Quote Originally Posted by johnsebastianmiran View Post
Earnie Shavers was a football player with power and so was Ken Norton I believe. Both men were defeated by boxers, Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali and slugger George Foreman got his two cents in with Norton.
I would classify Holmes and Ali as athletes first. Holmes wasn't the athlete Ali was but he was enough of an athlete to dominate the heavies.
I'm just giving you my opinion, I am not saying you are wrong.
Norton and Shavers were athletes in other sports but when the came to boxing they were mostly punchers: boxers.