earnie shavers: the hardest heavyweight puncher ever?

[Bill Paxtom]

Wednesday ~ January 6, 1971

Silver Slipper ~ Las Vegas, Nevada

Earnie 'The Razor' Shavers ~ 17-2-0 {17 KO's} ~ 209 lbs.
vs.
Lee 'Duke Spears' Estes ~ 11-26-3 {5 KO's} ~ 233 lbs.

Earnie Shavers {Age; 25 years, 5 months} signs a contract with the
Silver Slipper in Las Vegas to be a 'house fighter' for their
weekly 'Wednesday Night at the Fights' circuit.

Fight Promoter - Bill Miller is on a quest to promote some power-punching
Heavyweights and build them into Top Contenders.

This will be Earnie's 1st-Bout in Las Vegas, and it is scheduled for 8-Rounds.

Earnie is listed as being from Youngstown, Ohio.
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Lee 'Duke Spears' Estes is a burly 6' 1" 233 lb. brawler from Seattle, Washington.

Though Lee Estes has a poor record, he has a reputation of being able to 'take it'.

Quietly, the Silver Slipper posts Lee Estes as having a record of '17-wins' with
{11 KO's}. There is no mention of his losses.