Re: earnie shavers: the hardest heavyweight puncher ever?

Originally Posted by
Master
none of them were ever punched by a more modern slugger?
What could they possibly do, get into a Tardis?
LOL Funny but of course not. THAT'S my point!
How can they claim and how can he BE among the hardest punchers.
They can claim, he COULD be one of the hardest punchers THEN. I don't see how it could be successfully argued that he could hit hardest later.
It was your guys here paxtom and Brockton who argued "for ALL time".
I mean let's be honest, in terms of delivery the guy could barely hit a double end bag, he was hopeless. So raw power is what's being considered right?
As you would know raw power, like punching bag power, there are guys in gyms literally EVERYWHERE who are not even proper boxers, who train most of their time simply on the heavybag, obsessed with power as they don't like the pressure of getting hit in sparring etc, aren't competitive and think this compensates somewhat for skills. These guys might not be able to fight a lick compared to a real boxer but they often develop whacking potential in EXCESS of top boxers because it's all they do all day! Helped out these days by roids and protein shakes, even a lot of THESE guys we've never heard of might hit harder.
This point is really no big deal!
The fact is that the guy was not a good boxer, he never WOULD have been a good boxer. He had a punch. Good for him!
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