Earnie Shavers "I fought and beat, I’d say, ten Holyfields in my day!"

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  1. Tin Man Waldo

    Tin Man Waldo Freakishly Fragile Full Member

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    Earnie Shavers: Yes. You see, Tyson was okay, but look at the opposition [he fought]. The only great fighter he fought while he was in his prime, was [Evander] Holyfield - and he lost.
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  2. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Hell yeah Wlad is ducking Kimbo
     
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  3. Royal-T-Bag

    Royal-T-Bag Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    what a meathead. holyfield woulda absolutely schooled shavers and beat him up. shavers would have a good chance vs wlad though
     
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  4. JMP

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    Sure Earnie...
     
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  5. theboss

    theboss Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :lol: He"s caught up in the 70s bull**** !
     
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  6. Joe

    Joe ♦♣♥♠Slowhand♦♣♥♠ Full Member

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    mhmm yeah sure... :roll:
     
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  7. Jaguar

    Jaguar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Shavers hit like a freight train. He could knock out anyone. Wlad would be asleep. Holyfield I'm not so sure about.
     
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  8. DanishFightfan

    DanishFightfan Boxing Junkie banned

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    Sure, Shavers would beat Wlad :rofl
     
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  9. tomj

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    Shavers had a brilliant equalizer vs Wlad which would be his destructive punching power, problem is he had slow hands and average technique. Look what happened when he almost decapitated Holmes, he turned into a ******. I think Wlad takes him out in round 11
     
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  10. taobum70

    taobum70 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Chambers and Chagaev are the sime size as Shavers and probably quicker. They could have borrowed Shaver's power for their fights with Wlad and it wouldn't have changed anything, neither landed a significant head shot. Shavers would be a dangerous contender now as he was then, nothing more.
     
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  11. itsa huge bitch

    itsa huge bitch Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    typical old men not showing any respect to todays fighters but wanting it back...could just picture if holyfield started doing articles saying he would have knocked out..ali.marciano,ect ect..there would be an up roar...disrespectfull arseholes...
     
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  12. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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  13. Irländsk

    Irländsk Boxing Addict banned

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    Shavers never beat one fighter as good as Holyfield, Tex Cobb knocked him out FFS, Quarry obliterated him. He could punch hard but he was seriously lacking in skills.
    He wouldn't land a single shot on Wlad and he would be KO'd early for trying.
     
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  14. Slider75

    Slider75 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holyfield would beat Shavers 9 out of 10 times!
     
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  15. Cachibatches

    Cachibatches Boxing Junkie banned

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    I am so sick of the myth of Ernie Shavers. Yes, Ali and Holmes said he hit the hardest- its not uncommon for guys to give props to fighters they beat as disrespect to the ones they didn't. Jim Braddock said Max Baer hit him harder than Louis.

    But the fact is, Ali was dropped by other fighters- never by Shavers. Holmes was stopped by Tyson- not by Shavers. Shaver's vaunted power was never able to get him a win agaisnt a first class opponent with the exception of Norton. So it is exagerated and that is that.
     
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