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Earnie Shavers vs Larry Sims — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Earnie Shavers

Larry Sims

Earnie Shavers (76-14-1) and Larry Sims (0-5 across 5 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

Sims

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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 Larry Sims have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.

Earnie Shavers and Larry Sims have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.
Met1987May 16Series
Earnie ShaversFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Larry SimsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Shavers 4 · Sims 1 of 5 measurable rows
ShaversSims
Record†
76-14-1 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
84.1% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
92.11%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
92%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.5
3.5 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 91
91
5

† 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″
Larry Sims: No reach on file
Agenot held
Earnie Shavers: Died aged 78
Larry Sims: No date of birth
Stance
Earnie Shavers: Orthodox
Larry Sims: Not recorded

Earnie Shavers left, Larry Sims 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%

Larry Sims0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Larry Sims: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sims yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earnie Shavers 91, Larry Sims 5 — 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

Larry Sims last boxed on May 16, 1987 — 14,400 days ago. Sims had lost five straight.LLLLL

Cummings Dec 1979Tubbs Nov 1980Bey Jun 1982Tyson Jul 1985Shavers May 19870.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Earnie Shavers and Larry Sims ever fought each other?
Yes. Earnie Shavers and Larry Sims met once on May 16, 1987, and Earnie Shavers won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WMay 16, 1987 · Shavers · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shavers or Sims?
Earnie Shavers is 76-14-1 and Larry Sims is 0-5 across the 5 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%

Sims0–50%

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

Shavers7092.1%

Sims0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shavers and Sims have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Earnie Shavers and Larry Sims have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shavers and Sims?
This comparison is drawn from 91 bouts tracked for Earnie Shavers and 5 bouts tracked for Larry Sims. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shavers91bouts

Sims5bouts

How They Win ↓

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