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Earnie Shavers vs Oliver Wright — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Earnie Shavers

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Oliver Wright

Earnie Shavers (76-14-1) and Oliver Wright (0-7 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Shavers

76

Wins70 KO · 92%

14

Losses

1

Draw91 tracked bouts

Wright

Tracked record

0–7

counted from 7 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 Oliver Wright have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.

Earnie Shavers and Oliver Wright have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.
Met1975May 8Series
Earnie ShaversFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Oliver WrightFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Shavers 4 · Wright 1 of 5 measurable rows
ShaversWright
Record†
76-14-1 (edge)0-7
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
5 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.5
3.5 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 91
91
7

† 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″
Oliver Wright: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Earnie Shavers: Died aged 78
Oliver Wright: Died aged 71
Stance
Earnie Shavers: Orthodox
Oliver Wright: Not recorded

Earnie Shavers left, Oliver Wright 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%

Oliver Wright0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Oliver Wright: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Wright yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earnie Shavers 91, Oliver Wright 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Shavers better on 1 · Wright better on 1

Shavers

Opponent

Wright

  • Earnie Shavers

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 11

    1979

    Loss, UD

    1978

    HolmesWright better

    Oliver Wright

    Loss, TKO

    1975

  • Earnie Shavers

    Win, UD

    1972

    RondónShavers better

    Oliver Wright

    Loss, UD

    1973

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

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

Oliver Wright has lost seven straight. Wright last boxed on Oct 24, 1980.LLLLL

Bonavena Oct 1974Holmes Apr 1975Shavers May 1975Bobick Jun 1975Witherspoon Oct 19800.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Earnie Shavers and Oliver Wright ever fought each other?
Yes. Earnie Shavers and Oliver Wright met once on May 8, 1975, and Earnie Shavers won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WMay 8, 1975 · Shavers · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shavers or Wright?
Earnie Shavers is 76-14-1 and Oliver Wright is 0-7 across the 7 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%

Wright0–70%

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

Shavers7092.1%

Wright0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shavers and Wright have any common opponents?
Earnie Shavers and Oliver Wright share 2 common opponents: Larry Holmes and Vicente Rondón. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Larry HolmesLL

Vicente RondónWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shavers and Wright?
This comparison is drawn from 91 bouts tracked for Earnie Shavers and 7 bouts tracked for Oliver Wright. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shavers91bouts

Wright7bouts

How They Win ↓

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