Why do many (not all) people consider Earnie Shavers the hardest puncher of all time

[The Old LefHook]

If Duran KO'd a horse, what could Shavers KO?

[markusmod]

Always a chance of that . . . I don't know of such dealings but I never say an absolute no when dealing with what prize fighters will say or do.

I know Ali tried to get Foreman out of retirement by offering him a rematch if he Forrman would take care of Norton first. Foreman refused. So the story goes..

I can see that.

[Ivich]

I fear I see an ego bias in those assessments.

Holmes got off the floor from Shavers which in his mind makes him look heroic - Holyfield needs to explain to himself why Bowe stopped him.

But who knows - guess I am adverse to quotes.

In my mind it makes Larry look heroic!

[Ivich]

If Duran KO'd a horse, what could Shavers KO?

If Duran actually did that which, having kept horses I highly doubt , it was a pretty nasty and shabby thing to do don't you think?

[QueensburyRules]

Recounting something while hammered on bathtub gin in not reliable. Put the bottle down and your glasses back on.

- - U seem to have an unerring familiarity with bathtub gin.

[Willie Pep 229]

If Duran actually did that which, having kept horses I highly doubt , it was a pretty nasty and shabby thing to do don't you think?

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Abraham Lincoln

[Marchegiano]

Why there is a whole industry of people who treat punching power like it's an unknowable mystical power you're born with that can't be taught, measured, or quantified in any way is beyond me. It's third grade physics. Most the guys y'all are interested in knowing about are on film. The question - who is the hardest and most devastating puncher of all time - is knowable.

[Anthony342]

Why there is a whole industry of people who treat punching power like it's an unknowable mystical power you're born with that can't be taught, measured, or quantified in any way is beyond me. It's third grade physics. Most the guys y'all are interested in knowing about are on film. The question - who is the hardest and most devastating puncher of all time - is knowable.

Yeah, really as Beavis used to say on B&B. Why are people still debating this topic? It's pretty easy as to why people consider anywone a hard puncher. He punched people and they fell down. Sometimes, they didn't get up. The reason why he isn't one of the best though is because, like I said before, those knockouts weren't usually against the best opponents he fought, besides Ken Norton, if you check his record. Next f****n question.

[QueensburyRules]

Yeah, really as Beavis used to say on B&B. Why are people still debating this topic?

- - U watched that show? Was U in 3rd grade?

[Marchegiano]

- - U watched that show? Was U in 3rd grade?

I was, abouts, I reckon.