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But I cannot rate him among the top-ten all time heavyweight punchers, or even the top 20, for that matter. If you exclude those fights his record would be a not so bad 67% KO rate. On occasion Shavers was a troubleshooting referee in professional wrestling after his retirement. Yes, Shavers was dangerous for bums and sub-215 opponents mainly. Previous champs could fight bum after bum and it was fine because the media was not up their ass, they did everything to promote them. Jackson was a skilled fighter, but his downfall was his temperament and power. It felt like someone had dropped a bowling ball on my shoulder.”. So there are no ultraheavyweights around to fight, so no need for a ultraheavyweight decision.
Considered one of the biggest hitters in boxing history, from the late sixties until the mid-eighties, Shavers took to the ring in a golden era and went toe-to-toe with all of the big names, combining stunning power and an iron fist. I took Ali to the wire and Round 15 was picked as Round of the Year while I also scooped the ‘Most Inspirational Fighter Award’. When Tyson got hit he didn't want to fight and lost all heart (see Douglas, Holyfield twice, Lewis and those bums that KO'd him at the end).
It is easy to look at Tua as just a puncher, but Tua had a solid amateur pedigree, but fell in love with his power in some of the wrong moments of his career.
“It’s bad luck but great luck,” he says of the era he was born. Valuev only won the title two times. ", "Hardest he's ever been hit: Earnie Shavers.
Shavers only lost against opponents that were significantly bigger than him in his prime and that was mostly due to poor stamina. You probably mean Buddy Baer (250). Search the internet under the topic “Greatest Heavyweight Punchers” and every list that comes up will include Earnie Shavers. Wladimir Klitschko has faced 20 opponentswith a better 215+ KO'ratio than Earnie Shavers.
"Valuev has ONE OF THE BEST heavyweight records of all time.". Shavers was a big hitter against cruiserweight'ish opponents. If someone claims A > B and this _is_ supported by the record then I _do_ believe his judgement. That’s too many times to be written off as a fluke, or to weak-chinned opponents.
Here are examples: George had beaten Joe and Ken within two rounds but failed to stop Muhammad who had a big problems with both (with George also). Lyle was even further challenged. ), Go to the sitemap and read all of them: The problem is not being a former CW when WK fought them. So far Wladimir (and Lennox Lewis) have the best real heavyweigyht records of all time. Additionally Shavers was not dangerous in later rounds (unlike the Klitschkos who are dangerous from the first minute to the last): How many fights did Shavers have that went 7+ rounds? on becoming a heavyweight after a cruiserweight career. David Tua had to compete with the caliber of boxers like John Ruiz, Michael Moorer, Hashim Rahman, Chris Byrd, Lennox Lewis, Oleg Maskaev and others. Prior to his death, an awful mess in which his wife was found dead and Valero is highly likely to have killed her, saw the troubled fighter commit suicide a day later in his prison cell.
But that's another story. This logic basically never works and you hardly ever can conclude who beats whom. I am now pointing on your: Actually the way how Tyson slaughtered both Holmes AND Michael Spinks shows you how featherfisted the previous eras were. 6) Weighed around 225-240 pounds, hardly 10-15 pounds than previous eras. Foreman at his peak was at 220-225 pounds. OUTWEIGHING his opponents most of the time. Back to the title of this article – it should read Earnie Shavers 'huge puncher and rubbish finisher with a dodgy chin and ropey stamina'. Ali was sometimes complimentary about his opponents and other times less so, but generally, if you watch his post-match comments, he was honest about the merits of them. Hearns finished his pro career at 61-5-1 with 48 knockouts, and a career knockout ratio of 71.64%. Benn would rally back and stop McClellen who would suffer from a blood clot in the brain after the bout that caused him to need a life-long caretaker. It was in 1977 at Madison Square Garden that Shavers pushed Muhammad Ali all the way to fifteen rounds. Le 25 mars 1978, il affronte Larry Holmes[4] en combat éliminatoire pour défier le détenteur de la ceinture WBC Ken Norton mais il est battu aux points en 12 rounds. In purely raw punch power terms, Shavers could not punch through the surface tension of water compared to these guys! Ali took all of Foreman's shots and knocked him out, nobody would say Ali was a harder puncher than Foreman. In fact, Hearns was such a puncher, one could even argue if Hearns wasn’t such a puncher, he might have used his physical gifts of height and length more, as often he would give up his height and stand in front of opponents for the opportunity to punch with them believing in his power.
Frazier was a hard puncher, Ali went how many rounds with him and got knocked down once? Brandan Ingle was Hamed’s trainer during a good portion of his run, making for his lineage in the sport. Yeah yeah Wlad can bash a tomato can like Shavers fine. Rate shavers power vs Shannon Briggs power. Since we are comparing average stats within modern standards, and you created all of these areas in which you came up with percentages heavily favoring the Klitschko's (who I am a HUGE fan of, by the way), why are you not taking into account average size of heavyweights as a whole back then compared to today, or other factors such as knowledge of anatomy and physiology and medicine? He suffered setbacks with losses to Ron Stander and Stan Johnson. The bombs he landed on Ali, Holmes, and Lyle were the proof of it. These three boxers survived to tell the story because they had great chins. Let me take some examples from the modern era. Larry got his ASS knocked flat out by Tyson in 3 or 4 rounds, but he still says that Earnie hit harder. Just LOOK at him!
Shavers' dangerousness (especially in today's superheavyweight division) is GROSSLY overrated by boxing fans. A chandelier on legs. There are many flaws in the reasoning on this site.
Why can't people just talk about how GOOD their man is, instead of trying to sh*t on everyone else's. of Earnie Shavers and some other KO artists: Since these are fair streaks I excluded WDQs, NCs and Buttfights. Tua finished his career 52-5-2 with 43 knockouts and a 72.88% knockout ratio. Both theese guys had beaten Corrie Sanders and than said that he was hardest hitter they ever faced.
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