Jess Willard vs Earnie Shavers

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  1. The Malibu Mauler

    The Malibu Mauler Lakers in 5 Full Member

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    Unstoppable Force vs Immovable object, glass cannon vs granite chin, who wins? Shavers is from the Ali fight, Willard is from the Johnson fight, for 15 rounds.
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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  3. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    I think Willard of the Havana 1915 fight has a bit too much strength, head movement and endurance for Shavers. Shavers scores a KD but ultimately is taken out rounds 8-12

    Many forget Willard was a big puncher himself
     
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    Shavers could be taken out to so there's a possibility the fight wears on , the chance exists that Jess tags him .He could do a wears him down job .
     
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    Jess by TKO.
     
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    I'd favour Shavers early, with the caveat that Shavers lost to some pretty mediocre opponents and that he was not as fast as Dempsey.

    If Shavers blows his wad - and there's a reasonable chance - then he's in for a career ending beating because Willard was huge and tough and had unusually good stamina.

    But more likely Shavers finds a way though Jess's ho-hum defence and wrecks him.
     
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    Yes he could .
     
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    GreenLaternSucked Member banned Full Member

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    Let me see Willard couldn't beat crude 190 pound Jack Dempsey but he would beat Shavers? Shavers by first round decapitation.
     
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    Shavers beats the **** out of him.
     
  10. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Willard at his best was actually good defensively, especially not getting caught clean.
    Willard wasn't close at all to his best when he fought Dempsey.

    I think he'd do it.

    Not textbook, but he was quite a natural fighter.
     
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    louis54 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Willard definitely
     
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    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This crude fighter was far better than Shavers though...
     
  13. The Malibu Mauler

    The Malibu Mauler Lakers in 5 Full Member

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    "Crude" ATG heavyweight who would maul both
    Sir, you are not a clown, but the whole circus
    BTW I don't know who wins, so no use in calling me a Willard fanboy, but you don't need to try to discredit someone to make another person look good, especially when you're discrediting an ATG like Dempsey
     
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    GreenLaternSucked Member banned Full Member

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    You are just ******ed. A ******ed old man who shouldn't be allowed online. You should take your old man meds and prepare your will. But I am sure nobody wants to be in your will and nobody loves you. That is why you need to live in your sad little fantasy world huh?

    Lol Dempsey was a all time great compared to the guys in his primitive era you brain dead buffoon. Compared to even the worse modern heavyweight Jack Dempsey is a tomato can. God I hate stupid people like you.

    So my point still stands. Earnie Shavers was a modern skilled heavyweight who was known for being one of the hardest punchers of all time with big modern gloves. Jess Williard was a big slow oaf who fought in a inferior era where the athleticism was worse, the skill level was inferior, and the talented was inferior. Willard couldn't even beat 180 pound tomato can by modern standards Jack Dempsey. So Shavers would knock out Dempsey, Tunney, and Willard with in 20 seconds.
     
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  15. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I'm honestly starting to feel bad for you.

    No one has this much vitriol without some bad **** going on in their life. PM me, we can talk, it doesn't need to be about boxing.