Was Earnie shavers really the hardest hitter of all time?

[TitoFan]

Lewis lands some thundering punches

No effect

As much as it bored me to tears, I watched the vid (again).
I saw the following:



1. McCall dancing and moving away from the big shots in the beginning, lessening their impact.

2. Lots of arm blocking by McCall.

3. He had his arms down, but walked away a lot... and swayed at the waist, away from Lewis's punches.

4. Lewis, who must have been bewildered by it all, never went in full bore in an all-out effort to finish the fight. He may have thought McCall was playing possum.

5. Once in awhile, yeah... a flush shot. We've already established McCall has a good chin.



Sorry... none of this proves Lewis wasn't a big puncher.
All it does is prove that McCall was by no means in the emotional state to fight, much less post-fight analysis of who punches harder between Lewis and anybody else.

[TysonBomb]

No one said he wasn't a powerful puncher ... just not as powerful as some of the elites

And yeah McCall would know better than any of you. Lewis's win over McCall is tainted ... he took a man out of rehab to fight when he should have been no where near a boxing ring.

[TitoFan]

Had the rematch been a normal fight, I'd be more tempted to put some weight on any opinion McCall might have had. But the guy obviously had other issues. Under those circumstances, the last thing on the guy's mind was to be able to give a solid, accurate opinion about opponents' punching power. And if McCall was in no shape to fight, which he obviously wasn't, it was up to himself and his handlers to say so, and stop the fight from happening. Once you lace up the gloves and step into that ring, all bets are off. Personally, I was disgusted and thought it was a total lack of respect for the fans who paid good money to watch that sham.