The Long List of Boxers who say Earnie Shavers hit ***THE HARDEST***

[johnsebastianmiran]

Shavers did not take it as good as he could give it.

Oh totally true! He would also gas out by the 6th or 7th. Surprised he went 15 with Muhammad Ali! He said he really had to pace himself in that fight and he really did well -- some feel he won it by a point, others feel it was a draw, still others feel Ali won. But so true -- I wouldnt say he had a glass jaw as Quarry at that time was in top shape and he really could crack, that Jerry! Nice short punches, hooks, uppercuts. But he definitely got hurt alot.

Shavers hit harder than any fighter in his time and if he was to survive today, it isn't a question of a weak chin, it definitely as you pointed out, his stamina and I can't believe his trainers didn't work on the most important thing on a fighter's training regimen. His fighter's ability to fight to the last second of the last round. Can you imagine the talk about how much more power and destruction he would have then? Remember what they used to say about Iron Mike? It's not so much that you fill your hunger, it's how you do it and what you bring to the table that counts.

[SlimTrae]

Shavers did not take it as good as he could give it.

Oh totally true! He would also gas out by the 6th or 7th. Surprised he went 15 with Muhammad Ali! He said he really had to pace himself in that fight.

I can't believe his trainers didn't work on the most important thing on a fighter's training regimen.

I tend to view it as compensation. A trainer can only improve a fighter so much. I think of how Holyfield described a few wins against opponents he stated- sometimes when throwing those hard shots, a fighter forgets to breathe.

I get that- who throws while inhaling or exhaling? If Shavers was throwing his all into those shots, I would expect for his ring time of 36 minutes to be cut by 18 minutes LOL!

Mix those shots up with lighter shots, but maybe they tried that as well?

I agree with your suggestion. It's just like I wondered why didn't Dundee work on Ali going to the body? Of course everyone's gonna go 15 rounds with him! But I digress.


Valid point on his stamina. I just speculate he could've gone 15 rounds without fatiguing if he wasn't throwing bombs each time he threw a punch.
Plus! He wasn't exactly ring savvy. no great boxing IQ, probably was as bad as developing stamina as Wilder is developing just the friggin' basics.

*edit* So they both depended on one thing: their power.

[NoSavingByTheBell]

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