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Joe Shaw vs José Torres — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Shaw

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José Torres

Joe Shaw (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) and José Torres (41-3-1) 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.

Shaw

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Torres

41

Wins29 KO · 71%

3

Losses

1

Draw45 tracked bouts

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

Torres leads 1–0

Joe Shaw and José Torres have met 1 time; Torres leads 1–0.

Joe Shaw and José Torres have met 1 time; Torres leads 1–0.
Met1959Apr 23Series
Joe ShawFighter ALLost0–1W–L
José TorresFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Shaw 0 · Torres 6 of 6 measurable rows
ShawTorres
Record†
1-641-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
14.3%
92.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
71% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4
0.5
4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
7
45

† 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

Agenot held
Joe Shaw: No date of birth
José Torres: Died aged 72
Stance
Joe Shaw: Not recorded
José Torres: Orthodox

Joe Shaw left, José Torres right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Shaw1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Joe Shaw: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

José Torres41 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

José Torres: 41 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (71%) and 12 on the cards (29%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 71%12 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Shaw 7, José Torres 45 — 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

Joe Shaw last boxed on Mar 16, 1970 — 20,672 days ago. Shaw had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Bennie Briscoe.LLLWL

Pender Feb 1959Torres Apr 1959Rodríguez Nov 1968Briscoe Nov 1969Briscoe Mar 19700.5 tracked bouts per year

José Torres has won two straight since back-to-back decision losses to Dick Tiger. Torres last boxed on Jul 14, 1969.WLLWW

Calderwood Oct 1966Tiger Dec 1966Tiger May 1967Dunlop Apr 1968Green Jul 19694 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Shaw and José Torres ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Shaw and José Torres met once on April 23, 1959, and José Torres won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LApr 23, 1959 · Torres · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shaw or Torres?
Joe Shaw is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and José Torres is 41-3-1. José Torres has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shaw1–614.3%

Torres41–3–192.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shaw or Torres?
Joe Shaw has 0 knockout wins and José Torres has 29. José Torres has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shaw0

Torres2970.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shaw and Torres have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Shaw and José Torres have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shaw and Torres?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Joe Shaw and 45 bouts tracked for José Torres. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shaw7bouts

Torres45bouts

How They Win ↓

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