May 1973 ~ 'Heavyweight Rankings'

[Bill Paxtom]

May 1973

World Champion
*** George Foreman

#1 - Joe Frazier
#2 - Ken Norton
#3 - Muhammad Ali
#4 - Ernie Terrell
#5 - Jimmy Ellis
#6 - Jerry Quarry
#7 - Ron Lyle
#8 - Oscar Bonavena
#9 - Jose 'King' Roman
#10 - Joe Bugner
#11 - Gregorio Peralta
#12 - Mac Foster
#13 - Jose Luis Garcia
#14 - Earnie Shavers
#15 - Giuseppe 'Bepi' Ros
#16 - Randy Neumann
#17 - 'Irish Pat' Duncan
#18 - Larry Middleton
#19 - Danny McAlinden
#20 - Chuck Wepner
#21 - Terry Hinke
#22 - Ron Stander
#23 - Wendell 'Fig' Newton
#24 - Jack O'Halloran
#25 - Henry Clark
#26 - Alvin 'Blue' Lewis
#27 - Boone Kirkman
#28 - Mario Baruzzi
#29 - Rudi Lubbers
#30 - Miguel Angel Paez

[Bill Paxtom]

May 1, 1973

Earnie Shavers

Earnie {Age; 27 years, 8 months}

Had an impressive record of > 43-2-0 with {42 KO's}.

But the log was loaded up with many 'Third-Rate' fighters, and smallish
Heavyweights.

The best opponents on Earnie's list were >

* Augst 26, 1972 ......... W Dec 10 .... Vicente Rondon ~ 37-7-1 {21 KO's} ~ 191 lbs.
* September 22, 1971 .. KO 5 ........... 'Irish Pat' Duncan ~ 19-3-1 {15 KO's} ~ 203 lbs.
* June 10, 1971 ........... KO 10 ......... Chuck Leslie ~ 35-21-6 {7 KO's} ~ 185 lbs.
* March 3, 1971 ........... KO 1 ........... Steve 'Iceman' Carter ~ 14-2-0 {7 KO's} ~ 199 lbs.


Jimmy Ellis >
"I have seen Earnie fight 3-Times. I am not impressed. He has no clue on how to box.
If I ever got in the Ring with him, I'd box his ears off."

[Master]

Bugner was a waste of space and time.

[Bill Paxtom]

May 1973

World Champion
*** George Foreman

#1 - Joe Frazier
#2 - Ken Norton
#3 - Muhammad Ali
#4 - Ernie Terrell
#5 - Jimmy Ellis
#6 - Jerry Quarry
#7 - Ron Lyle
#8 - Oscar Bonavena
#9 - Jose 'King' Roman
#10 - Joe Bugner
#11 - Gregorio Peralta
#12 - Mac Foster
#13 - Jose Luis Garcia
#14 - Earnie Shavers
#15 - Giuseppe 'Bepi' Ros
#16 - Randy Neumann
#17 - 'Irish Pat' Duncan
#18 - Larry Middleton
#19 - Danny McAlinden
#20 - Chuck Wepner
#21 - Terry Hinke
#22 - Ron Stander
#23 - Wendell 'Fig' Newton
#24 - Jack O'Halloran
#25 - Henry Clark
#26 - Alvin 'Blue' Lewis
#27 - Boone Kirkman
#28 - Mario Baruzzi
#29 - Rudi Lubbers
#30 - Miguel Angel Paez

Joe Bugner warrants a #10 position in May 1973

[brocktonblockbust]

Joe Bugner one tough somavabitch

[Master]

Joe Bugner one tough somavabitch

Lazy good for nothing slob who did not realise his talent.

[Bill Paxtom]

Joe Bugner one tough somavabitch

Lazy good for nothing slob who did not realise his talent.

Joe Bugner

A very good Heavyweight, who never over-achieved.

A survivor.

[Bill Paxtom]

Nobody wanted to fight Earnie Shavers

'Irish' Jerry Quarry originally signed a fight contract in {May 1973} to face Earnie Shavers
@ Madison Square Garden on June 18th.

But, Jerry got a 'stomach flu' and pulled out.

Burl Charity {Trainer for Earnie Shavers}

"We had signed to face '4' previous World Ranked fighters, and they all bowed out for
one reason or another."

"Before Jerry Quarry, we had signed to fight George Chuvalo. But he pulled out 'twice'.
We also had deals with Mac Foster and Ernie Terrell. And they too, backed out."

[SlimTrae]

the top 10 is pretty durable.