Earnie Shavsrs vs Dillian Whyte

Stiches Yarn · Mar 28, 2021

Glass City Cobra said: ↑

Well Tommy had a lot of unlucky circumstances. Against Lennox he was facing a guy 240 pound skilled behemoth who hit like a truck. I think I read he hurt his hand as well. For what it's worth Lennox needed to land 154 punches and 8 knock downs to stop an already compromised Morrison and Morrison was not counted out. The problem was not his chin, but rather his lack of defense and the fact Lennox was a much more well rounded fighter. Nobody gets up 8x against Lennox Lewis with a weak chin.

Against Bentt I think he got caught cold early before he could really warm up and never recovered after being badly hurt. It happens with guys who have really fast hands. They can catch you with shots you don't see coming and really buzz you even if there isn't a lot of weight on the shots. I know from experience, sharp fast punches can rattle you and then you have no idea what's going on.

Mercer hit pretty hard and had a chin of cement. If both guys are aggressive come forward fighters, usually the more durable one is going to win. No shame in that knockout loss, just an inevitable train collision.

Morrison had only been stopped 3x. For what it's worth he got off the floor to beat the hard hitting Ruddock in an epic slug fest. He dealt with a broken jaw to eventually stop Joe Hipp, no glass jawed fighter would be able to do either of those things. He got off the floor twice to beat Williams and survived a fight with an old Foreman using lateral movement and defense. Anyone saying he had a glass jaw hasn't watched his fights. If you want to say he had suspect stamina and leaky defense that would be a correct assesment.

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As for your initial comment about kissing the canvas meaning you have a good chin, that is not what I said. What I'm saying is that if someone is facing a skilled ranked opponent and/or a big puncher and you manage to avoid getting KO'd you obviously have an above average chin. A weak chinned fighter would not be able to take the blows Roy Williams landed on Shavers that was a gruesome war in the trenches.

We must also clarify what we mean by "chin". I always defined it as the ability to take X amount of blows without getting KO'd. This is separate from "Stamina" which is simply your energy levels that deplete as the fight goes on and as you throw punches. A separate category would be "heart/endurance" which is an x factor relating to determination, will power and the ability to recover. Shavers had a good chin, he got nailed by some vicious shots from big men like Cobb, Lyle, Williams, etc without going down and from sharp fast strikers like Ali, Holmes, etc. He did however have pretty poor stamina and had to learn how to pace himself to avoid gassing out. I believe the Quarry fight is the only one in which he was stopped early without being gassed out, and he was stopped on his feet in that fight. Like Morrison vs Bennt, he got caught early before he could warm up and didn't use responsible defense (he admitted he should have backed off and didn't).
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Excellent post. Just one thing....Can you give me one fighter who, in your opinion ofc, was/is the perfect definition of a glass jawed figher?

Glass City Cobra · Mar 28, 2021

Stiches Yarn said: ↑

Excellent post. Just one thing....Can you give me one fighter who, in your opinion ofc, was/is the perfect definition of a glass jawed figher?
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Amir Khan for sure. Despite being very brave and determined his actual chin just can't absorb shots well.

David Price is another.

MarkusFlorez99 · Jul 3, 2025

Oh my god, Shavers destroys Whyte. Can't believe i voted for Dillian

Devon · Jul 4, 2025

Whyte out slugs and stops him most of the time, but that uppercut of Shavers’ could end it at any moment.

CroBox29 · Jul 4, 2025

Shavers would KTFO Whyte...

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