Sonny Liston

I am a HUGE Earnie Shavers... what he lacked in most departments as a boxer (Handspeed, Footwork, Stamina, Chin etc.)... he made up for in power... AND WHAT POWER!!! He is considered by many to be the hardest punching Heavyweight Boxer of all time. He was dodged by George Foreman... Muhammad Ali said that Earnie Shavers hit him so hard that "He shook my brothers back in Africa!" Larry Holmes even said that Earnie Shavers was the hardest puncher he ever fought. But like many hard punchers... Earnie had a problem with a weak chin and a lack of stamina. If he didn't get that big punch on your early on... your chances of beating him would increase. Jerry Quarry fought smart against an overconfident Earnie Shavers in 1973... "GOT HIM RIGHT ON THAT WEAK CHIN"... and won in the first round. I recently found out that Earnie Shavers "BEAT JIMMY YOUNG VIA FIRST ROUND KO"... I never knew that... I fought he lost to that guy... Lyle did... and so did Foreman... and Ali and Norton should've lost to him... and Quarry lost to him as well... but Earnie knocked him out in the first round!!! I NEVER EVER KNEW THAT!!! Their rematch was a DRAW... but "MEH!" Anyways... I found this on a website... tell me what you think...

If Earnie Shavers took on... Shavers

That's from that website... it also states that Tyson would beat Shavers and so would Holyfield... go to it and fight out more if you want to!

Although Shavers had a problem with handspeed, footwork, agility and such... I reckon there could've been two things that... if fixed... would have made him almost "UNBEATABLE!"

1. CAST IRON CHIN
2. GOOD STAMINA

If he had those two things... combines with his "SUPERMAN LIKE PUNCHING POWER"... I reckon Shavers would have been "INVINCIBLE!!!"

What can I say... I'm a fan of his!!!

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TommyGunn

lewis would have ko'd shavers in the first round!

Sonny Liston

Are you sure about that?

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TommyGunn

every time lewis fought a big puncher he would charge at them from the first bell, golota and rudduck are good examples.

Sonny Liston

Golota went about that fight the wrong way (Panic Attack?) and Lewis never fought Bowe as a Professional... HOWEVER... Lewis is... overall... a better boxer than those two!

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TommyGunn

bowe done everything he could to duck lewis, even give up his title. lewis called out bowe for around 4 or 5 years solid.

golota went into the lewis fight the way he did every fight which was efective for him throughout his career.

bill1234

It depends with Lewis. If he fought the Earnire Shavers that fought Ali and Holmes, and the Lewis that fought Mercer and Morrison, I would have to say... Either one KO 1-5. If Shavers hits Lewis with his cannon of a right, its over, but if Lewis fights Earnie smart, and whacks him with the uppercut a few times, it would be all over.

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Sonny Liston

I agree with bill1234 Because... don't forget... Lennox Lewis had that suspect/weak chin as well and because of that he lost to 2 bums! Out of all the 2 people he could've lost to (Holyfield, Tyson, etc)... he lost to Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman? I mean WHAT THE HELL?

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TommyGunn

first of all lewis never had a weak chin, no HW in history fought as many hard punchers as lewis did.

secondly, lewis should not have been stopped against mcCall, he was fine. that was a BS stoppage.

thirdly. rahman can bench over 500lbs. he could have ko'd anyone.

and lastly, lewis beat these guys in the rematches very easily.

TommyGunn

george foreman and jim lampley both think lewis is the greatest HW in history.