…And A Genuine “How The Hell Did He Get Back Up!” Moment!
The great Earnie Shavers recently passed away, this at the age of 78. One of the hardest-hitting (see lethal) heavyweights in all of boxing history, Shavers also ranks as one of the best big men never to have won a world title.… read more “September 28, 1979 – Holmes Vs. Shavers II”
James Tillis, dubbed “Quick,” and for a time trained by Archie Moore, and by Muhammad Ali’s great trainer, Angelo Dundee, was oncd a truly bright talent, expected to go places.… read more “Who Hit Harder – Earnie Shavers Or Mike Tyson? James Tillis Has No Doubt!”
Fight fans the world over are saddened right now, this due to the passing of a genuine boxing legend – a fighter many rank as THE hardest punching heavyweight of them all.… read more “Earnie Shavers Tribute”
“My win over Jimmy Ellis was a good win for me. That win really opened things up for me. He was a former heavyweight champion and I handled him with ease and showed the world my power,” Earnie Shavers on his KO win over Ellis, from June 18, 1973.… read more “Welcome To The Big Time: When Earnie Shavers Took Out Jimmy Ellis In A Round”
Dubbed “The Puncher of the Century,” and with good reason, Earnie Shavers turns 77 today. The man born in Garland, Alabama is one of the last few remaining survivors of that golden age for the heavyweight division: the 1970s, when there were so many great fighters all rivaling each other, when they’re so many great fights taking place when fight fans the world over were spoiled and never realised it.… read more “Happy Birthday Earnie Shavers – “The Puncher Of The Century” Turns 77”
He wasn’t called “The Puncher of the Century” for nothing, and there really is no denying the withering punching power the great (or near-great, depending on your view) Earnie Shavers possessed.… read more “Earnie Shavers: Ranking His Greatest KO’s”
“Puncher of the Century” Earnie Shavers arrived on the world stage on this day back in 1973, as the not-yet-shaven-headed bomber took out former WBA heavyweight champ Jimmy Ellis inside a round.… read more “On This Day In 1973: Earnie Shavers Destroys Jimmy Ellis With An Uppercut From Hell”
A Heavyweight contender back in the 1970s and 1980s, Leroy Caldwell, 27-31-6(6) often took short notice fights, and as his numbers show he was no stranger to defeat.… read more “Leeroy Caldwell: Earnie Shavers Hit Like He Was Carrying A Shotgun!”
Larry Holmes, George Foreman, Leon Spinks, and George Chuvalo are still with us, yet there are not too many survivors of the golden era of heavyweight boxing: the 1970s, a time when boxing was BIG.… read more “One Of The Last Survivors Of The Golden Era Of The Heavyweight Division – Earnie Shavers”
“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 is the Tex Cobb Vs.… read more “40 Years On: The Tex Cobb – Earnie Shavers War Remembered”