40 Years On: The Tex Cobb – Earnie Shavers War Remembered

08/02/202008/02/2020 James Slater

“Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I’d shoot him,” Randy “Tex” Cobb. There have been legendary heavyweight slugfests and then there … continue

Earnie Shavers’ Greatest KO – The Night He Took Out Kenny Norton

05/23/2020 James Slater

Often referred to as the hardest hitting heavyweight never to have won even a version of the world title, Earnie Shavers’ withering power continues to … continue

Today In 1973: Tough Warrior Jerry Quarry Takes Out Brutal Puncher Earnie Shavers

12/14/201912/14/2019 James Slater

Well, that was a s**t night. I had lots of good nights, but that was a s**t night,” Earnie Shavers on his 1973 fight with … continue

Earnie Shavers At 75: The Greatest Living Puncher?

08/26/2019 James Slater

The great Earnie Shavers turns the milestone age of 75 this week, August 31st – One of the remaining survivors of a truly golden age … continue

Earnie Shavers: Was he really the hardest punching heavyweight never to have won the world title?

05/21/201805/20/2018 James Slater

Earnie Shavers turned pro in 1969. When he reached his peak it coincided with a heavyweight division that was enjoying a golden era. Muhammad Ali … continue

“Puncher Of The Century” Earnie Shavers to be enshrined in The Las Vegas Boxing Hall of Fame in August

02/17/201802/16/2018 James Slater

The names have been announced for this year’s Las Vegas Boxing Hall Of Fame; with greats including “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Kevin Kelley, Laila Ali and Earnie Shavers set to be enshrined in the month of August. There are a number of legends set to be posthumously inducted; including Aaron Pryor and Henry Armstrong, along with trainer Bill Miller (the man the great James Toney says is THE finest boxing trainer who ever lived).

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Who hit harder: George Foreman? Earnie Shavers? Ron Lyle? Cleveland Williams? – one man who fought ’em all gives his take

12/20/2017 James Slater

What was it like to have been hit on the chin by heavyweight power-punchers George Foreman, Earnie Shavers, Cleveland Williams and Ron Lyle? There is one man who today can, in a quite unique perspective, be able to say what it was indeed like to have faced these monsters. His name is not overly familiar, but New Orleans heavyweight Leroy Caldwell, who fought as a pro in the 1960s,’70s and ’80s, quite literally ‘fought ’em all’ (Caldwell the only living man to have fought Foreman, Shavers and Williams).

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Earnie Shavers: The man who finished “The Greatest”

09/30/2017 James Slater

Called by many the hardest heavyweight puncher in history, Earnie Shavers made his pro debut in November 1969, with a second round KO over one Silas Johnson. Johnson became the first of a number of fighters to be knocked flat or stopped, that number would eventually total 67.

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Earnie Shavers: Pure Power, Pure Punching, Pure Passion

10/04/201310/02/2013 James Slater

shavers643277 Having just read another article on heavyweight punching legend Earnie Shavers (this fascinating piece on Ringtv.com), I wanted to put up my own piece on “The Acorn,” a man who was once dubbed “The Puncher of The Century.”

I’ve had the privilege of speaking with the 1970’s and early ’80’s heavyweight terror a number of times and here he kindly lists for me his top-three all-time heavyweight punchers; as well as telling me how he feels he would have done – in his pure-punching, zinging prime – against fellow legends, Tyson, Foreman, Liston and today’s kings, the Klitschkos.

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