The Long List of Boxers who say Earnie Shavers hit ***THE HARDEST***

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Shavers did not take it as good as he could give it.

Oh totally true! He would also gas out by the 6th or 7th. Surprised he went 15 with Muhammad Ali! He said he really had to pace himself in that fight.

I can't believe his trainers didn't work on the most important thing on a fighter's training regimen.

I tend to view it as compensation. A trainer can only improve a fighter so much. I think of how Holyfield described a few wins against opponents he stated- sometimes when throwing those hard shots, a fighter forgets to breathe.

I get that- who throws while inhaling or exhaling? If Shavers was throwing his all into those shots, I would expect for his ring time of 36 minutes to be cut by 18 minutes LOL!

Mix those shots up with lighter shots, but maybe they tried that as well?

I agree with your suggestion. It's just like I wondered why didn't Dundee work on Ali going to the body? Of course everyone's gonna go 15 rounds with him! But I digress.


Valid point on his stamina. I just speculate he could've gone 15 rounds without fatiguing if he wasn't throwing bombs each time he threw a punch.
Plus! He wasn't exactly ring savvy. no great boxing IQ, probably was as bad as developing stamina as Wilder is developing just the friggin' basics.

*edit* So they both depended on one thing: their power.

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