RIP Earnie Shavers

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Another one of the 70s HW legends gone.

Foreman and Holmes seem to be the last two great ones left.

RIP Earnie.😰

[UKMMA]

Earnie you rolled with the punches, Rest in Peace!

[Master]

JAMES TILLIS is not a name that rolls of the tongue for many boxing fans - but he is someone that Mike Tyson certainly remembers.

However, the now 65-year-old American is adamant that the Baddest Man on the Planet was not the hardest puncher he took on.

Speaking previously to Boxing News 24/7, he said: “People ask me about Tyson and Shavers - let me tell you, there’s no comparison. None whatsoever.

“Shavers, he hit so hard he could turn horse p*** into gasoline. He hit so hard he could bring back tomorrow.

“Tyson hit like a sissy in comparison.”

Tillis added: “I beat Shavers, and I know I beat Tyson. I wanted a rematch with Tyson real bad, but Shavers? No way.

“When he hit me and knocked me down, I saw pink mice and rats smoking cigarettes.

“That fight was the toughest 30 minutes of my life. The Acorn was one bad dude, let me tell you.”

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22485...arnie-shavers/