But Stallone persisted, shouting at Shavers “to open up.” Shavers opened up and delivered a punch to Stallone’s stomach, which sent him off to the bathroom vomiting. I thank him profusely and thank Shavers and we turn and walk into the atrium. Der Kampf machte das Cover von Sports Illustrated , mit "ALI'S DESPERATE HOUR" mit einem Foto von Shavers, die mit einer Überhand rechts punkten. 7. Am nächsten Tag ermutigte der Garden Match Maker Teddy Brenner Ali, sich zurückzuziehen, indem er erklärte, der Garden würde niemals wieder ein Angebot machen, einen Ali-Kampf auszurichten. In the second round, Shavers caught Ali with an overhand right. I told Ken, ‘I’m going to destroy you,’ six weeks prior to the fight. “I’m not a fight fan, no sir. Earnie was just a great all around athlete and when the boxing bug bit him, he took to it like a duck to water. And I thank God a million times for the people he put in my life. Der Holmes-Kampf war das letzte große Match für Shavers. Foreman would have gubbed him in the first round and remember that Ron Lyle’s first fight after beating Earnie Shavers was against George. With both of his eyes all but shut, Shavers gutted out an exceptionally wicked ninth. Als sie in den Kampf kamen, hatten Rasierer einen Rekord von 54–5-1 mit 52 Ausscheidungswettkämpfen. I thank God for allowing me to get into the fight game. Shavers begann im späten Alter von 22 Jahren mit dem Boxen. Open up, I want realistic.’ After, he flew me home, first class. Take out the Holmes knockdown from his record, the close fight with a bloated and out of shape Ali, and the one round stoppage of Ellis (who had Shavers on the verge of going down when he was tagged by a desperation punch) and what do you have?—A second rate fighter with no stamina and a tremendous punch. Rasierer kämpften am 29. Oh the man could swing! If we feel comments are offensive, the post will be deleted and continuing offenders will be blocked from the site. I’m telling him about all the other boxing notables that I shook hands with but he is underwhelmed and I falter and then I just leave him alone. Warren, Ohio, USA Shavers is best known for his world title fights with Larry Holmes and … It does not have to be an interview, Shavers can send us a small paragraph with details of his experience with Muhammad. It was 1977 at the Garden and Ali and Shavers put on a show. Afterwards, Holmes said that Shavers’ punches were incomparably mean. Sure, Earnie was capable of knocking out Smokin’ Joe, but Joe was also capable of knocking out Earnie, who didn’t have the best set of whiskers out there. In 89 bouts Shavers posted a sterling 74-14-1 record against the great heavyweights of the 1970′s and 80′s. Brenner dachte auch, dass Rasierer das Nicken gegen Ali verdient hätten. The list of men who can affirm or deny the power of Shavers’ fists is shorter than Shavers would like. I don’t want to impose on this guy. Er hat ein Knockout- to-Win-Verhältnis von 91,8% und ein Knockout-Verhältnis von 76,4%. As hard as Shavers hit, it seems sometimes he couldn’t finish the job, examples are the Lyle fight, the Bernardo Mercado fight, and the championship bout against Holmes. Sylvester Stallone once asked Shavers if he would spar with him as part of the actor’s preparation for Rocky III. The streak led Earnie to his first shot at the big time. Earnie would then run off a 32 fight win streak in which he kayoed 31 opponents. Rasierer haben Ali mehrmals besucht und er sagt, dass er, Ali und George Foreman im Laufe der Jahre sehr gute Freunde geworden sind. This is a place to express and/or debate your boxing views. Der Kampf wurde im Fernsehen zur Hauptsendezeit von NBC gezeigt, das selten Kämpfe zur Hauptsendezeit führte (ABC neigte dazu, die Ali-Kämpfe zu bekommen) und die Wertung der Richter nach jeder Runde bekannt gab, um kontroverse Entscheidungen zu vermeiden. Joe Frazier told me point blank, ‘No way, Earnie.’”. All rights reserved (About Us). Chopping trees increases your hand and back muscles, chopping wood for the winter, thousands of trees, tossing bales of wheat. I couldn’t afford to.”. Holmes brawled his way through Shavers, stopping him in the 11th. In a few years, Pavlik could rank as one of the greatest middleweights of all time. It had something to do with his not paying on a car of a Klansman. Während der frühen 1980er Jahre , während für den Spielfilm vorbereitet Rocky III , Sylvester Stallone erforscht die Möglichkeit , einen echten Schwergewichts - Boxer in der Rolle der Verwendung von James „Clubber“ Lang von Earnie Shavers einlädt , mit ihm Holm. Shavers eliminated Ken in one round.The Holmes – Shavers rematch took place later in 1979. In 1981 Shavers rebounded with a stoppage win over Jeff Sims. Gelegentlich war Shavers nach seiner Pensionierung ein Schiedsrichter für die Fehlerbehebung im professionellen Wrestling .

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