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Earnie Shavers: Welcome to the Big Time

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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.

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.