Earnie Shavers vs. Frank Bruno

**smashup** · 02-16-2009 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by BIG H

Bruno didn't have a weak chin, he had a weak defence! He should've taken a knee against Witherspoon and Lewis, but just stayed against the ropes getting brutalized.

And Cummings and Bonecrusher and Tyson, his arms just used to drop down by his side while he took a beating and his brain seemed buzzed out.
Don't recall any of them knocking him down if i remember rightly.
With that in mind he had a great chin

**Howlin Mad Missy** · 02-16-2009 11:42 AM

yep, used to sit there either yelling for him to move or the ref to stop the fight

**smashup** · 02-16-2009 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy

yep, used to sit there either yelling for him to move or the ref to stop the fight

hahaha same with me and my brother

He just used to get hard lamping then it was as if someone just switched him off and he never used to seem to be able to shake it off and regain his senses.
He'd just stay stunned and wide open for more beating.

**rjj tszyu** · 02-17-2009 12:22 AM

Without doubt Shavers! Bruno would be bombed out fast!

**Beanflicker** · 02-17-2009 07:57 PM

Shavers hit harder, but Bruno was the more skilled of the two and I believe he would get Earnie before Earnie got him. But then again this is a toss up. The only thing we can be sure of is that it wouldn't go the distance.

**Hulk** · 02-17-2009 08:57 PM

I honestly haven't seen enough of Shavers to say he would win.

He did get KO'd early by Jerry Quarry and Ron Lyle. Both of whom hit about as hard as Bruno I'd suspect, Lyle maybe hit harder.

Bruno and Shavers were kind of underachievers and chinny or not got stopped a good amount of times, so I figured it'd be a hell of a fight if they ever met up.