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Cecil Shorts vs Eddie Perkins — record, stats and common opponents compared

Cecil Shorts

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Eddie Perkins

Cecil Shorts (2-3 across 5 tracked bouts) and Eddie Perkins (74-20-3) 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.

Shorts

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Perkins

74

Wins21 KO · 28%

20

Losses

3

Draws98 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

Series level 1–1

Cecil Shorts and Eddie Perkins have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Cecil Shorts and Eddie Perkins have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1958May 141958Sep 24Series
Cecil ShortsFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Eddie PerkinsFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultUDTKOR22Meetings

The Numbers

Shorts 0 · Perkins 7 of 7 measurable rows
ShortsPerkins
Record†
2-374-20-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
77.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
28% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.3
1.6
5.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 98
5
98

† 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
Cecil Shorts: No height on file
Eddie Perkins: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Cecil Shorts: No reach on file
Eddie Perkins: 68″
Agenot held
Cecil Shorts: No date of birth
Eddie Perkins: Died aged 75
Stance
Cecil Shorts: Not recorded
Eddie Perkins: Orthodox

Cecil Shorts left, Eddie Perkins right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cecil Shorts2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Cecil Shorts: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Eddie Perkins74 wins · from 98 tracked bouts

Eddie Perkins: 74 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (28%) and 53 on the cards (72%). Counted from 98 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 28%53 on the cards 72%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cecil Shorts 5, Eddie Perkins 98 — 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

Cecil Shorts last boxed on Jul 10, 1961 — 23,845 days ago. Shorts had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Perkins May 1958Perkins Sep 1958Paret Mar 1959Rodríguez May 1959Akins Jul 19611.6 tracked bouts per year

Eddie Perkins has lost four straight, after one straight win. Perkins last boxed on May 31, 1975.WLLLL

Sorimachi May 1974Mattioli Aug 1974Malinga Oct 1974Tsujimoto Nov 1974Csandl May 19755.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cecil Shorts and Eddie Perkins ever fought each other?
Yes. Cecil Shorts and Eddie Perkins have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LSep 24, 1958 · Perkins · TKO R2

WMay 14, 1958 · Shorts · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shorts or Perkins?
Cecil Shorts is 2-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Eddie Perkins is 74-20-3. Eddie Perkins has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shorts2–340%

Perkins74–20–377.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shorts or Perkins?
Cecil Shorts has 0 knockout wins and Eddie Perkins has 21. Eddie Perkins has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shorts0

Perkins2128.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shorts and Perkins have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cecil Shorts and Eddie Perkins have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shorts and Perkins?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Cecil Shorts and 98 bouts tracked for Eddie Perkins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shorts5bouts

Perkins98bouts

How They Win ↓

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