Earnie Shavers attempted comeback at 51 footage

I respected his efforts. But coming back was a bad decision

 

Unlike many heavyweights, he absolutely maintained his weight, but you can see the loss of muscle tone. Not a tragic ending though in the sense of being a protracted beating.

I've often posted that he had a badly underrated chin. And in the last match where he was floored prior to this, he actually got up to stop Jeff Sims in the Berbick-Ali undercard. But yeah, although he was winning up to that point, the power wasn't there anymore, and now the chin really was gone.

 

Now that was sad,,,,,

 

Sadly, a number of old/long-retired boxers were enticed to attempt a comeback in the '90s by Foreman's comeback success. Danny "Little Red" Lopez was another 1 that made a similarly ill-fated comeback attempt:

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Alexis Arguello came back in his 40s in 1994-95 for a pair of bouts: beat a guy with a losing record and lost a decision to Pink Cat Walker (narrowly on two scorecards, one-sided on the other).

 

Let's hope Tyson-Paul won't be a repeat of this travesty.

 

It was a bad decision for Earnie.

 

Whew! that was worse,,,,

 

It looks like Earnie was caught on the side of the head or the ear. Those punches can do it to you, regardless of age.