The Hardest Puncher in Boxing History 😱

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[PL]

Any other era Earnie Shavers would’ve won a title, that power was devastating. 70’s era of heavyweights was stacked.

[paullento]

In all fairness, that was when the heavy weight division WAS LOADED
NOT LIKE TODAY

[noelsamuels]

The fact his punches awakened not one but two fighters ancestors from their ethereal realm is a testament to this mans power

[peteparry]

I will never forget that shot Earnie landed on Larry Holmes. I thought it was over from the way Larry went down. But amazingly Holmes got up and went on to stop Shavers. Another fight I'll never forget was Earnie's FIRST ROUND knockout of Ken Norton. It shocked the boxing world! Itwas that fight that gained Earnie the title shot against Holmes. R.I.P. to the hardest puncher ever Earnie Shavers.

[Boz]

The best times, we don't see the likes of these guys anymore. Anyone who got in the ring with him deserves a medal.

[genuineBobbyd]

Puncher of The Century Earnie Shavers is known for being the hardest puncher in Heavyweight boxing history. He scored 69 knockout wins, including 23 in the first round.

So powerful, both Joe Frazier and George Foreman told boxing writer Jerry Eisenberg they would never fight Shavers. Real fighters knew enough to avoid him. His incredible one punch power made him more than dangerous. George Foreman told him personally when Earnie lobbied for a fight, "hell no." Joe Frazier told Shavers bluntly when Shavers asked him for a shot, "No way, Earnie.”

Hall of Fame and all time greats Ali and Holmes both said Shavers power, especially his one punch power, was simply unrivaled. But they, and others, also said a lot more..

Angelo Dundee, the great trainer, said "Earnie wasn't really a good boxer, but God, his power was amazing."

Muhammad Ali said after his match with Shavers, "Earnie hit me so hard, he shook my kinfolk back in Africa"

And when fighters had to meet him, they left in awe. Tex Cobb said "Earnie could punch you in the neck with his right hand and break your ankle." He also said, "if a man hit any harder than Earnie I'd shoot him."

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."

Larry Holmes, comparing Shavers to Tyson, said "Earnie hit me harder than any other fighter, including Mike Tyson. He hit me and I was face down on the canvas hearing saxophonist Jimmy Tillis."

Jimmy Young, who was knocked cold by Shavers in his first fight, but survived the second, said "I was not gonna get tagged by him again, no sir!"

Nor were fighters and trainers the only ones who saw and marveled at Shavers sheer overwhelming power. Hall of Fame sports journalist Jerry Izenberg said of Shavers, "rarely did Earnie hit anyone below the neck; he was a headhunter and a good one. For me, Shavers was the greatest one-punch hitter I have ever seen."

"However, while Shavers struck serious fear into his opponents, such freakishly big hitting power had its drawbacks for the man himself, " said Kenny Rainford.

“Being such a big puncher actually hurt my career, ” says Shavers. “I relied on my power too much. I wish I’d had trainers that could have taught me more about combination punches."

“I used to gas out in five or six rounds because I put that much effort into my punches and it was impossible to punch for an entire fight without tiring out."

In the years that followed, Rainford met Ali and asked him about the famous fight with Shavers.

“I can not remember the last round of our fight, ” Ali admitted. “He hit me so hard that for fourteenth round, I was on autopilot. I can’t remember a thing. When I’ve watched the fight back, and see the way I rallied in the fifteenth round, I was doing that off memory.”

Shavers reigned down on Ali with 266 punches that night. Afterwards, Rainford claims, the New York commission stated Ali would never fight in New York again after doctors discovered tears on his brain.

Eig's study, conducted by Arizona State speech scientists Visar Berisha and Julie Liss found that Ali's speech slowed by 16 percent after a 15-round bout with Ernie Shavers in 1977. Shavers, a brawler, landed 266 punches throughout the fight. If one fight had to be picked, Ernie Shavers inflicted the most damage.

Shavers is directly responsibly for the early retirements of Ron Asher, Frank Smith, Bunky Akins, Bill McMurray, Harold Carter, Eddie Parotte and Larry Sims, all of whom he knocked out and never fought again.

[BryanLChess]

Holmes was out when he got hit, but he hit his head on the mat and it woke him back up.

[rodharper]

He was supposed to play Clubber Lang but he almost killed Sylvester Syallone. That liver punch almost ended Rocky movies.

[tswrench]

James "Quick" Tillis said of Earnie Shavers' power: 'He hit me, man, and knocked me face down on the canvas. I was in the land of make-believe. I heard saxophones, trombones... I saw little blue rats, and they was smokin' cigars and drinkin' whiskey."

[megsmith]

The shot he dropped Larry Holmes with is when Larry earned my respect .

[butchbrown]

Holmes got up from that punch and ended up knocking out Shavers a couple rounds later.

[Michael-ksr]

As a child I met & got a hand shake from Him and, I just watched My hand disappear in to His! I could Understand the Power that Man is Known for😳😳😳

[kelvinarnold]

Ernie and Ron Lyle were kind of underappreciated because that division was so stacked with great fighters.

[robertmitchell]

That was about as hard of a thrown AND LANDED punch on the jaw of Larry Holmes! WOW!

[Fishseaofcortez]

Whoever said Larry Holmes didn't have heart, didn't know what the $#@% they were talking about.

[davidwilliamson]

He knocked people over the top Ropes! That Era was loaded with badasses ! If you were top 10 then! They all would destroy today's Chump Champs!

[ericrecano]

Shaver DEFINITELY up there with George Foreman,
sonny Liston. He just happened to share an era with Ali and Holmes. Otherwise he’d definitely have been a
Champ.

[manny]

Sonny liston and rocky marciano have entered the chat

[ADEEAVE_BXNY]

Don’t discount Ron Lyle! Many of greats talk about his power too. Ron even has a TKO victory over Earnie.

[rstokes]

Yeah, Shavers had CONCRETE in his hands. Even Big George said his power wasn't on Shavers ' level. And that tells you how tough those guys were nack then. Larry got up after that overhand right. Ali was gettn' TOUCHED up BRUTALLY! And je didn't go down. Can you imagine if Shavers fought in today's time? RIPower 👑🥊❤️