Shavers vs Lyle
doubledragon
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This is why it is called the Golden age of boxing, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, two of the hardest punchers the sport has ever known in a brutal shootout. Lyle in the Red trunks, Shavers in the Blue, both guys had to be pissing up blood after this one.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQfrBb8S_Y02
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I have to admit, I was always a big fan of "Shavers"
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Earnie Shavers, the hardest puncher in boxing history, one bad dude. His power was truly frightening, and he was always a threat in any fight because of it.
'Who did Muhammad Ali say was the hardest puncher?
Earnie Shavers
Earnie Shavers is the man Ali has called the strongest puncher he ever faced. Ali beat him by unanimous decision, with the judges scoring 9-6 twice and 9-5 once. Shavers kept coming hard for Ali through the late rounds, wining 13 and 14 on most cards.'
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Wow...Earnie Shavers I kinda remember that name from my younger days...
Harder puncher than Foreman?
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
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When judging a puncher, you have to go by the testimony of the people that were actually hit by the punches. Ali fought both Foreman and Shavers, he said Shavers hit harder, watch Ali vs Shavers, it's a hard fight to watch because Ali took some bombs from Shavers in that fight, a lot of people actually blame Shavers for contributing to most of Ali's mental damage. Leroy Caldwell fought Foreman, Lyle, Cleveland Williams, and Earnie Shavers, he was asked who hit him the hardest.
Heck, just ask Ron Lyle himself.
Ron Lyle: "Hey man, that's the hardest I've ever been hit in my life. And George Foreman could punch, but none of them could hit like Earnie Shavers did. When he hit you, the lights went out. I can laugh about it now, but at the time, it wasn't funny."
I love when DD tells boxing stories! keep them coming.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
I have heard of Shavers, but i dont know a lot. maybe its research time!
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
It is important to remember, these are the testimonies of the guys who actually felt the power, not boxing fans giving their opinion. Earnie Shavers wasn't that great of a boxer, and he had a shaky chin, he lost quite a few, but he always had a chance in any fight because of his power. It's not enough to have power, you have to be able to land it effectively, hit a moving target. If you could take Shavers power, then you could beat him, but you were definately going to suffer for it, and remember it forever. I've never seen Ali struggle to take punches like he did with Shavers, he ate some bombs, you could see the suffering on his face, it was a hard fight to watch knowing the damage it did to Ali.
just did a tiny little bit of research into Shavers. He actually fought in 1995!! twice. won one and lost one. he was 51 years old.
I looked into his fight with Ali. It sounds like the Champ was on shaky legs according to his corner when going into the final round. he rallied and lasted.
the fight took place on my second day here on planet Earth!!
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Ali was tough as nails, no doubt about it, he had to walk through the gates of hell to beat Shavers, as did Larry Holmes, but more on that later...
@doubledragon in your opinion, what made Shavers such a hard puncher? And notice I don't ask such an effective puncher, or a knockout artist, because as you alluded to, he was not considered to be a very skilled boxer.
He was naturally strong, he was flooring guys the first time he walked into a gym to train, but he swung for the fences with every punch he threw, he said as much, he also said he used to gas out in five or six rounds because he put so much energy into each punch. On top of that, he trained by lifting barrels of hay and chopping trees with an axe, he credited that with giving him a lot more strength.
Joe Frazier was asked once about fighting Shavers and he said, “I probably would have beaten him, but I wouldn’t have been able to deal with the pain on the way to winning.
my goodness. look at the forearms on that man
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Like I said earlier, Larry Holmes fought Earnie Shavers twice, beat him both times, but Holmes had to walk through fire both times. The first fight was very brutal, Holmes ate some serious bombs, and in the second fight Shavers caught Holmes with a shot that sounded like he hit him with a baseball bat, I still can't believe Holmes got up from it and was able to TKO Shavers four rounds later, listen to the thud on this shot, it's the greatest recovery in boxing history.
You can actually here the thud from the punch better in this Twitter video. Prime Larry Holmes was one tough son of a gun, that punch would have probably killed me.