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Ken Norton (The Black Hercules) and Earnie Shavers (The Black Destroyer) are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Ken Norton and Earnie Shavers took place on 23 March, 1979 at the Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S.
At 191 cm, Ken Norton is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Earnie Shavers is 183 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 203 cm, Norton also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Shavers' 201 cm. Shavers has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Norton.
Norton is coming in to this fight with a record of 41-5 (33 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 13 days ago against Randy Stephens, which he won via 3rd round KO.
Shavers comes in with a record of 57-7-1 (55 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 19 days ago against Harold Carter, which he won via 3rd round KO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Norton will be 35 years and 7 months old. Shavers will be 34 years and 6 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 56-44 in favor of Ken Norton. Here is the prediction for Norton vs Shavers.
Earnie Shavers defeated Ken Norton via 1st round KO. Norton's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Shavers advances his win streak to 4. Shavers is now 58-7-1, and Norton 41-6.