Was the One-punch Power of Earnie Shavers Overrated?

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He never really had that many clean KO's nor was he a great closer once he had his man hurt. He had great punching power, but he was no Joe Louis or Julian Jackson when it came to he clean one-punch finish---IMO

What do you think?

I read an article on this a few weeks back, but the fact is I can't think of anyone who finished the MAJORITY of their fights with single punch KOs, and the opposition must be taken into account as well. In the same article the author lists guys who were more efficient with the number of punches they needed to knock th other guy out, and kind of discredited the whole point of his writing by putting Tyson in this bracket, who I'd think most would agree is in the accumulation of punches bracket type of finisher.

Ernie's power is legendary cause guys who shared the ring with him AND beasts like Lyle and Foreman refer to Ernie as the guy whoi had the most devastating punch.

But every guy who said that beat him. Tillis said his "puncges could change goatpiss to kereosene."

When James Tillis fought Earnie Shavers really and truthfully Earnie Shavers should of been retired way before that because of his eye problems......

Why not ask Muhammad Ali who was the hardest hitter he fought ? or Larry Holmes there the kind of fighters who are no nonsense type of guys and would tell you upfront who was the hardest puncher they fought and guess who they said ? Earnie Shavers and i think they would know better than you considering they were in the ring with him end of topic.