Earnie Shavers
"The Acorn"

Born: August 31, 1945 Garland, AL
Professional Record: 73-14-1 (67 kayoes)
Manager: Joseph "Blackie" Gennaro
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1969
---      Won National AAU Heavyweight Championship

Nov 6   Red Howell              Akron, OH               KO 2
Nov 11  George Holden           Orlando, FL             KO 1
Nov 14  Stanley Johnson         Seattle                 L 6
Nov 21  Lee Roy                 Rapid City, SD          KO 3
Dec 4   J.D. McCauley           Akron, OH               KO 2
Dec 18  Chico Froncano          Canton, OH              KO 1
Dec 26  Gene Idolette           Orlando, FL             KO 2

1970
Jan 7   Tiger Brown             Akron, OH               KO 1
Jan 24  Joe Byrd                Canton, OH              KO 3
Jan 27  Tiger Brown             Orlando, FL             KO 5
Mar 6   Arthur Miller           Canton, OH              KO 1
Mar 23  Ray Asher               Youngstown, OH          KO 1
Apr 14  Frank Smith             Canton, OH              KO 4
   May 11  Ron Stander             Omaha, NE               KO by 5
Aug 29  Jim Daniels             Youngstown, OH          KO 1
Sep 12  Don Branch              Columbus, OH            KO 1
Oct 14  Johnny Hudgins          Canton, OH              KO 1
Nov 18  Johnny Mac              Youngstown, OH          KO 4
Dec 7   Bunky Akins             New York                KO 1

1971
Jan 6   Lee Estes               Akron, OH               KO 2
Jan 15  Nat Shaver              Miami Beach             KO 1
Feb 3   Johnny Mac              Las Vegas               KO 3
Feb 17  Richard Gosha           Akron, OH               KO 5
Mar 3   Steve Carter            Las Vegas               KO 1
Mar 24  Young Agabab            Las Vegas               KO 1
Apr 21  Mac Harrison            Akron, OH               KO 2
Apr 24  Willie Johnson          Tampa, FL               KO 4
May 14  Jimmy Brown             Las Vegas               KO 1
Jun 1   Chuck Leslie            Stateline, NV           KO 10
Jun 30  Bill Hardney            Warren, OH              KO 1
Jul 13  Bill McMurray           Stateline, NV           KO 1
Sep 28  Pat Duncan              Reno                    KO 5
Oct 17  Charlie Boston          Akron, OH               KO 2
Oct 29  Elmo Henderson          Stateline, NV           KO 4
Nov 23  Cleo Daniels            Warren, OH              KO 2
Nov 30  Del Morris              Bryant, IN              KO 3

1972
Feb 1   Ted Gullick             Warren, OH              KO 6
Feb 15  Elgie Walters           Beaumont, TX            KO 2
Apr 6   Charlie Polite          Warren, OH              KO 3
Apr 22  Bob Felstein            Akron, OH               KO 5
May 5   Lou Bailey              Akron, OH               KO 2
Aug 26  Vicente Rondon          Canton, OH              W 10
Sep 22  A.J. Staples            Canton, OH              KO 1
Oct 25  Leroy Caldwell          Newton Falls, OH        KO 2

1973 
Feb 19  Jimmy Young             Philadelphia            KO 1 (2:39)
May 12  Harold Carter           Windsor, Ontario        KO 1
Jun 18  Jimmy Ellis             New York                KO 1
Dec 14  Jerry Quarry            New York                KO by 1

1974
May 16  Cookie Wallace          San Jose, CA            KO 1
Nov 4   Bob Stallings           New York                L 10
Nov 26  Jimmy Young             Largo, FL               D 10

1975
Feb 11  Leon Shaw               Orlando, FL             KO 1
Apr 9   Rochelle Norris         Binghamton, NY          KO 10
May 8   Oliver Wright           Baltimore               TKO 3
Sep 8   Ron Lyle               Denver                  KO by 6
Nov 13  Tommy Howard            Monroeville, PA         KO 3

1976
Mar 28  Henry Clark             Paris                   W 10
Sep 28  Henry Clark             Bronx, NY               TKO 2
Dec 11  Roy Williams            Las Vegas               TKO 10

1977
Apr 16  Howard Smith            Las Vegas               TKO 2
Sep 29  Muhammad Ali            New York                L 15
        (For World Heavyweight Title)

1978
Mar 25  Larry Holmes            Las Vegas               L 12
        (WBC Title Eliminator)
Jul 20  Harry Terrell           Virginia Beach, VA      KO 1
Oct 9   John Girowski           Hampton, VA             KO 4
Dec 4   Harold Carter           Saginaw, MI             KO 3

1979
Mar 23  Ken Norton              Las Vegas               TKO 1
May 25  Eddie Porette           Richfield, OH           KO 3
Sep 28  Larry Holmes            Las Vegas               TKO by 11 (2:00)
        (For WBC Heavyweight Title)

1980
Mar 8   Bernardo Mercado        Great Gorge, NY         KO by 7
Jun 14  Leroy Boone             Cincinnati              W 10
Aug 2   Randall "Tex" Cobb      Detroit                 TKO by 8
Oct 17  Ted Hamilton            West Palm Beach, FL     KO 2

1981
Jul 29  Terrel Williams         Saginaw, MI             KO 2
Sep 9   Mike Rodger             Lansing, MI             KO 2
Dec 11  Jeff Sims               Nassau, Bahamas         KO 5

1982
Apr 21  Ali Haakim              Traverse City, MI       W 10
May 8   Joe Bugner              Dallas                  KO 2
May 15  Danny "Smiley Sutton    Charleston, WV          KO 7
Jun 11  James "Quick" Tillis    Las Vegas               L 10
Jun 22  Billy Joe Thomas        Houston                 KO 5
Aug 17  Walter Santemore        Lafayette, LA           L 10
Sep 5   Chuck Gardner           Wales, TN (?)           KO 2
Nov 5   Tony Perea              El Paso, TX             KO 7

1983
Jan 29  Robin Griffin           El Paso, TX             W 10
Mar 1   George Chaplin          Baltimore               LDQ 9

1984-86
Inactive

1987
May 16  Larry Sims              Cincinnati              KO 1

1988-94
Inactive

1995
Sep 19  Brian Morgan            Omaha, NE               W 8
Nov 24  Brian Yates             Wisconsin Dells, WI     TKO by 2

Thanks to Matt Tegen and Tracy Callis for supplying the record.
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