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Charley Polite (0-12 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 1 common opponent.

Charley Polite vs Earnie Shavers — record, stats and common opponents compared

Charley Polite

Tracked record

0–12

12 tracked bouts

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Earnie Shavers

76–14–1

92 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

Earnie Shavers leads 1–0

The Numbers

0-12
Record
76-14-1 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

0%
Win %
84.1% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
70 (edge)
KO rate
92.11%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
92%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

9
Times stopped
7 (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
1
Bouts per year
3.5 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

12
Bouts tracked
92

Tale of the Tape

Reach
79″ (201 cm)
Age
82
Stance
Orthodox
Division
Heavyweight
Nationality
United States

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Charley Polite · 0 wins

No tracked wins yet.

Earnie Shavers · 76 wins

KO/TKO
70
Decision
6
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (12 and 92 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared
  • Charley Polite

    LTKO · Dec 1969

    Joe Bugner

    Earnie Shavers

    WTKO · May 1982

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Charley Polite

LLLLL

L12 streak · last fought Oct 4, 1978

Earnie Shavers

LWWLW

L1 streak · last fought Nov 24, 1995

Common Questions

Have Charley Polite and Earnie Shavers ever fought each other?
Yes. Charley Polite and Earnie Shavers met once on April 6, 1972, and Earnie Shavers won by KO in round 3.
Who has the better record, Charley Polite or Earnie Shavers?
Charley Polite is 0-12 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.
Who has more knockouts, Charley Polite or Earnie Shavers?
Charley Polite has 0 knockout wins and Earnie Shavers has 70. Earnie Shavers has more.
Do Charley Polite and Earnie Shavers have any common opponents?
Charley Polite and Earnie Shavers share 1 common opponent: Joe Bugner. Earnie Shavers fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Charley Polite and Earnie Shavers?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Charley Polite and 92 bouts tracked for Earnie Shavers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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