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Earnie Shavers (The Black Destroyer) and Jimmy Young are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
This fight between Earnie Shavers and Jimmy Young took place on 19 February, 1973 at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
At 188 cm, Jimmy Young is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Earnie Shavers is 183 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Shavers has a significantly longer reach of 201 cm, which is 13 cms longer than Young's 188 cm. Shavers also has a 18 cm ape index advantage over Young.
Shavers is coming in to this fight with a record of 42-2 (41 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 25 days ago against Leroy Caldwell, which he won via 2nd round KO.
Young comes in with a record of 7-3 (2 KOs). His last fight was 11 months and 9 days ago against Randy Neumann, which he lost via 10 round PTS.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Shavers will be 28 years and 5 months old. Young will be 24 years and 3 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 77-23 in favor of Earnie Shavers. Here is the prediction for Shavers vs Young.
Earnie Shavers defeated Jimmy Young via 3rd round TKO. Young's losing streak continues, and Shavers advances his win streak to 31. Shavers is now 43-2, and Young 7-4.