Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
I'd be interested in reading a well researched book about Merritt. I know that Don King insisted on using him as a sparring partner for Shavers before his fight with Quarry. Merritt broke the jaw of Shavers and the fight was postponed.

Actually,

It was Archie Moore {Earnie's new trainer} that was the fool that put Earnie in with Jeff Merritt.

Earnie and Jeff had sparred before, so they knew each other. But things got heated in one session,
and Jeff snapped Earnie's jaw off it's hinge.