The real question is WHY these guys lie.

2 reasons have been put forward.

(a) The body as a defence mechanism, shuts down it's pain mechanism from the hardest of punches or maybe because the power of the blow is so severe that it simply concusses the victim so badly that they are unable to remember it properly. This point seems almost too stupid to mention but apparently has gone unthought of from OTNB sources.

(b) Shavers stands at a pinnacle position in the house of cards that is the golden era of boxing. Bummifying Shavers, bummifys the whole era. By pumping up Shavers as a decent opponent, all of the golden era boxers who beat him pump up their own wins and glorify themselves for having beaten somebody as dangerous as Shavers and completely ignore the fact that despite nearly 100 fights, Shavers never won against a decent opponent with the single exception being Ken Norton.

Funny enough, the Klitschko opponent Samuel Peter can be described as a "Super-Shavers", stylistically similar except much stronger in every way, heavier, more muscular, physically stronger, tougher chin and durability, much more powerful punch. Yet Peter is ironically slammed often, even though he was a world champ and Shavers is promoted, despite the fact he was not 1/5th the fighter Peter was and was never a world champ.

Only in OTNB land