Shaver's Punching Power Is Completely Overrated.

[Steak]

Remember shavers lost to that bum Tex Cobb, couldnt put him away. Couldnt even put holmes away with his best shot. Vitali kills either of those guys.

Vitalis straight right will go down in history as one of the hardest punches in boxing. I cringe thinking what would happen if that 6'7 240 pound beast ever punched me.

oh yes, Cobb was a bum, despite the fact he arguably beat Buster Douglas despite being past his best and Douglas would go on to KO Tyson, yes yes.

lets also ignore him taking a beaing from Holmes and going the distance, yup.

[Rassclot]

shavers is one of the hardest punches ever...

I BELIEVE IN FAIRYTALES!


-LarryX

[jimmy1569]

Unless you have a fighter who have fought Lewis, Klitchko and Shavers, you assertion can't be proved man.

Ali fought a lot of huge punchers in his career, and keep in mind Sonny Liston was also considered a beast. So, for Ali to lay that flattering title upon Shavers really says a lot about Shavers pop.


Ring Magazine's 100 Greatest Punchers

1. Joe Louis
2. Sam Langford
3. Jimmy Wilde
4. Archie Moore
5. Sandy Saddler
6. Stanley Ketchell
7. Jack Dempsey
8. Bob Fitzsimmons
9. George Foreman
10. Earnie Shavers
11. Sugar Ray Robinson
12. Ruben Olivares
13. Wilfredo Gomez
14. Rocky Marciano
15. Sonny Liston
16. Mike Tyson
17. Bob Foster
18. Thomas Hearns
19. Khaosai Galaxy
20. Alexis Arguello
21. Carlos Zarate
22. Max Baer
23. Rocky Graziano
24. Matthew Saad Muhammad
25. Julian Jackson
26. Danny Lopez
27. Gerald McClellan
28. Roberto Duran
29. Rodrigo Valdez
30. Felix Trinidad
31. Pipino Cuevas
32. Jim Jefferies
33. Lennox Lewis
34. Bennie Briscoe
35. Marvin Hagler
36. Edwin Rosario
37. Tommy Ryan
38. John Mugabi
39. Joe Frazier
40. Carlos Monzon
41. Tony Zale
42. Michael Spinks
43. Joe Gans
44. Elmer Ray
45. George Godfrey
46. Naseem Hamed
47. Alfonso Zamora
48. David Tua
49. Cleveland Williams
50. Julio Cesar Chavez
51. Tiger Jack Fox
52. Joe Walcott
53. Gerry Cooney
54. Al (Bummy) Davis
55. Max Schmeling
56. Florentino Fernandez
57. Henry Armstrong
58. Bob Satterfield
59. Al Hostak
60. Jesus Pimentel
61. Eugene (Cyclone) Hart
62. Lew Jenkins
63. Harry Wills
64. Tom Sharkey
65. Terry McGovern
66. Jersey Joe Walcott
67. Kostya Tszyu
68. Leotis Martin
69. Buddy Baer
70. Donovan (Razor) Ruddock
71. Jose Luis Ramirez
72. Tommy Gomez
73. Jose Napoles
74. Kid McCoy
75. Antonio Esparragoza
76. Ricardo Moreno
77. Evander Holyfield
78. Ike Williams
79. Luis Firpo
80. Ricardo Lopez
81. Humberto Gonzalez
82. Bobby Chacon
83. Jock McAvoy
84. Eduardo Lausse
85. Eder Jofre
86. Charley Burley
87. Mike McCallum
88. Salvador Sanchez
89. Roy Jones Jr.
90. Rodolfo Gonzalez
91. Nigel Benn
92. (Irish) Bob Murphy
93. Paul Berlenbach
94. Battling Torres
95. Chalky Wright
96. George (K.O.) Chaney
97. Andy Ganigan
98. Fred Fulton
99. Ingemar Johansson
100. Charley White


Source: Ring Magazine (2003)


http://boxing.about.com/od/history/a/ring_punchers.htm

Lol.. a top 100 heavy hitters list without either Klitschko is a list i'd use strictly for toilet paper tissue.

[Rassclot]

oh yes, Cobb was a bum, despite the fact he arguably beat Buster Douglas despite being past his best and Douglas would go on to KO Tyson, yes yes.

lets also ignore him taking a beaing from Holmes and going the distance, yup.

lol @ the reaching in this post.

Going the distance with Holmes is surely ATG level ****.

[Forza]

That rings list is terrible. Tua at 48? archie mooore over rocky marciano who crushed his ass? dempsey over a prime tyson? the ****?

[IronDanHamza]

Welllllllll, It isn't really is it.

[WILL2WIN]

[QUOTE=LarryX2011;10371214]shavers is one of the hardest punches ever...

Shavers was a very strong puncher in a small frame and i think that Shannon Briggs knows that boxing is about hitting and not getting hit and after Vitali hit him so many times flush and broke his face,of couse Briggs is going to say Vitali's the hardest puncher!

When shannon fought foreman and lewis he was much more agile reflex wise and didn't absorb so many repeated hard shots.

Mike Tyson was only a small heavyweight and we all know how tyson ****s,so let earniies weight fool ya,he could **** too!

[Ben Bolt]

Earnie probably is the No. 1 amongst the hardest 1-punch hitters, confirmed by both Ali and Larry Holmes. It's not the same as to say he would have beaten Tyson or Wlad. He wouldn't. But for 1-punch power, he beats 'em.

[Eastbay Giant]

Lol.. a top 100 heavy hitters list without either Klitschko is a list i'd use strictly for toilet paper tissue.

I'm starting a new thread just for you.

[jimmy1569]

First of all one punch knockout power is NOT the end all be all of how much power you have behind your punches... it's just an indicator of how accurate you are with your delivery. Guys like Foreman & most sluggers it's there second & third shots that is more powerful than the one that initially got your attention as Now you no longer have a moving target & what does one do with target practice? They teeoff with there best shots. This is where guys like Foreman. VKlitschko..even Evander Holyfield start to display the ferocity of there shots. One punch power is there but the accumulation sluggers are the ones that really **** you up as they're tagging you with 5 or 6 bombs & prolonging your pain as opposed to giving you ONLY one shot & letting you off easy. It's the multiple knockdown guys within the fight that are the hardest punchers as they get to tee off on you & show you it's not lady luck at work.