earnie shavers: the hardest heavyweight puncher ever?

[Bill Paxtom]

'Lesson for the Day'

Earnie Shavers had a record of 29-2-0 with {29 KO's}.

Amazingly, Earnie had only been campaigning as a Professional for
22-Months.

It was an 'Earn While You Learn' campaign. Lots of bouts for small money.

Promoter/Manager {Dean Chance} had shipped Earnie out to Los Angeles
in May 1971 to train with Jerry Quarry.

Then, Earnie would travel into Nevada to have his monthly 'small venue' bouts there.
* June 16
* July 13
* August 11
* September 28

[Max Power]

'Lesson for the Day'

Earnie Shavers had a record of 29-2-0 with {29 KO's}.

Amazingly, Earnie had only been campaigning as a Professional for
22-Months.

It was an 'Earn While You Learn' campaign. Lots of bouts for small money.

Promoter/Manager {Dean Chance} had shipped Earnie out to Los Angeles
in May 1971 to train with Jerry Quarry.

Then, Earnie would travel into Nevada to have his monthly 'small venue' bouts there.
* June 16
* July 13
* August 11
* September 28

Yes, I don't have any particular problem with this method of development.

Building up your record and experience through frequent and prolific bum beating has significant merit, just ask Deontay. If it works it works.

But we don't credit Wilder for all the cans he's whacked out do we!

Anyway it's nice to see Earnie step it up here against a respectable opponent, well done Earnie lol

[Bill Paxtom]

Max, Max

Larry 'Irish Pat' Duncan was the local favorite, because he was based
out of Carson City, Nevada.

He was 'not' the Betting-Favorite.

'Irish Pat' with a record of 19-3-1 {15 KO's}, would be Earnie's toughest
opponent to date.

The 22 1/2 year-old was soild at {203 lbs.}, and could rip off combinations
fairly quick.

Pre-Fight Chatter

If Pat Duncan can get thru the 4th Round, he will make it a fight. Earnie tends
to run out of steam early, as he puts everything he has into every punch.

Duncan's chin will most likely be tested, and he may get battered here. Earnie
might not drop Pat, but he will definitely bust him up in the early going.

If Pat can hang on and take the early onslaught, he just might catch an exhausted
Shavers late, and take him out.

[Ron Swanson]

You don't have to wait too long. I watched Shavers /Cobb this morning and Shavers was gasping for air after round 1.

[Bill Paxtom]

The Bout

Round 1

This time, Earnie took it easy in the 'Opening Round', and was not Hell-Bent
on trying to take out 'Irish Pat' in the 1st-Round.

Earnie was both patient and cautious, as Duncan had decent hand-speed.

The action in the 1st-Round was 'even', as both Heavyweights were looking
to counter while looking for an opening.
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Round 2

In Round 2, Earnie {208 lbs.} used his strength to get in a bit closer, as Pat {203 lbs.}
was on the defensive side.

Earnie clubbed in a few right-hands as Pat moved backwards during the first-half
of the session.

But, as Earnie moved in at the {1:45 Mark}, Pat fired off quick 'left-right'
combinations to stall Earnie's attack.

Pat was more effective over the last minute of Round 2, as he was faster than Earnie.

Earnie tried for the Home-Run near the end of the Round, and just missed Pat's chin
with a whistling right-hand.
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[Bill Paxtom]

'Round 3'

Both fighters meet at Center-Ring.

'Irish Pat' decides to test Earnie's chin, and starts off by wailing away
with a fast flurry.

The punches bounce off of Earnie's head, but he is not bothered by the
blows.

'Irish Pat' slams another hard flurry into Earnie, and then backs out fast.

Earnie trudges forward, and is starting to put aggressive pressure on Pat
who is backing away slowly.

At the {1:40 Mark}, Earnie slams in a hard left-hook, and digs a hard right
into Pat's side. Pat gasps, and circles to his left.

Earnie 'zings' Pat with a looping right-hand. Pat is shaken, and grabs onto
Earnie's arms, and holds on until the Referee breaks them apart at the
{2:05 Mark}.

Earnie starts working {one-two's} into Pat at the {2:30 Mark}.

Earnie traps Pat along the Ropes, and starts slamming him with hard blows
to the upper-body and face.

At the bell, Pat looks weary and his face is red.

[Bill Paxtom]

'Round 4'

Earnie comes out with intention of ending the bout, as 'Irish Pat' looked
weary at the end of Round 3.

Earnie starts off with forward-pressing, and sends in hard blows to Duncan's
body.

Pat goes back to the Ropes, and tries to fend off the punches. But Earnie will
not be denied, and continues with a steady flow of hard body-punches.

Pat comes back with a '3-Punch' combination, but he has no 'zip' behind his
punches. Pat lands a good right-hand lead to Earnie's face at the {1:30 Mark}.

Earnie rocks Pat with a long right-hand to the head at the {1:45 Mark}. Earnie
keeps up the pressure.

Pat in now bleeding from the nose, and his face is beet red. Pat reels on
his heels at the {2:20 Mark} after taking another barrage of blows to the head.

Earnie nearly drops Pat, when he lands a left-hook to the head and hard right-hand
into the left side Pat's body at the {2:30 Mark}.

Pat spends the last 20-Seconds of the Round in 'survival-mode'.

[brocktonblockbust]

Randall “Tex” Cobb certified Shavers as one of the hardest punchers ever. "Shavers hit me so hard I never knew what round it was."
Tex Cobb: "Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I'd shoot him. Earnie Shavers could punch you in the neck and break your ankle."

Ken Norton: "George Foreman could hurt a fighter with clubbing punches. He just caught me, it was my mistake, I was careless. On the other hand Earnie could put your lights out like nobody else. Definitely Earnie hit harder than Foreman."

Joe Frazier: "Earnie asked me to fight him. I told him point blank, ‘No way, Earnie. Hey, you hit too damn hard.’

[EL DINAMITA]

They've never fought Wilder doe.

[brocktonblockbust]

Tex Cobb:"Larry Holmes doesn't hit as hard as Earnie Shavers. Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I'd shoot him.""Earnie Shavers could punch you in the neck and break your ankle."

[walrus]

I hope we get a lot of Shavers threads this year

[Max Power]

@IamInuit

As if considering Shavers the hardest puncher was not enough for you, you had to go a step further didn't you.

You had to drag up a guy from 100 years ago, who has stylistically nothing in common with even the 70's boxers let alone the current ones.

Who was never a HW as we define them today anyhow.

Unbelievable!

[Svetlisl]

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[Max Power]

Randall “Tex” Cobb certified Shavers as one of the hardest punchers ever. "Shavers hit me so hard I never knew what round it was."
Tex Cobb: "Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I'd shoot him. Earnie Shavers could punch you in the neck and break your ankle."

Ken Norton: "George Foreman could hurt a fighter with clubbing punches. He just caught me, it was my mistake, I was careless. On the other hand Earnie could put your lights out like nobody else. Definitely Earnie hit harder than Foreman."

Joe Frazier: "Earnie asked me to fight him. I told him point blank, ‘No way, Earnie. Hey, you hit too damn hard.’

@Master

I thought you told me Frazier didn't duck hard punchers?

[Ron Swanson]

And Tex Cobb KOed him so what?