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Earnie Shavers vs Elmo Henderson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Earnie Shavers

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Elmo Henderson

Earnie Shavers (76-14-1) and Elmo Henderson (1-3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Shavers

76

Wins70 KO · 92%

14

Losses

1

Draw91 tracked bouts

Henderson

Tracked record

1–3

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

Shavers leads 1–0

Earnie Shavers and Elmo Henderson have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.

Earnie Shavers and Elmo Henderson have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.
Met1971Oct 28Series
Earnie ShaversFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Elmo HendersonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Shavers 5 · Henderson 1 of 6 measurable rows
ShaversHenderson
Record†
76-14-1 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
84.1% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
92.11%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
92% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.5
3.5 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 91
91
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

Reachnot held
Earnie Shavers: 79″
Elmo Henderson: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Earnie Shavers: Died aged 78
Elmo Henderson: 91
Stance
Earnie Shavers: Orthodox
Elmo Henderson: Not recorded

Earnie Shavers left, Elmo Henderson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Elmo Henderson1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Elmo Henderson: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earnie Shavers 91, Elmo Henderson 4 — 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

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

Elmo Henderson last boxed on Apr 4, 1979 — 17,366 days ago. Henderson had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Cokes Oct 1958Ramos May 1971Shavers Oct 1971Thomas Apr 19790.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Earnie Shavers and Elmo Henderson ever fought each other?
Yes. Earnie Shavers and Elmo Henderson met once on October 28, 1971, and Earnie Shavers won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

WOct 28, 1971 · Shavers · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shavers or Henderson?
Earnie Shavers is 76-14-1 and Elmo Henderson is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Earnie Shavers has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shavers76–14–184.1%

Henderson1–325%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shavers or Henderson?
Earnie Shavers has 70 knockout wins and Elmo Henderson has 0. Earnie Shavers has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shavers7092.1%

Henderson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shavers and Henderson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Earnie Shavers and Elmo Henderson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shavers and Henderson?
This comparison is drawn from 91 bouts tracked for Earnie Shavers and 4 bouts tracked for Elmo Henderson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shavers91bouts

Henderson4bouts

How They Win ↓

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