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Earnie Shavers vs Tommy Howard — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Earnie Shavers

Tommy Howard

Earnie Shavers (76-14-1) and Tommy Howard (0-8 across 8 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

Howard

Tracked record

0–8

counted from 8 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 Tommy Howard have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.

Earnie Shavers and Tommy Howard have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.
Met1975Nov 13Series
Earnie ShaversFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy HowardFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Shavers 4 · Howard 1 of 5 measurable rows
ShaversHoward
Record†
76-14-1 (edge)0-8
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
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.5
3.5 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 91
91
8

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

Earnie Shavers left, Tommy Howard 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%

Tommy Howard0 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Tommy Howard: no tracked wins in the 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Howard yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earnie Shavers 91, Tommy Howard 8 — 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

Tommy Howard last boxed on Sep 30, 1982 — 16,092 days ago. Howard had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Palomino Dec 1974Shavers Nov 1975Esa Jun 1977Seales Jun 1978Kinchen Sep 19820.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Earnie Shavers and Tommy Howard ever fought each other?
Yes. Earnie Shavers and Tommy Howard met once on November 13, 1975, and Earnie Shavers won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

WNov 13, 1975 · Shavers · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shavers or Howard?
Earnie Shavers is 76-14-1 and Tommy Howard is 0-8 across the 8 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%

Howard0–80%

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

Shavers7092.1%

Howard0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shavers and Howard have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Earnie Shavers and Tommy Howard have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shavers and Howard?
This comparison is drawn from 91 bouts tracked for Earnie Shavers and 8 bouts tracked for Tommy Howard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shavers91bouts

Howard8bouts

How They Win ↓

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