Larry Holmes: "Earnie Shavers hit me hardest"

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Larry Holmes was perhaps the third greatest heavyweight champion of all time. he said on several occasions that earnie shavers hit at least twice as hard as Mike Tyson. Holmes was knocked out Mike Tyson in 1988.
Shavers Floored holmes who said "it was like those old time flashbulb cameras from the 19 twenties...it was like pop!!! combined with a blinding white flash and the next thing he knew the referee was saying 5 and then 6.
Tyson had very sharp power which was mostly the product of hand speed and not necessarily brute force or power. Larry Holmes knows a thing or two about the sport of boxing whether you like him or not and whether you think he is a whiner or a complainer or not. It does not take away his 20 consecutive title defenses which is second only to the great Joe Louis. if Larry Holmes says Earnie shavers punches twice as hard as Mike Tyson then I will take his word for it