How good was earnie shavers?

I guess that Jimmy Braddock and Leon Spinks could have been champion in another era but with a measure of luck.

So the answer is yes, if he met the right champion on the right day.

 

And Shaver's had a better chin then Satterfield, no doubt.

I'd love to see Satterfield get up off the floor after Simms or Mercado unloaded on him. :tired

 

Well they sure didn't match Earnie with too many punchers after that Quarry embarrassment. Just Lyle and Shavers was put down face first in that one. Most of his opponents were untested fringe guys like Howard Smith and that ilk. And nobody thought of Smith as a high pedigreed fighter.

 

well i TOTALLY DISAGREE with you as it comes to tyson and most of all liston.. liston was a way better boxer then people tend to think

 

What's say Earnie got a fight in with Leaon Spinks right after he won the title.

How do them apples fall?

 

I imagine Shavers could have been a champ then.

What punchers should he have fought? He wanted Foreman, he fought Lyle, a brawl that could have gone Shavers' way as well, he fought Ken Norton, Roy Williams and Larry Holmes.

Howard Smith was still a highly rated contender by the Ring Magazine and Shavers walked right through him.

 

He wins, then either loses to Holmes or faces John Tate and/or Mike Weaver at some point.

Which gives me an excellent idea for a poll! Cheers. :good

 

I met him once wen he was workin the doors at Yates in Liverpool here in the UK. Absolute gentleman, think he was kinda surprised anybody knew who he was. seemed smaller height wise than i'd imagined lol still built like a house tho lol

 

Yeah, i think Leon's agressive style and Earnies own little skillset would get The Acorn home.

 

That would make Quarry a much better Champ.
Shavers looked like Dogmeat against him.
Baaad.

 

He could be champ today, i think he would give all the beltholders a very tough fight. Imagine him landing flush on Wlad.

 

Anyone saying Howard Smith wasn't touted at the time is dead wrong, the commentators, Quarry included, showed that very clearly.

Watch the actual fight.