Shavers vs. Young

Post #7 on this four year old thread by Shavers-Young I eyewitness poster wolgast should help establish the fact once and for all that it ended in round three.

http://cyberboxingzone.com/cbzforum/showthread.php?t=4899

 

The Akron-Beacon Journal,
Earnie Shavers hometown newspaper had a proper review of this fight.

Earnie scored a flash-knockdown in the 1st round, over a frightened Jimmy Young,
who went down from a glancing right-hand blow, which did not appear to land.

The young-Philadelphia Heavyweight, was over-matched and out-classed,
as the wind of Earnie's outer-space power floored a scared fighter in the
1st Round.

Earnie Shavers was on the offensive, and Jimmy Young was on the defensive.
No account report of Round 2.

Shavers hurt Jimmy Young early in Round 3, and then dropped him in the corner.
It sounds as though Shavers stalked a hurt Jimmy for the rest of the round, until
late (near the end) in the round he caught Jimmy with a bomb, and dropped him for the count.

 

Anubis, IL Duce, thanks for the info. It clears up everything. It was definitely round 3.

Scartissue

 

scar t,,,,,

One-tough fight to get information on.......WHEW!!!
I had to research Philadelphia Referee's who handled bouts at the Spectrum

Pete Tomasco
Charlie Sgrillo
John 'Jack' Fitzpatrick
Tommy Reid
Hank Cisco

Would like to find out the other 'fight purses',,,,,Jimmy Young got $1000 for a beating.
Jimmy was counted out by Pete Tomasco, according to files.

 

Your research is appreciate Il Duce. Great stuff, thank you.

 

or either Lyle/Young fight for that matter. I don't know why Young's fights are so hard to come by. I would sing a random song spontaneously in order to see Shavers/Young 2, great performance by Young.

 

Problem was, nobody in Philly thought much of Jimmy,,,,,,,,,,,,too bad.

And prior to the Shavers I bout, he had not fought in 11-months.
And take into the fact, that nobody want to fight him,,,,,,,'to slick'

 

Their loss. I love watching Jimmy and that will never change.

 

Me too techks an artist at his craft always been my favorite

 

:goodHe's my fav heavyweight from the 70's/early 80's.

 

Hands up who would fight a prime Earnie Shavers for $1000?

 

A little bit of an account of this fight is in Earnie Shavers book,
'Welcome To The Big Time'

It was definitely the 3rd Round. The big right hand did it.
And Shavers was training at Joe Frazier's Broad Street Gym, 10-days before the fight.

 

Joe frazier did.

 

So Young and Shavers trained at the same gym for the fight?

 

According to Earnie Shavers,
He flew in to Philadelphia from California, 10-days before the
February 19, 1973 fight at the Spectrum.

While training at Joe Frazier's Broad Street Gym, Earnie said that Joe told him Jimmy Young was a cutie, and he was wary of Shavers right hand.

It's in Earnie's book.