Jerry Quarry (knocked out Shavers in the first round), December 15th 1973:

"Earnie came to fight that night. He hit me with a left jab in the first 10 seconds of the fight that was as hard as any power punch I ever felt. That's when I knew I had to get moving. You can't stand in front of this guy. He will bomb you out. Thank God I caught him early and the ref stopped it. I caught him with a good hook and it broke my wrist. Right before that he caught me with a big right hand about 1 inch too high or he would have gotten me out of there. It knocked out one of my teeth. After the ref stopped it, it fell out when I took out my mouthpiece. Nobody ever hit me that hard."