer (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Harry Forbes (96-20-27) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Shearer

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Forbes

96

Wins45 KO · 47%

20

Losses

27

Draws144 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

Forbes leads 2–0

Bruce Shearer and Harry Forbes have met 2 times; Forbes leads 2–0.

Bruce Shearer and Harry Forbes have met 2 times; Forbes leads 2–0.
Met1905Sep 51906Sep 4Series
Bruce ShearerFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Harry ForbesFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultKOR5KO2Meetings

The Numbers

Shearer 1 · Forbes 3 of 4 measurable rows
ShearerForbes
Record†
0-296-20-27 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
76.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 45
0
45 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—46.88%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—47%
Times stopped‡max 12
2 (edge)
12
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 144
2
144

† 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 Shearer: No height on file
Harry Forbes: 5′3″
Reachnot held
Bruce Shearer: No reach on file
Harry Forbes: 65″
Agenot held
Bruce Shearer: No date of birth
Harry Forbes: Died aged 67
Stance
Bruce Shearer: Not recorded
Harry Forbes: Orthodox

Bruce Shearer left, Harry Forbes 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 Shearer0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Bruce Shearer: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shearer yet.

Harry Forbes96 wins · from 144 tracked bouts

Harry Forbes: 96 tracked wins — 45 by KO/TKO (47%), 38 on the cards (40%) and 13 by another method or unrecorded (14%). Counted from 144 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

45 by KO/TKO 47%38 on the cards 40%13 by another method or unrecorded 14%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bruce Shearer 2, Harry Forbes 144 — 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

Bruce Shearer last boxed on Sep 4, 1906 — 43,878 days ago. Shearer had lost two straight.LL

Forbes Sep 1905Forbes Sep 1906

Harry Forbes has lost five straight. Forbes last boxed on Jan 27, 1928.LLLLL

Williams Jul 1912McCue Aug 1912Meehan Sep 1913Katz Oct 1922Moore Jan 19284.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bruce Shearer and Harry Forbes ever fought each other?
Yes. Bruce Shearer and Harry Forbes have met 2 times and Harry Forbes leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LSep 4, 1906 · Forbes · KO

LSep 5, 1905 · Forbes · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shearer or Forbes?
Bruce Shearer is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Harry Forbes is 96-20-27. Harry Forbes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shearer0–20%

Forbes96–20–2776.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shearer or Forbes?
Bruce Shearer has 0 knockout wins and Harry Forbes has 45. Harry Forbes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shearer0

Forbes4546.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shearer and Forbes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bruce Shearer and Harry Forbes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shearer and Forbes?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bruce Shearer and 144 bouts tracked for Harry Forbes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shearer2bouts

Forbes144bouts

How They Win ↓

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