He really is wanting to be ready for this fight.
http://www.secondsout.com/UK/news.cfm?ccs=228&cs=19856
Earnie is a cool guy, he helped me a little when I was young, he showed me how to strike through a target with full rotation and bodyweight (he was a doorman in Liverpool believe it or not!)
He used to pop around all the local clubs in the late eighties!