Was the power of Earnie Shavers overrated?

[Bill Paxtom]

Earnie Shavers

Had 'perfect' hair.

There wasn't a single strand out of place.

* His Knockout of Kenny Norton was beautiful. 'Awesome destruction'

* He 'dislodged' Muhammad Ali's brain and ruined the man.

* He floored the 5th Greatest Heavyweight of All-Time. 'Larry Holmes'.

* He was the only human to floor and 'Knockout' > Roy 'Tiger' Williams.

* Devastating early KO's over 'highly regarded' Howard Smith and 'rock-jawed' Henry Clark.

* The only man to floor and Knockout 'Lil' Jimmy Young.

Shall we continue.

[Max Power]

Earnie Shavers

Had 'perfect' hair.

You fool! lol

There wasn't a single strand out of place.

* His Knockout of Kenny Norton was beautiful. 'Awesome destruction'

Yes it was, full credit to Earnie, fair is fair.

* He 'dislodged' Muhammad Ali's brain and ruined the man.

Years upon years of using his head as a punching bag to tire out his opponents ruined the man, not the single shot from Earnie which failed to knock him even down.

* He floored the 5th Greatest Heavyweight of All-Time. 'Larry Holmes'.

Subjective assessment of greatness, the Larry Holmes Shavers fought was basically a cruiser and inexperienced.

* He was the only human to floor and 'Knockout' > Roy 'Tiger' Williams.

Even Ross Puritty, Perhaps the hardest chin that ever boxed was stopped once by a mediocre opponent (he finished on his feet still).

* Devastating early KO's over 'highly regarded' Howard Smith and 'rock-jawed' Henry Clark.

Never heard of them either.

* The only man to floor and Knockout 'Lil' Jimmy Young.

Bummy Cruiser. A further embarrassment to the golden era considering he beat the 2 top names of the golden era, Ali and Foreman, the house of cards wavers some more.

Shall we continue.

I would rather not LOL

[Mr140]

Shavers was overrated because there so many fucking threads on him on hear my god. He could punch but his chin was worse then fucking Walds was and he had no stamina and heart was lacking as well. Is there a thing on him or something so much Shavers today my god.

[Bill Paxtom]

Earnie Shavers

Those who say he had no stamina and no heart, are completely wrong.

'Heart'

Earnie definitley had a heart.

'Stamina'

Earnie's problem was that he fought at 'Full-Speed' from the opening bell,
and tried to take out his opponent right away.

His problem, was that he failed in setting a proper pace for himself when he
could not get his opponent out of there early.