I love the story Sylvester Stallone said about Shavers during the making of Rocky III. He said they were sparring and he told Shavers: “Earnie, I know you hit harder than that! Give it to me!” Stallone said Shavers hit him with all his might with a kidney shot and he tried to play it off by walking away. He said the punch was so hard that when he got to his trailer, he threw up. Rest in power to one of boxing’s best.