Ken Norton vs. Earnie Shavers - Revision history

Artur128 at 22:04, 27 September 2025

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Artur128 at 21:58, 27 September 2025

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-[[File:ShaversvsNorton.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Shavers batters Norton along the ropes]][[File:Shavers-Norton.jpg|275px|right|300px||thumb|Shavers drops Norton for the second and final time]]
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 <fight>25994</fight>
 *[[:File:1979-03-23 - Larry Holmes vs. Ossie Ocasio (Poster).JPG|Fight Poster #2]], [[:File:Earnie Shavers vs. Ken Norton 0006.jpg|Video Image]]
 ==Notes==
 *Deal signed by January 26.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/719819471/]
 *The fight was televised by [[ABC (American Broadcasting Company)|ABC]] in prime time.

Artur128 at 21:54, 27 September 2025

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
			*Deal signed by January 26.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/719819471/]
	*The fight was televised by [[ABC (American Broadcasting Company)\|ABC]] in prime time.		*The fight was televised by [[ABC (American Broadcasting Company)\|ABC]] in prime time.
	*A crowd of 5,376 paid a gross gate of $375,000.		*A crowd of 5,376 paid a gross gate of $375,000.

Slugger at 12:14, 11 June 2020

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	[[File:ShaversvsNorton.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|Shavers batters Norton along the ropes]][[File:Shavers-Norton.jpg\|275px\|right\|300px\|\|thumb\|Shavers drops Norton for the second and final time]]		[[File:ShaversvsNorton.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|Shavers batters Norton along the ropes]][[File:Shavers-Norton.jpg\|275px\|right\|300px\|\|thumb\|Shavers drops Norton for the second and final time]]
	<fight>25994</fight>		<fight>25994</fight>
	*[[:File:Earnie Shavers vs. Ken Norton 0006.jpg\|Video ~~image~~]]		*[[:File:1979-03-23 - Larry Holmes vs. Ossie Ocasio (Poster).JPG\|Fight Poster #2]], [[:File:Earnie Shavers vs. Ken Norton 0006.jpg\|Video Image]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Boxsoup at 20:26, 8 June 2014

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 <fight>25994</fight>
-*In this matchup, former world champion Ken Norton was past-his-prime and Earnie Shavers was in his peak period.
+==Notes==
-*The 1998 Holiday Issue of ''The Ring'' ranked Norton # 22 and Shavers # 33 in ''"The 50 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time."''
+*The fight was televised by [[ABC (American Broadcasting Company)|ABC]] in prime time.
-*In ''The Ring Magazine's'' 100 Greatest Punchers (published in 2003) Earnie Shavers is ranked # 10.
+*A crowd of 5,376 paid a gross gate of $375,000.
-*Incidentally, Shavers lost to Randy "Tex" Cobb by TKO in the eighth in 1980. In Ken Norton's first comeback bout after coming out of retirement in 1980, he beat undefeated Tex Cobb by a split-decision over ten rounds.
+*Norton's purse was $750,000 and Shavers' was $250,000.
-Sources: ''The Ring'' Holiday Issue of 1998 and 2003, Data Boxing, BoxRec Boxing Encyclopedia, Wikipedia''
+'''From [[Sports Illustrated]]:'''

Emaster: Fight:25994 moved to Ken Norton vs. Earnie Shavers

2009-11-12T20:06:11Z

Fight:25994 moved to Ken Norton vs. Earnie Shavers

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Frazier: uncorrect information: the title was given by the IBO sanctioning body.

2006-12-02T21:43:21Z

uncorrect information: the title was given by the IBO sanctioning body.

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<fight>25994</fight>

*In this matchup, former world champion Ken Norton was past-his-prime and Earnie Shavers was in his peak period.
*The 1998 Holiday Issue of ''The Ring'' ranked Norton # 22 and Shavers # 33 in ''"The 50 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time."''
*In ''The Ring Magazine's'' 100 Greatest Punchers (published in 2003) Earnie Shavers is ranked # 10.
*Incidentally, Shavers lost to Randy "Tex" Cobb by TKO in the eighth in 1980. In Ken Norton's first comeback bout after coming out of retirement in 1980, he beat undefeated Tex Cobb by a split-decision over ten rounds.

Sources: ''The Ring'' Holiday Issue of 1998 and 2003, Data Boxing, BoxRec Boxing Encyclopedia, Wikipedia''

Big City at 18:43, 12 November 2006

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	In this matchup, former world champion Ken Norton was past-his-prime and Earnie Shavers was in his peak period. In ''Ring Magazine's'' 100 Greatest Punchers (published in 2003) Earnie Shavers is ranked # 10. The 1998 Holiday Issue of ''The Ring'' ranked Norton # 22 and Shavers # 33 in ''"The 50 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time."'' Incidentally, Shavers lost to Randy "Tex" Cobb by TKO in the eighth in 1980. In Ken Norton's first comeback bout after coming out of retirement in 1980, he beat undefeated Tex Cobb by a split-decision over ten rounds.		In this matchup, former world champion Ken Norton was past-his-prime and Earnie Shavers was in his peak period. In ''The Ring Magazine's'' 100 Greatest Punchers (published in 2003) Earnie Shavers is ranked # 10. The 1998 Holiday Issue of ''The Ring'' ranked Norton # 22 and Shavers # 33 in ''"The 50 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time."'' Incidentally, Shavers lost to Randy "Tex" Cobb by TKO in the eighth in 1980. In Ken Norton's first comeback bout after coming out of retirement in 1980, he beat undefeated Tex Cobb by a split-decision over ten rounds.

	Sources: ''The Ring'' Holiday Issue of 1998 and 2003, Data Boxing, BoxRec Boxing Encyclopedia''		Sources: ''The Ring'' Holiday Issue of 1998 and 2003, Data Boxing, BoxRec Boxing Encyclopedia''

Big City at 18:42, 12 November 2006

2006-11-12T18:42:17Z

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	In this matchup, former world champion Ken Norton was past-his-prime and Earnie Shavers was in his peak period. In ''Ring Magazine's'' 100 Greatest Punchers (published in 2003) Earnie Shavers is ranked # 10. The 1998 Holiday Issue of ''Ring'' ranked Norton # 22 and Shavers # 33 in ''"The 50 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time."'' Incidentally, Shavers lost to Randy "Tex" Cobb by TKO in the eighth in 1980. In Ken Norton's first comeback bout after coming out of retirement in 1980, he beat undefeated Tex Cobb by a split-decision over ten rounds.		In this matchup, former world champion Ken Norton was past-his-prime and Earnie Shavers was in his peak period. In ''Ring Magazine's'' 100 Greatest Punchers (published in 2003) Earnie Shavers is ranked # 10. The 1998 Holiday Issue of ''The Ring'' ranked Norton # 22 and Shavers # 33 in ''"The 50 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time."'' Incidentally, Shavers lost to Randy "Tex" Cobb by TKO in the eighth in 1980. In Ken Norton's first comeback bout after coming out of retirement in 1980, he beat undefeated Tex Cobb by a split-decision over ten rounds.

	Sources: ''Ring-Holiday 1998 and 2003, Data Boxing, BoxRec Boxing Encyclopedia''		Sources: ''The Ring'' Holiday Issue of 1998 and 2003, Data Boxing, BoxRec Boxing Encyclopedia''

Big City at 02:03, 24 October 2006

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	In this matchup, former world champion Ken Norton was past-his-prime and Earnie Shavers was at his peak. In ''Ring Magazine's'' 100 Greatest Punchers (published in 2003) Earnie Shavers is ranked # 10. The 1998 Holiday Issue of ''Ring'' ranked Norton # 22 and Shavers # 33 in ''"The 50 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time."'' Incidentally, Shavers lost to Randy "Tex" Cobb by TKO in the eighth in 1980. In Ken Norton's first comeback bout after coming out of retirement in 1980, he beat undefeated Tex Cobb by a split-decision over ten rounds.		In this matchup, former world champion Ken Norton was past-his-prime and Earnie Shavers was in his peak period. In ''Ring Magazine's'' 100 Greatest Punchers (published in 2003) Earnie Shavers is ranked # 10. The 1998 Holiday Issue of ''Ring'' ranked Norton # 22 and Shavers # 33 in ''"The 50 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time."'' Incidentally, Shavers lost to Randy "Tex" Cobb by TKO in the eighth in 1980. In Ken Norton's first comeback bout after coming out of retirement in 1980, he beat undefeated Tex Cobb by a split-decision over ten rounds.

			Sources: ''Ring-Holiday 1998 and 2003, Data Boxing, BoxRec Boxing Encyclopedia''