Rare footage of Earnie Shavers hitting heavy bag

Rare video of Earnie Shavers training and hitting the heavy bag.

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[MrKeepnit]

It seems like in that era everyone had at the least a basic understanding of the fundamentals. He was properly taught.

[Bobby.D.]

Earnie Shavers Puncher of The Century is known for being the hardest puncher in heavyweight boxing history. He scored 68 knockout wins, including 23 in the first round. He holds a 76.4% overall knockout ratio.

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.

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.

[Ah_Yote]

Keep in mind Ali fought Sonny Liston, George Foreman and Joe Frazier, and BEAT THEM ALL, when Ali was asked who hit the hardest, without flinching, and a Vietnam flashback type of stare he said “Ernie Shavers”, and if you don’t know who Sonny Liston is, he hit so hard in sparring he knocked the stuffing out of headgears,

[kuhanblock]

RIP Earnie, Hardest Hitter in Boxing 🥊🥊

[sator]

That punching bag is like get me out of here.😂

[AbdullahArRafi]

Man hits so hard he turned a heavy bag into a speedbag

[Nippelzieher]

people forget that he was literally a beginner during his whole career. an absolutely beast, may he RIP

[Uuyrijies]

I want to see him go serious on the bag.

[rusk]

He's working out at Muhammad Ali's training camp in Deer Lake. Cool

[swazzyjay]

Secret is wide back. And excellent control of his hips and legs when punching.

[michaelloughrie]

Earnie Shavers is an uncrowned world champion. He was robbed when he fought Ali

[limmeh]

That thing is flying around like a normal bag 😱

[ruzcelbeltran]

The hardest hitter ever than iron mike you may rest in peace legend earnie shaver's

R.I.P another legend fighter has gone😢

[jamesmatriano]

What a freak of nature, he was so strong yet so fast

[ityoureboyjb]

Before George Foreman and Mike Tyson! him, Larry Holmes and Sonny Liston we're the hardest hitters in boxing the man who gave Ali Brain damage from his punches 🥶 forever I respect Earnie Shaver's 🔥

[ballisticbologna]

Dang i really hope that more footage of Shavers is out there. This is the only footage ive seen where Shavers is hitting the heavy bag and i remember reading somewhere that there is more. Ive read people describing Shavers knockouts in fights that weren’t recorded and i hope that there is some recording out there. The fact that there isnt a lot of footage of Shavers is probably why most people dont believe in his piwer.

[kickinitwithpoc]

I came to hear the pop… instead I thought maybe my headphones popped. Had to check the volume rq in disappointment.

[mofo]

This looks like Ali's training camp at Deer lake

[adamzitsch]

RIP To Shavers he was so strong in the ring, he was a powerful puncher, he had some decent head movement, he cut off the ring well

[RyanMartinezUkulelelessons]

How strange, he never fought like that