On February 19, 1973, Earnie Shavers (42-2, 41 KOs) and Jimmy Young (7-3, 2 KOs) meet in the ring in a 10-round bout.
Earnie Shavers is coming in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Leroy Caldwell, 3 months and 25 days ago. Jimmy Young is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 20% KO rate, with his last fight being a points decision loss to Randy Neumann, 11 months and 9 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Earnie Shavers at 99-1 winning odds. Jimmy Young really doesn't have much to present against Shavers.
Earnie Shavers stopped Jimmy Young via TKO in the 3rd round. Shavers improves his record to 43-2 (42 KOs), while Young adds a loss to his record at 7-4.