Earnie Shavers Vs Tommy Morrison?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Fergy, Oct 21, 2025.


Who takes it?

  1. Tommy Morrison

    3 vote(s)
    18.8%

  2. Earnie Shavers

    13 vote(s)
    81.3%
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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Non title fight 10 rounds
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    Two of the hardest punchers, going head to head .
    Known for early fireworks and shaky durability.
    Crowd on edge of their seats Cos this could be explosive
     
    Fergy, Oct 21, 2025
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  2. Wladimir

    Wladimir Active Member Full Member

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    Shavers by KO early.
     
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  3. nyterpfan

    nyterpfan Active Member Full Member

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    I'd go with Shavers in a quick KO--4 rounds tops.
     
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  4. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Round 1 Morrison comes out quickly and hurts Shaver's.
    No kds but Earnie shaken.
    Round 2
    Tommy comes out fast trying to capitalize, but Shaver's is ready with a booming right hand.
    Morrison is down and hurt badly!
    He drags himself up but Shaver's smells blood and Morrison goes down hard again.
    This time he's down for the full count.

    Shavers wko 2
     
    Fergy, Oct 21, 2025
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  5. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The winner? whoever gets to the party 1st
     
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  6. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I think it’s anybody’s fight but no matter who wins I can’t imagine it going long. Might as well schedule this one for 3 rounds
     
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  7. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A fight between 2 KO artists who were not the most durable fighters could go either way impossible to predict.
     
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  8. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Active Member Full Member

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    Morrison, two glass cannons but Morrison was bigger, faster and a more skilled fighter.
     
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  9. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Shavers was more of 2 handed puncher, he also had a better arsenal of punches, which gives him a higher percentage of landing the first fight ending punch.
     
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  10. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Whoever hits with the hardest punches first
     
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  11. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Morrison is faster and has come back from being dropped and hurt he probably stops Shavers
     
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  12. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Shavers beat plenty of guys who were more skilled than him and dropped Holmes. Morrison only won a sloppy decision over a way past prime Foreman and got a premature stoppage in a fight against a past prime Ruddock who mightve stopped him if allowed to continue.
     
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  13. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Active Member Full Member

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    Shavers lost to Bob Stallings in his prime and lost pretty much every second of the total 24 rounds he had against Holmes excluding that knockdown. And his wins against “more skilled” guys are a novice Jimmy Young who later drew with him and Norton who got KO’d by anyone that hit hard.

    Shavers wouldn’t beat the Ruddock Morrison beat. He wouldn’t beat the Foreman he beat either.
     
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  14. NoNeck

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    Michael Bentt and Ross Purrity.
     
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  15. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Active Member Full Member

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    Would beat tf out of Bob Stallings
     
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