Heavyweight · United States
Earnie Shavers 76-14-1 70 KO · 1969–1995
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Earnie Shavers was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Aug 31, 1944. Record 76-14-1 with 70 knockouts over 1969–1995. Earnie Shavers last fought Brian Yates on Nov 24, 1995 and lost by KO in round 2 of 10.
Also: Ерні Шейверс · Эрни Шейверс · أرني شيفرز +14 more ارنى شيفرز · ارنی شاورز · एअर्नी शेवर्स · એર્નીએ શેવર્સ · アーニー・シェーバーズ · 厄尔尼·萨维尔斯 · Earnie Dee Shaver · Earnie Shaver · K.O.-King · The Acorn · The Black Destroyer · Шейверс, Эрни · एअर्नी डी शेवर्स · એર્નીએ ડી શેવર્સ
Born Aug 31, 1944
Died Sep 1, 2022
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 183 cm
Reach 200.5 cm
Nickname The Black Destroyer · The Acorn
Debut Nov 6, 1969
Career 1969–1995
Rounds boxed 374
KO share 92%
Born in Garland, Alabama, U.S.
Titles Nevada State heavyweight title 1971
Boxerbook rating 1682 ± 256 · inactive since Nov 1995Why here › Confirmed bouts 15 of 91
Career record Record
76-14-1, 70 KOs · 1969–1995
Last result L
Brian Yates
KO 2/10 · Ho-Chunk Casino, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
The record 91 bouts, 1969–1995, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 91, Wikipedia (ja) · 3, Wikipedia (es) · 2
L
Brian Yates
KO 2/10 · Ho-Chunk Casino, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Shavers 76-13-1 · Yates —
W
Brian Morgan
MD 8/8 · Georgetowne Club, Omaha, 🇺🇸
Shavers 75-13-1 · Morgan —
W
Larry Sims
KO 2/10 · Technical College Gymnasium, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
Shavers 74-13-1 · Sims —
L
DQ 9/10 · Civic Center, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Shavers 74-12-1 · Chaplin —
W
Phil Clinard
TKO 5/10 · Municipal Auditorium, Pensacola, 🇺🇸
Shavers 73-12-1 · Clinard —
W
Rahim Muhammad
PTS 10/10 · El Paso, Texas, 🇺🇸
Shavers 72-12-1 · Muhammad —
W
KO 3/8 · Assembly Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Shavers 71-12-1 · Jones —
W
Tony Perea
RTD 6/10 · El Paso, Texas, 🇺🇸
Shavers 70-12-1 · Perea —
W
Phil Clinard
TKO 2/8 · Duke's Country, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Shavers 69-12-1 · Clinard —
W
Chuck Gardner
KO 2/10 · Wales, Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Shavers 68-12-1 · Gardner —
L
Walter Santemore
UD 10/10 · Blackham Coliseum, Lafayette, Louisiana, 🇺🇸
Shavers 68-11-1 · Santemore —
W
Billy Joe Thomas
KO 5/10 · Astroarena, Houston, 🇺🇸
Shavers 67-11-1 · Thomas —
L
UD 10/10 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Shavers 67-10-1 · Tillis 21-1-0
W
Danny Sutton
TKO 7/10 · Charleston, South Carolina, 🇺🇸
Shavers 66-10-1 · Sutton —
W
TKO 2/10 · Reunion Arena, Dallas, 🇺🇸
Shavers 65-10-1 · Bugner 52-7-1
W
Ali Haakim
PTS 10/10 · Grand Traverse Hilton, Traverse City, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Shavers 64-10-1 · Haakim —
W
KO 5/10 · Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, 🇧🇸
Shavers 63-10-1 · Sims —
W
Mike Rodgers
KO 2/10 · Civic Center, Lansing, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Shavers 62-10-1 · Rodgers —
W
Terry Mims
KO 2/10 · Civic Center, Saginaw, 🇺🇸
Shavers 61-10-1 · Mims —
W
Ted Wadkins
TKO 2/10 · Auditorium, West Palm Beach, Florida, 🇺🇸
Shavers 60-10-1 · Wadkins —
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TKO 8/10 · Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Shavers 60-9-1 · Cobb 16-0-0
W
Leroy Boone
UD 10/10 · Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
Shavers 59-9-1 · Boone —
L
TKO 7/10 · The Great Gorge Playboy Club Hotel, Vernon Township, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Shavers 59-8-1 · Mercado 24-2-0
L
For WBC heavyweight title TKO 11/15 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Shavers 59-7-1 · Holmes 31-0-0
W
Eddie Parotte
TKO 3/10 · Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Shavers 58-7-1 · Parotte —
W
KO 1/12 · Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Shavers 57-7-1 · Norton 42-5-0
W
Harold Carter
KO 3/10 · Civic Center, Saginaw, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Shavers 56-7-1 · Carter —
W
John Girowski
KO 4/10 · Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, 🇺🇸
Shavers 55-7-1 · Girowski —
W
Harry Terrell
RTD 1/10 · The Dome Civic Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 🇺🇸
Shavers 54-7-1 · Terrell —
L
UD 12/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Shavers 54-6-1 · Holmes 26-0-0
L
For WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Shavers 54-5-1 · Ali 54-2-0
W
Howard Smith
KO 2/10 · The Aladdin, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Shavers 53-5-1 · Smith —
W
KO 10/10 · The Aladdin, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Shavers 52-5-1 · Williams —
W
Henry Clark
TKO 2/10 · Yankee Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Shavers 51-5-1 · Clark —
W
Henry Clark
PTS 10/10 · Pavillon de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Shavers 50-5-1 · Clark —
W
Tommy Howard
KO 3/10 · Howard Johnson's, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Shavers 49-5-1 · Howard —
L
TKO 6/12 · Coliseum, Denver, 🇺🇸
Shavers 49-4-1 · Lyle 30-3-1
W
TKO 3/10 · Steelworkers Hall, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Shavers 48-4-1 · Wright —
W
Rochell Norris
TKO 10/10 · Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, New York, 🇺🇸
Shavers 47-4-1 · Norris —
W
Leon Shaw
KO 1/10 · Sports Stadium, Orlando, 🇺🇸
Shavers 46-4-1 · Shaw —
D
PTS 10/10 · Capital Center, Landover, 🇺🇸
Shavers 46-4-0 · Young 14-4-1
L
Bob Stallings
UD 10/10 · Felt Forum, New York City, 🇺🇸
Shavers 46-3-0 · Stallings —
W
Roy Wallace
KO 1/10 · Civic Auditorium, San Jose, California, 🇺🇸
Shavers 45-3-0 · Wallace —
L
TKO 1/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Shavers 45-2-0 · Quarry 47-6-4
W
KO 1/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Shavers 44-2-0 · Ellis 38-7-0
W
Harold Carter
KO 1/10 · Windsor Arena, Windsor, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Shavers 43-2-0 · Carter —
W
TKO 3/10 · Spectrum, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Shavers 42-2-0 · Young 7-3-0
W
KO 2/10 · High School Gym, Newton Falls, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Shavers 41-2-0 · Caldwell —
W
A J Staples
TKO 1/10 · Moonlight Gardens Ballroom, Canton, 🇺🇸
Shavers 40-2-0 · Staples —
W
UD 10/10 · Memorial Auditorium, Canton, 🇺🇸
Shavers 39-2-0 · Rondón 36-7-1
W
Lou Bailey
KO 2/10 · Armory, Akron, 🇺🇸
Shavers 38-2-0 · Bailey —
W
Bob Felstein
TKO 5/10 · Fieldhouse, Struthers, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Shavers 37-2-0 · Felstein —
W
Charley Polite
KO 3/10 · Packard Music Hall, Warren, 🇺🇸
Shavers 36-2-0 · Polite —
W
Elgie Walters
KO 2/10 · Beaumont, Texas, 🇺🇸
Shavers 35-2-0 · Walters —
W
Ted Gullick
KO 6/10 · Packard Music Hall, Warren, 🇺🇸
Shavers 34-2-0 · Gullick —
W
Del Morris
KO 3/10 · Bryant, South Dakota, 🇺🇸
Shavers 33-2-0 · Morris —
W
Cleo Daniels
KO 2/10 · Packard Music Hall, Warren, 🇺🇸
Shavers 32-2-0 · Daniels —
W
KO 4/10 · Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, 🇺🇸
Shavers 31-2-0 · Henderson —
W
Charlie Boston
KO 2/10 · Dean Chance Gymnasium, Akron, 🇺🇸
Shavers 30-2-0 · Boston —
W
Pat Duncan
Won vacant Nevada State heavyweight title KO 5/10 · Primadonna, Reno, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Shavers 29-2-0 · Duncan —
W
Richard Pittman
KO 1/10 · Silver Slipper, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Shavers 28-2-0 · Pittman —
W
Bill McMurray
KO 1/10 · Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, 🇺🇸
Shavers 27-2-0 · McMurray —
W
Bill Hardney
KO 1/10 · Western Reserve Field, Warren, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Shavers 26-2-0 · Hardney —
W
Chuck Leslie
KO 10/10 · Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Shavers 25-2-0 · Leslie —
W
Willie Johnson
TKO 4/10 · Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, 🇺🇸
Shavers 24-2-0 · Johnson —
W
Mac Harrison
KO 2/10 · Dean Chance Gymnasium, Akron, 🇺🇸
Shavers 23-2-0 · Harrison —
W
Young Agabab
KO 1/10 · Silver Slipper, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Shavers 22-2-0 · Agabab —
W
Steve Carter
TKO 1/10 · Silver Slipper, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Shavers 21-2-0 · Carter —
W
Dick Gosha
TKO 5/10 · Armory, Akron, 🇺🇸
Shavers 20-2-0 · Gosha —
W
Johnny Mac
KO 3/10 · Silver Slipper, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Shavers 19-2-0 · Mac —
W
Nat Shaver
KO 1/6 · Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, 🇺🇸
Shavers 18-2-0 · Shaver —
W
Lee Estes
KO 2/8 · Silver Slipper, Paradise, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Shavers 17-2-0 · Estes —
W
Bunky Akins
KO 1/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Shavers 16-2-0 · Akins —
W
Johnny Mac
TKO 4/8 · Fitch High School Gym, Austintown, 🇺🇸
Shavers 15-2-0 · Mac —
W
Johnny Hudgins
KO 1/6 · Moonlight Gardens Ballroom, Canton, 🇺🇸
Shavers 14-2-0 · Hudgins —
W
Don Branch
KO 1/6 · Cooper Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Shavers 13-2-0 · Branch —
W
Jim Daniels
KO 1/10 · Fitch High School Gym, Austintown, 🇺🇸
Shavers 12-2-0 · Daniels —
L
KO 5/8 · Civic Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska, 🇺🇸
Shavers 12-1-0 · Stander 9-0-0
W
Frank Smith
TKO 4/6 · Moonlight Gardens Ballroom, Canton, 🇺🇸
Shavers 11-1-0 · Smith —
W
Ron Asher
KO 1/8 · Fitch High School Gym, Austintown, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Shavers 10-1-0 · Asher —
W
Art Miller
TKO 1/6 · Moonlight Gardens Ballroom, Canton, 🇺🇸
Shavers 9-1-0 · Miller —
W
Abe Brown
TKO 5/6 · Sports Stadium, Orlando, 🇺🇸
Shavers 8-1-0 · Brown —
W
Joe Byrd
TKO 3/6 · Memorial Auditorium, Canton, 🇺🇸
Shavers 7-1-0 · Byrd —
W
Abe Brown
TKO 1/6 · Armory, Akron, 🇺🇸
Shavers 6-1-0 · Brown —
W
Gene Idelette
TKO 2/6 · Sports Stadium, Orlando, 🇺🇸
Shavers 5-1-0 · Idelette —
W
Chico Froncano
KO 1/4 · Memorial Auditorium, Canton, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Shavers 4-1-0 · Froncano —
W
J. D. McCauley
KO 2/4 · Armory, Akron, 🇺🇸
Shavers 3-1-0 · McCauley —
W
Lee Roy
KO 3/6 · Municipal Auditorium, Rapid City, South Dakota, 🇺🇸
Shavers 2-1-0 · Roy —
L
Stan Johnson
UD 4/4 · Ice Arena, Seattle, Washington, 🇺🇸
Shavers 2-0-0 · Johnson —
W
George Holden
KO 1/6 · Sports Stadium, Orlando, Florida, 🇺🇸
Shavers 1-0-0 · Holden —
W
Silas Howell
TKO 1/4 · Armory, Akron, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Shavers 0-0-0 · Howell —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Earnie Shavers's record? Earnie Shavers's professional record is 76-14-1 with 70 knockouts.
Who did Earnie Shavers fight last? Earnie Shavers last fought Brian Yates on Nov 24, 1995 and lost by KO in round 2 of 10. Sources Boxerbook ID 10721 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10721 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
