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Who Hit(s) Harder? Earnie Shavers vs Deontay Wilder
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Wilder by faaaaaaaar. You have to put Shavers' power into context. He was doing it against guys in the 190-210 pound range and not straight up erasing them like Wilder either. Wilder might be the hardest hitting boxer ever.
Shavers fought every month and erased nikkas , that's really impressive considering wear and tear
He also failed to knock a lot of fighters out and got knocked by fighters that shouldn't have been able to touch him.
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Nostalgia will clout this thread though 98 percent of the posters never saw him live but that’s a tough one. I’d say they’re both 2 of the Top 5 For Knockout Power In regard to Heavyweight.
Hard to say, Shavers fought much better level of opposition though.
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A lot of Shavers shyt was accumulative damage. Wilder giving nikkas 1 shot and making them retarded.
I think Wilder is the harder puncher but i wouldnt argue w anyone who says Shavers hits harder. When the GOAT says he never felt anything like your power you know dude was on some other shyt.
I think Wilder is the harder puncher but i wouldnt argue w anyone who says Shavers hits harder. When the GOAT says he never felt anything like your power you know dude was on some other shyt.
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Wilder. the 
will come in droves trying to juelz for Shavers though.
will come in droves trying to juelz for Shavers though.
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Different kinds of power it seems
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Earnie was a beast and unlucky to have boxed in that GOAT era...
He would of easily been a strap holder in any other HW era...
That said I have never seen a right hand like Wilders...
Even Joe Louis had to set his shyt up...
Look how Earnie uses his legs and waist for leverage...
Wilder literally just throws that bytch and the fights over if it connects clean...
He would of easily been a strap holder in any other HW era...
That said I have never seen a right hand like Wilders...
Even Joe Louis had to set his shyt up...
Look how Earnie uses his legs and waist for leverage...
Wilder literally just throws that bytch and the fights over if it connects clean...
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Makes no sense. He doesn't really break dudes down, rough em up etc. He times em and boom. He doesn't even have the best jab to work behind. But one thing that is slept on is that he's a 6'7 man moving at crazy speeds. Its like a gold club or a wrecking ball.
if we are comparing strictly on punching...wilder prolly hits harder..because compact or wound up..his right hand ices nikkas without so much as a delivery system or a consistent plan of attack to the body
now if we are looking at who notably theyve stopped or damaged with that power...its still shavers
all the notable 70s and early 80s heavyweights all say shavers...
ali took 15 rounds of bombs from shavers and lost 3 of his 4 last fights as a result..the candle was snuffed out
holmes who rarely likes to give credit to fighters doesnt hesitate to say shavers hit him the hardest and he got ko'ed by mike tyson
james quick tillis also fought shavers and tyson..says it was shavers by a mile
tex cobb was talking about no one hit harder than shavers and if they did he'sdshoot them
jimmy young was only knocked down in his career and out by shavers and says it was shavers...he fought some punchers
even the journeymen from that era...i remember reading a story about a journeyman named leroy caldwell...dude fought cleveland williams, foreman, ron lyle, and shavers. dangerous all time great punchers..he said it was shavers by a mile
those are some endorsements...shavers wasn't even the greatest boxer either...he was chinny, stamina a little suspect, could be outboxed but you couldn't let him hit you like that lol..other than jerry quarry no one bombed him out quick..he was a dangerous guy
now if we are looking at who notably theyve stopped or damaged with that power...its still shavers
all the notable 70s and early 80s heavyweights all say shavers...
ali took 15 rounds of bombs from shavers and lost 3 of his 4 last fights as a result..the candle was snuffed out
holmes who rarely likes to give credit to fighters doesnt hesitate to say shavers hit him the hardest and he got ko'ed by mike tyson
james quick tillis also fought shavers and tyson..says it was shavers by a mile
tex cobb was talking about no one hit harder than shavers and if they did he'sdshoot them
jimmy young was only knocked down in his career and out by shavers and says it was shavers...he fought some punchers
even the journeymen from that era...i remember reading a story about a journeyman named leroy caldwell...dude fought cleveland williams, foreman, ron lyle, and shavers. dangerous all time great punchers..he said it was shavers by a mile
those are some endorsements...shavers wasn't even the greatest boxer either...he was chinny, stamina a little suspect, could be outboxed but you couldn't let him hit you like that lol..other than jerry quarry no one bombed him out quick..he was a dangerous guy
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p4p does julian jackson best Wilder in power?
shavers was a killer who fought killers and very skilled fighters.
wilder is a killer but fought trash to average fighters in comparision.
wilder is a killer but fought trash to average fighters in comparision.
well said bro