Earnie Shavers vs Randy Cobb

[Terry A]

Tonight on ESPN Classic, they're scheduled to show Shavers vs Tex Cobb. Where I live (Pennsylvania) it starts at 12:00 midnight. This was a slobber-knocker fight.

[Guest]

Ah good ole Tex. 1,237 jabs from Holmes and 134 straight right hands and he kept coming.. World's best bar fighter. A truck ran over him and he still managed to throw a weak left jab for 10 minutes after the event.

God Bless Tex(as)

JReckoning

[HeartAttack]

Earnie is one of my favorite fighters to watch. His grit and power and vulnerability always made his fights exciting. As for Randall, he is a poster on Eas.tsideboxing's front page. He doesn't post as much anymore. He always hated my articles and hates George Foreman, but is actually a pretty funny guy still. Loved his one-liners. Tex does give good insight on the 70's heavyweight scene.

[Scott9945]

Tonight on ESPN Classic, they're scheduled to show Shavers vs Tex Cobb. Where I live (Pennsylvania) it starts at 12:00 midnight. This was a slobber-knocker fight.

That fight was on the undercard of Hearns-Cuevas in Detroit. Shavers was definitely on the downside of his career at that point.

[PBDS]

.....Tex was a character to be sure. One bad assed street fighting mofo. His character in "Raising Arizona" was the best.