How hard was this shot?

[jabsRstiff]

Parodious, the idiot, says Shavers was an overrated puncher & cites Earnie's not being able to KO James Tillis as some kind of proof.

Guess who else did not KO Tillis ? MIKE TYSON !
Tyson hit Tillis quite a bit, but could manage only a knockdown that was due to Tillis having completely throwing himself off-balance.
Shavers hit Tillis with one shot.....dropped him...& Tillis barely beat the count. Lucky for Tillis, he was young....& the knockdown occurred in the 9th, when OLD Earnie had nothing left.


Oh yeah.....Shavers fought Tillis 4 years before Tyson did.

[Verstyle]

if shavers punched so hard how come he didnt tko him or beat him like tyson did. but then u guys say tyson doesnt hit as hard as shavers. and i know i know it was a young holmes but he still had a really good chin after he fought tyson

[Bozo_no no]

if shavers punched so hard how come he didnt tko him or beat him like tyson did. but then u guys say tyson doesnt hit as hard as shavers. and i know i know it was a young holmes but he still had a really good chin after he fought tyson

How many Shavers fights have you seen?

[jabsRstiff]

if shavers punched so hard how come he didnt tko him or beat him like tyson did. but then u guys say tyson doesnt hit as hard as shavers. and i know i know it was a young holmes but he still had a really good chin after he fought tyson

If you are talking about Shavers not stopping Tillis....James Tillis was the first man to go the distance with Tyson.

If it's Holmes you are talking about.....Shavers fought Holmes when Holmes was in his prime....not when he was 38, like Tyson did.

[blockhead]

If you are talking about Shavers not stopping Tillis....James Tillis was the first man to go the distance with Tyson.

If it's Holmes you are talking about.....Shavers fought Holmes when Holmes was in his prime....not when he was 38, like Tyson did.

good point, and if we are to compare the chin of holmes to the chin of tyson at 38 it would be laughable. remember how tyson got pushed down by mcbride at 38 and then quit.

[MikeHunt]

And how impressive is it that Larry Holmes beat the count?



This is arguably the hardest hitting Heavyweight of all time landing a titanic shot right on Larry Holmes' chin.

He's up by the count of 7.

It stopped him dead in his tracks. BAM!! Its hard to believe Shavers didnt win that fight after that knock down.

[butterfly1964]

larry holmes has the heart of a true champion. that is why he beat the count and won.

[habZ]

What a champion he was.

[Cereal]

complete badman. anyone got the other angle? i think the other one looks even worse.

[Dirt E Gomez]

What a shot.... and bump.