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Earnie Shavers vs Steve Carter — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Earnie Shavers

Steve Carter

Earnie Shavers (76-14-1) and Steve Carter (2-3 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 1 common opponent.

Shavers

76

Wins70 KO · 92%

14

Losses

1

Draw91 tracked bouts

Carter

Tracked record

2–3

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 Steve Carter have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.

Earnie Shavers and Steve Carter have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.
Met1971Mar 3Series
Earnie ShaversFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Steve CarterFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Shavers 5 · Carter 1 of 6 measurable rows
ShaversCarter
Record†
76-14-1 (edge)2-3
Win %0–100%
84.1% (edge)
40%
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)
1.8
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″
Steve Carter: No reach on file
Agenot held
Earnie Shavers: Died aged 78
Steve Carter: No date of birth
Stance
Earnie Shavers: Orthodox
Steve Carter: Not recorded

Earnie Shavers left, Steve Carter 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%

Steve Carter2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Steve Carter: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earnie Shavers 91, Steve Carter 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Shavers better on 1

Shavers

Opponent

Carter

  • Earnie Shavers

    Win, KO 1

    1979

    NortonShavers better

    Steve Carter

    Loss, TKO 3

    1971

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

Steve Carter last boxed on May 16, 1973 — 19,513 days ago. Carter had won one in a row before losing a decision to Boone Kirkman.WLLWL

White Aug 1970Shavers Mar 1971Norton Jun 1971Corletti Mar 1972Kirkman May 19731.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Earnie Shavers and Steve Carter ever fought each other?
Yes. Earnie Shavers and Steve Carter met once on March 3, 1971, and Earnie Shavers won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WMar 3, 1971 · Shavers · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shavers or Carter?
Earnie Shavers is 76-14-1 and Steve Carter is 2-3 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%

Carter2–340%

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

Shavers7092.1%

Carter0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shavers and Carter have any common opponents?
Earnie Shavers and Steve Carter share 1 common opponent: Ken Norton. Earnie Shavers fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Ken NortonWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shavers and Carter?
This comparison is drawn from 91 bouts tracked for Earnie Shavers and 5 bouts tracked for Steve Carter. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shavers91bouts

Carter5bouts

How They Win ↓

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