Have Earnie Shavers and Willie Joe Johnson ever fought each other?

Yes. Earnie Shavers and Willie Joe Johnson met once on April 24, 1971, and Earnie Shavers won by TKO in round 4.

Who has the better record, Shavers or Johnson?

Earnie Shavers is 76-14-1 and Willie Joe Johnson 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.

Who has more knockouts, Shavers or Johnson?

Earnie Shavers has 70 knockout wins and Willie Joe Johnson has 0. Earnie Shavers has more.

Do Shavers and Johnson have any common opponents?

Earnie Shavers and Willie Joe Johnson share 1 common opponent: Vicente Rondón. Earnie Shavers fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shavers and Johnson?

This comparison is drawn from 91 bouts tracked for Earnie Shavers and 5 bouts tracked for Willie Joe Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Earnie Shavers vs Willie Joe Johnson — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Earnie Shavers

Willie Joe Johnson

Earnie Shavers (76-14-1) and Willie Joe Johnson (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 1 common opponent.

Shavers

Wins70 KO · 92%

Losses

Draw91 tracked bouts

Johnson

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 Willie Joe Johnson have met 1 time; Shavers leads 1–0.
Met	1971Apr 24	Series
Earnie ShaversFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Willie Joe JohnsonFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	TKOR4Shavers vs Johnson	1Meeting

Shavers vs Johnson · Apr 24, 1971

The Numbers

Shavers 4 · Johnson 1 of 5 measurable rows

ShaversEdge = longer wingJohnson

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
5 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 3.5: 3.5 (edge)
0.3
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″; Willie Joe Johnson: No reach on file
Agenot held: Earnie Shavers: Died aged 78; Willie Joe Johnson: No date of birth
Stance: Earnie Shavers: Orthodox; Willie Joe Johnson: Not recorded

Earnie Shavers left, Willie Joe Johnson 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

70 by KO/TKO 92%6 on the cards 8%

Willie Joe Johnson0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

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

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Shavers better on 11 shared · Earnie Shavers better on 1

ShaversEarnie Shavers

Opponent

JohnsonWillie Joe Johnson

Earnie Shavers
Win, UD
1972Aug 1972
RondónVicente RondónVenezuela 40–16–1 · Light HeavyweightShavers betterEarnie Shavers better — 1–0 to 0–1
Willie Joe Johnson
Loss, TKO 4
1970Oct 1970

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

Willie Joe Johnson last boxed on Feb 19, 1974 — 19,237 days ago. Johnson had lost five straight.LLLLL

Griffith Feb 1959Patterson Feb 1967Rondón Oct 1970Shavers Apr 1971Scott Feb 19740.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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Have Earnie Shavers and Willie Joe Johnson ever fought each other?: Yes. Earnie Shavers and Willie Joe Johnson met once on April 24, 1971, and Earnie Shavers won by TKO in round 4.
Who has the better record, Shavers or Johnson?: Earnie Shavers is 76-14-1 and Willie Joe Johnson 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.
Who has more knockouts, Shavers or Johnson?: Earnie Shavers has 70 knockout wins and Willie Joe Johnson has 0. Earnie Shavers has more.
Do Shavers and Johnson have any common opponents?: Earnie Shavers and Willie Joe Johnson share 1 common opponent: Vicente Rondón. Earnie Shavers fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shavers and Johnson?: This comparison is drawn from 91 bouts tracked for Earnie Shavers and 5 bouts tracked for Willie Joe Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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