Lyle, great vid cc...I think what's being forgotten here is that George was not a dumb fighter (yes even when young)...If Ernie had a title or would have produced a huge payday then a fight would have happened...But there was no real reason for a fight like this to take place other than to prove who was better and George's ego wasn't that big...The only person that had anything to gain was Shavers, thus you could say he was avoided by George...but I prefer to think that it was just that the right moment never came for a fight between them...