How good was earnie shavers?

Duodendum, I take my hat off for your studious, thoughtul, and balanced posts. I agree with many of your statements and appreciate that you approach such discussions in a speculative fashion, rather than speaking with certainty that THIS would happen or THAT would happen, which many others do. You have done justice to Earnie.

 

He gets badly underrated in my opinion. It's not like he was terrible. He was a solid B level contender with the ability to knock any heavyweight out.
His chin is shaky but people make it out to be glass. It's not. He had a monster punch, and some very underrated boxing skills and was actually quite a decent finisher.

His stamina was his main problem, if he caught you in the later rounds he'd make himself look like a bad finisher because he was so tired.

So there you have it. He flattened Jimmy Ellis and Ken Norton, two very credible A level contenders and champions. Ellis beat Ali in the amateurs!

 

Yes, Duodendum is one of the best posters on here without a shadow of a doubt. Every single one of his posts are worth the read, and he's a VERY knowledgeable poster.