Earnie Shavers vs Max Baer prime for prime

Shavers would take the opening few rounds jabbing Baer back to the ropes then bludgeoning him with clubbing bodyshots and full-torqued left hooks. At some point he might catch Baer with his left to the body OH right combo, at which point I can see Baer dropping or getting badly buzzed up. If Baer survives however he begins to assert himself later in the fight with his own slow but powerful jab and following it up with looping OH rights, one of which buzzes the gassed Shavers and leads to a stoppage after a barrage of sloppy but unanswered blows. I'd also expect to see lots of dirty fighting in the clinches here and hitting and holding from both men, which I can see Baer getting the slight better of.

 

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