I've watched every single Shavers fight on video. You want to laugh at me be prepared to back it up. Which fighters in that video did he one punch KO? Go look them up if you have to.
At his peak Roy Jones Jr in the super middle weight did stop several opponent with one punch, he was a powerhouse, and in LHW he did stop Virgil Hill with one punch to the body. He sent many opponent to the canvas with his left hook. I think he was something like 35 wins with 30 KO at some point.
Watch Tommy Hearns vs James Shuler. Vicious right hand by hearns lays out Shuler for the count. The right hand that puts Duran face first on the canvas was pretty frightening. Granted he had been pounding Duran the entire round and a half. Hearns would be on my top 5 list of legit 1 punch ko artists. Especially at WW thru MW.
It was in the amateurs but Teofilo Stevenson had plenty of one hitter quitters. He was 6 5" and rangey but never turned pro as it really wasn't an option without detecting in those days.
Wilder is clearly a great puncher but who has he actually knocked out. Luis Ortiz and a Stiverne who couldn’t be bothered to train. If he KOs Parker Whyte Ruiz and Fury then he is definitely there or there abouts
KOing Fury wouldn't say much about his punching power as Fury has been knocked down and hurt by lighter punchers in the past. Knocking out Parker or Ruiz would be a much more impressive feat, as both men have proven chins.
Fine but if they got up after those shots they must have been tough as hell because they looked out cold.
Fury was spark out against Wilder, he was never in that state when he was dropped before, not even close, Wilder is a devastating puncher.
Ortiz was in better condition than Ruiz was v AJ and his body was more defined in the Wilder rematch than Whyte`s usually is and Whyte was stopped by AJ.
What, every single one of Shavers's opponents that got knocked down by him but got up again? That's convenient.
