earnie shavers: the hardest heavyweight puncher ever?

[Bill Paxtom]

Saturday ~ May 8, 1982

Reunion Arena ~ Dallas, Texas

Joe Bugner ~ 53-8-1 {33 KO's} ~ 245 lbs.
vs.
Earnie Shavers ~ 65-10-1 {61 KO's} ~ 216 lbs.

Nobody, but nobody had 'busted' Joe Bugner's ass.

Not > Muhammad Ali ~ {twice}
Not > Ron Lyle
Not > Joe Frazier ~ {Though he dropped me in Round 10}
Not > Jack 'The Giant' O'Halloran
Not > Richard Dunn
Not > Dick Hall
Not > Jimmy Ellis
Not > Roberto Davila
Not > 'Irish Pat' Duncan
Not > Chuck Wepner
Not > Eduardo Corletti
Not > Henry Cooper
Not > Santiago Alberto Lovell
Not > 'Irish' Tony Doyle
Not > Carl Gizzi
Not > Doug Kirk
Not > Miguel Angel Paez
Not > Bill Drover
Not > Jack Bodell ~ {Though he dropped me in Round 14}
Not > Dante Cane ~ {twice}
Not > Manuel Ramos
Not > Brian London
Not > Mac Foster
Not > Giuseppe 'Bepi' Ros
Not > Jurgen Blin
Not > Rudi Lubbers
Not > Mario Baruzzi
Not > 'Playboy' Johnny Prescott
Not > Larry Middleton ~ {Though he busted my jaw}
Not > Jose Luis Garcia

Look at this list of 'Ass Busters'