Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Eddie Hopson vs Gerald Shelton — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT

Eddie Hopson

Gerald Shelton

Eddie Hopson (30-2) and Gerald Shelton (0-3 across 3 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.

Hopson

30

Wins14 KO · 47%

2

Losses

0

Draws32 tracked bouts

Shelton

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Hopson leads 1–0

Eddie Hopson and Gerald Shelton have met 1 time; Hopson leads 1–0.

Eddie Hopson and Gerald Shelton have met 1 time; Hopson leads 1–0.
Met1990Apr 25Series
Eddie HopsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Gerald SheltonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Hopson 4 · Shelton 1 of 5 measurable rows
HopsonShelton
Record†
30-2 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
93.8% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 14
14 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
46.67%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
47%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 32
32
3

† 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

Heightnot held
Eddie Hopson: 5′4″
Gerald Shelton: No height on file
Reachnot held
Eddie Hopson: 62″
Gerald Shelton: No reach on file
Agenot held
Eddie Hopson: Died aged 50
Gerald Shelton: No date of birth
Stance
Eddie Hopson: Southpaw
Gerald Shelton: Not recorded

Eddie Hopson left, Gerald Shelton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Eddie Hopson30 wins · from 32 tracked bouts

Eddie Hopson: 30 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (47%), 15 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 32 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 47%15 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

Gerald Shelton0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Gerald Shelton: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shelton yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie Hopson 32, Gerald Shelton 3 — 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

Eddie Hopson has won three straight since losing by stoppage to Santos Lopez. Hopson last boxed on Nov 19, 1999.WLWWW

Tovar Oct 1995Lopez Nov 1995Martinez Mar 1998Lizárraga Sep 1999Sarmiento Nov 19993 tracked bouts per year

Gerald Shelton last boxed on Sep 10, 1990 — 13,197 days ago. Shelton had lost three straight.LLL

Hopson Apr 1990Norwood Jul 1990Norwood Sep 1990

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eddie Hopson and Gerald Shelton ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddie Hopson and Gerald Shelton met once on April 25, 1990, and Eddie Hopson won by UD.
The meeting

WApr 25, 1990 · Hopson · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hopson or Shelton?
Eddie Hopson is 30-2 and Gerald Shelton is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Eddie Hopson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hopson30–293.8%

Shelton0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hopson or Shelton?
Eddie Hopson has 14 knockout wins and Gerald Shelton has 0. Eddie Hopson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hopson1446.7%

Shelton0

The Numbers ↓
Do Hopson and Shelton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eddie Hopson and Gerald Shelton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hopson and Shelton?
This comparison is drawn from 32 bouts tracked for Eddie Hopson and 3 bouts tracked for Gerald Shelton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hopson32bouts

Shelton3bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

4 suggested matchups

Compare Hopson with…

Compare Shelton with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.