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Earnie Shavers vs Mike Rodgers — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Earnie Shavers

Mike Rodgers

Earnie Shavers (76-14-1) and Mike Rodgers (2-2 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

Rodgers

Tracked record

2–2

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 Mike Rodgers have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.

Earnie Shavers and Mike Rodgers have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.
Met1981Sep 9Series
Earnie ShaversFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mike RodgersFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Shavers 5 · Rodgers 1 of 6 measurable rows
ShaversRodgers
Record†
76-14-1 (edge)2-2
Win %0–100%
84.1% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
92.11%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
92% (edge)
50%
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″
Mike Rodgers: No reach on file
Agenot held
Earnie Shavers: Died aged 78
Mike Rodgers: No date of birth
Stance
Earnie Shavers: Orthodox
Mike Rodgers: Not recorded

Earnie Shavers left, Mike Rodgers 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%

Mike Rodgers2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Mike Rodgers: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

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

Mike Rodgers last boxed on Oct 12, 2002 — 8,775 days ago. Rodgers had won two straight since losses to Earnie Shavers and Buster Douglas.LLWW

Shavers Sep 1981Douglas Sep 1981Jimmerson Aug 2001Jimmerson Oct 20020.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Earnie Shavers and Mike Rodgers ever fought each other?
Yes. Earnie Shavers and Mike Rodgers met once on September 9, 1981, and Earnie Shavers won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WSep 9, 1981 · Shavers · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shavers or Rodgers?
Earnie Shavers is 76-14-1 and Mike Rodgers is 2-2 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%

Rodgers2–250%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shavers or Rodgers?
Earnie Shavers has 70 knockout wins and Mike Rodgers has 1. Earnie Shavers has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shavers7092.1%

Rodgers1

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

Shavers91bouts

Rodgers4bouts

How They Win ↓

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