Yyyyyyyeah I'm going to have to disagree with ol' Earnie here. 6'7 and 6'8 240+ pounds and Shavers was one of the smaller heavyweights even in the 70's. Earnie would never even touch Vitali and unless he got extremely lucky he would get battered by Wladimir. For fucks sake, Tex Cobb beat Shavers....granted Tex took a lot of punishment and wore Earnie down, but The Acorn didn't have much of a chin himself and he just wouldn't be able to take the punches from the Klitschko's.


This is par for the course I guess. You hear this kind of mess from many past fighters. Shavers was a puncher...not a champion....just a puncher. Wladimir and Vitali are CHAMPIONS. If Earnie Shavers was around today he might could earn a title shot but I think a lot of heavyweights would beat him. The best heavyweights Shavers would have a chance at are: Tyson Fury, Alexander Dimitrenko, Seth Mitchell, and maybe he'd have a shot at Povetkin or Adamek.