Just How Good Was Earnie Shavers.

You know he works the door at Yates in Liverpool?

 

it was an exhibition bout

 

That's Earnie Shavers in a nutshell. He was probably my favorite fighter growing up, but although a great hitter, if you got him past the first few rounds, he was very beatable.

 

Absolutely right
a comeback at 62, a deathwish maybe ????

 

If Earnie had fought a Mike Weaver, Leon Spinks, or a John Tate, maybe the story would've been different.

 

As someone said here earlier,he used to be a doorman here in the uk for many years,bet most of the young guys and girls drinking there never knew he was once a very good heavyweight fighter,i remember seeing a report about it a few years back,seemed quite sad,did he not make lots of dosh back then?

 

Tua was more skilled than Shavers, it's not even debatable, just watch the film of both. Tua knew about defense, something Shavers had no clue about.

 

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If Shavers would have fought guys like Ali, Holmes and Lyle he would knocked them all out inside a couple of rounds. A guy like Norton would beat him though. :bart

 

All the guys who fought him in a deep era cite him as the hardest puncher they faced. Mad respect for that.

As far as his resume goes, I honestly find him both forgotten but when spoken of, a tad overrated even.

H2H, he would blast out a good amount of top 50 HW's and I would pick him to do so. However, I would never favor him or give much of a chance over any of the top 25 ATG HW's, spare for perhaps a couple.

 

I saw him working the door at Yates in Birkenhead, good few years ago now though.

 

what is a yates?

 

Its a chain of Bars in Liverpool. Dont think he's on them anymore?

 

Put Tua in with boxers and the guy has absolutely no clue. Good chin yes, but more skilled? hell no.

Shavers went the distance with guys like Ali and Holmes. Shavers would have been a lot more competitive with Lennox than Tua ever was.

Shavers probably has a bit more of a chance of beating LL too.

 

He wasnt very good. He was a huge puncher one of the best ever in that department specially with the right hand and if he touch you with it chances are that you would get knocked out, outside of his power his chin was a bit shaky, he had poor stamina.He was a front runner If you could get past the first four/five rounds you would have a great shot at beating him.