Earnie Shavers: 'Ten Count' Record 3-6 (3 KO) vs Ranked Top Ten Opponents -(Ring Magazine)..................Shavers Ranked 06/18/73......Jimmy Ellis ...........# 3.................W 10.........Unranked 12/14/73......Jerry Quarry..........# 4.................KO by 1.....# 6 09/13/75......Ron Lyle.......... .....# 8.................KO by 6.....# 7 04/16/77......Howard "KO" Smith # 7.................KO 2.........# 10 09/29/77......Muhammad Ali World Champion......L 15..........# 5 ........................(World Heavyweight Championship)........................ 03/25/78......Larry Holmes .........# 4.................L 12..........# 7 03/23/79......Ken Norton ............# 2.................KO 1.........Unranked 09/28/79......Larry Holmes WBC Champion.........KO BY 11....# 3 ........................(World Boxing Council Heavyweight Championship).... 06/11/82......James "Quick" Tillis..# 7.................L 10..........Unranked
