Earnie Shavers vs Zora Folley primes

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Devon, Sep 24, 2024.


Who wins?

  1. Shavers KO/TKO

    66.7%
  2. Shavers PTS

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. Folley KO/TKO

    11.1%
  4. Folley PTS

    22.2%
  1. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who wins this matchup?
     
    Last edited: Oct 6, 2024
  2. Wladimir

    Wladimir Active Member Full Member

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    Shavers KO 4
     
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  3. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bump.
    Shavers cleans his clock, Folley with that chin in the air, upright, Shavers jabs the body to get low and to get Folley’s chin even more up in the air, then after a while, throws the devastating right after a feint jab to the body.
     
  4. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Same old story, Shavers could blow Zora out quickly (likely?) or Folley could survive the early onslaught (unlikely?) and go on to decision or stop Earnie in the later rounds.

    To survive Shavers early, fair to say you’ve got to at least have reasonable whiskers because Earnie will land one or two power shots at least.

    A still somewhat green Jimmy Young might’ve been calculated to have been cleaned up again in his rematch with Earnie - but it wasn’t so.

    Though of course, Folley wasn’t as adept at defence nor as heavily accented on defence as Young was.
     
  5. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I don't see that Shavers has more than a puncher's chance. He's too slow and and he runs out of gas. I think it's Folley all the way. He's just a much more accomplished boxer.
     
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