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Hace 4 días · Earnie Shavers, feared heavyweight puncher of the 70s, dies at age 78 by Ryan Songalia Earnie Shavers, considered by many to be the heaviest punching heavyweight boxer in history, has died.
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Hace 5 días · Earnie Shavers is a power hitter that most ATGs outbox. Ali and Jimmy Young are among the most skilled HWs ever. Them outboxing him when he was going through a rough patch does not mean its a weakness. Just how Alis rope or dope doesn't mean thats a viable strategy against Foreman for anyone else.
Hace 4 días · I think Shavers had a brutal overhand right. So maybe he threw that specific punch harder than Foreman did. But punch for punch, I think Foreman was a bigger puncher.
But guys like Earnie Shavers, Tua, Tyson etc do exist. Hell even op making this thread is completely forgetting about Povetkin, Andy Ruiz, even ol Hayemaker have recently proved that skills matter far more than just height. Height helps for sure but it isn't the end all be all to determine how a fight is gonna go.
Hace 3 días · Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, Joe Bugner, George Chuvalo were routinely in the top 10 heavyweight rankings in the 1960’s and early 1970s. Quarry, only 6’ 195-200lbs beat Ron Lyle, Mac Foster, knocked out Earnie Shavers in one round, beat Floyd Patterson, but always came up short against Ali and Frazier.
Hace 3 días · Defensive highlights of the former WBC world Heavyweight champion. Ken Norton - Was an American professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981, and held the WBC heavyweight title in 1978. He is best known for his fights with Muhammad Ali, in which Norton won the first by split decision, lost the second by split decision, and lost the final by a controversial unanimous decision.
