Earnie Shavers, recently honored by the International Boxing Association as Puncher of the Century. But it's Shavers' life story that really packs a wallop as the anvil-fisted pugilist pulls no punches in his autobiography, Earnie Shavers: Welcome to the Big Time. Shavers takes readers through the amazing journey of his life, starting in the segregated Deep South when the Ku Klux Klan drove him and his family from their Alabama home. After his family relocated to Ohio, Shavers excelled in high school athletics. Unfortunately, he became friends with hoodlums and appeared headed for a life of crime until a chance encounter led him to the boxing ring. Shavers eventually established himself as a knockout sensation and squared off with other legendary heavyweights like Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, and Ken Norton. Shavers tells readers of his easy-come, easy-go fortune, his six marriages, and his conversion to Christianity. Earnie Shavers: Welcome to the Big Time will provide hours of entertainment for boxing fans and sports fans alike.
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Mike Fitzgerald is an established biographer of boxing legends who co-authored former heavyweight champion Ken Norton's books Going the Distance and Welcome to the Big Time: The Earnie Shavers Story. He also wrote Tale of the Gator, the autobiography of boxing's contending amputee, Craig Bodzianowski. Fitzgerald lives in Janesville. Wisconsin, with his wife Debra and son Ross.
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knock out book,
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This review is from: Earnie Shavers: Welcome to the Big Time (Hardcover)
this book was very good it really showed how different boxing is today than it was mr. shavers was boxing most of the guys had day jobs except the big money people. The book talks about shavers childhood, what led him to boxing, his fights, his feelings, and his conversion to christianity. The stories he wrote were very entertaining. I think the introduction is what really hooked me in, in which he psyched out a younger fighter and knocked him out.
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class act,
This review is from: Earnie Shavers: Welcome to the Big Time (Hardcover)
i had the pleasure of speaking with earnie the other night on the phone. he truly is a class act and a true gentleman. he had fights with many of the classic names of the 70s muhammad ali, larry holmes, jimmy young, ken norton, jimmy ellis, jerry quarry, roy tiger williams and many more.he tells me he has a very successful marketing company in the states now, and suprisingly said don king was a good guy and not to believe what ' all those guys say'. we spoke about his old peers like candy slim jeff merritt whos in bad shape these days and the fearsome roy tiger williams who is now a mr nice guy and a singer with larry holmes in philly. its great how many of these old warriors are doing okay for themselves now. best wishes to 'my mate' earnie, i cant wait to get the book of you persoanlly, i have no doubt its another classic like the books by larry holmes, joe frazier, quick tillis and george foreman.
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