Tapology Talks Boxing

@Free he definitely knows he's up against it. I actually can't believe Fury is the dog. There's money to be made there.

Nah, neither wilder nor foreman hit as hard as Shavers. In his prime if he hit people even half clean they were done instantly. His power was utterly ungodly. George Foreman refused to fight him, Frazer too ( Frazier told him privately 'no way Earnie, you hit too hard'). Even Ali waited until he was past his prime to get in the ring with him and he very, very nearly got KO'ed by Earnie. Both Ali and Lyle have both stated that he was far and away the hardest puncher they have ever felt, as has Norton. 68 of his 74 wins were by KO/TKO.


P4P Julian Jackson was the hardest puncher of all time IMO. That said I wouldn't want to get hit by Wilder or Foreman, not even on the gloves. Foreman was definitely a much classier boxer than wilder too but yeah, they are definitely both sluggers. So was shavers.

* Edited at 11.29.2018, 12:18 AM ET *

commissions would straight up check Earnies gloves before and after a fight.....his power was unreal. 






Everybody noticed Foremans power....few recognized his level of defense. Understood "reach" more so than almost any other fighter in history. 

* Edited at 11.29.2018, 12:43 AM ET *

Sugar Ray Robinson probably deserves an honorable mention too, at least on the P4P list of hardest hitters. He literally killed a man with one punch. I would say that though because I'm a remorseless SRR ****rider and refuse to believe that anyone was, is or ever will be as good.

Anyway, Ali said 'Earnie hit me so hard it shook my kinfolk back in Africa'.  Larry Holmes said Shavers hit harder than anyone he ever fought, and he also fought Tyson. George Foreman said 'I never fought Earnie Shavers, thank god'. Tyson was a much better Boxer, and he was better at breaking his opponent's guard. He landed more, but he didn't land as Heavy. Shavers was much less likely to hit his opponent but if he did it was catastrophic.

Earnie was  farmhand. Basically from the time he could walk, all he did was chop down trees and throw bails of hay from sunrise to sunset. His muscle memory and sheer size were probably responsible for his KO power.

I hadn't noticed that, no. Was too busy noticing Wilders insecurities coming to life. 

I've never thought Joshua would beat Wilder or fury. He's pretty overrated TBH and his best win is old man klitchsko who very nearly put him out. Povetkin isn't a real HW and he's long in the tooth. Joshua doesn't have Fury's footwork. He will get hit, and I've already seen what happens when he eats a big one clean. Getting hit by wilder is a different deal than getting by Wlad.

Still think Tyson won the fight and I'd pick him again in the rematch, which I think he would win easily. That was his first fight in nearly three years and he had to start froim 0. Really all he had to do was dance around in the twelfth and he would have been home and hosed. He's actually a much better inside fighter and should have utilized this more. The one time he did ( think it was the third) Deontay had no answer. Fury should have payed more attention to the Wilder Ortiz fight.

* Edited at 12.02.2018, 8:02 PM ET *

Hopefully!