Northeast Ohio boxer Earnie Shavers dies at 78


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By Thomas Gerbasi. When asked about one of his most memorable fights, a 1979 rematch with Larry Holmes, Earnie Shavers proudly says, "You know, I was champ for five seconds.". The now 73-year.


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In 1927, Ring editor Nat Fleischer published his 'Training for Boxers' manual and I am fortunate to own a 1960 edition, with a foreword by Jack Dempsey. The book is a priceless and educative trip back in time. Writes Dempsey: "Conditioning is the most important factor in the life of a boxer.


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Whenever discussing the sledgehammer, I like to share the words above from the legendary power puncher Earnie Shavers. Shavers is undoubtedly one of the hardest punchers in the history of boxing and was a huge advocate of chopping wood and swinging a sledge. It's always useful to listen and learn from those who walked the walk.


Earnie Shavers Dies at Age 78 Heavyweight Boxer Won 68 Fights by KO News, Scores, Highlights

On September 13, 1975, two of the hardest punchers in boxing went to war as Ron Lyle went to toe-to-toe with Earnie Shavers. Surviving an early knockdown, Lyle weathered the storm to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat as he turned the tide and stopped Shavers in the 6th round of an action-packed battle.


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The sight of Earnie Shavers in the ring at Fight Night -- even as a noncombatant, dressed to the nines and taking his bows -- reminded me of a punch he threw 21 years ago.


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Considered one of the biggest hitters in boxing history, from the late sixties until the mid-eighties, Shavers took to the ring in a golden era and went toe-to-toe with all of the big names, combining stunning power and an iron fist. Ali, the People's Champion famously once claimed, "Earnie hit me so hard, it shook my kinfolk back in Africa


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Earnie Shavers: Well, I've seen a lot of their fights, and they're okay. They're nice guys too. But in my opinion, if they had been around in my day, you would not have even heard of them.


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5:09 At The Pit, we pride ourselves on hard-core, old-school training, but we keep it very cutting edge and effective. We use fighting techniques, as well as our strength and conditioning exercises all have a very have a very hard-core and old-school philosophy, it is is all very battle-tested, and effective.


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Additionally Earnie Shavers (average weight 208 lbs) would be the BOTTOM-2 lightest opponent Wladimir Klitschko has ever faced, thus Shavers would probably not box as a heavyweight anyway but as a cruiser. In other words: The power/dangerousness of Earnie Shavers and of a Klitschko is not even close. Earnie Shavers' power might have been good…


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A quick fix was more attractive than three months of training. A night on the town was easier than thirty minutes in the ring. His contemporaries Earnie Shavers and Larry Holmes have both settled into a comfortable life in their declining years while Merritt, who chose a less Spartan path, had a considerably more difficult life after boxing.


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Earnie Shavers was without question the hardest puncher in heavyweight history according to litterally everyone he ever laid a hand on. In the golden era of.


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Earnie Shaver's Training Routine? 10-16-2005, 11:37 AM Does anyone know Shavers' training routine? Tags: None Joachim Contender Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 283 Points: 1,000 Received 11.


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Highlights of the legendary hard punching former top Heavyweight contender. Earnie Shavers at his best! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hanzagod_1Earnie Shav.


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'My real advice would be this: chop wood, lift hay bales; go back to old-school, natural methods of training. My trainer, Archie Moore, he told me to go away and chop trees for two weeks before a


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3 Joshua looked ripped in training photos as he went 'back to basics' Credit: INSTAGRAM Pictures have emerged of AJ chopping wood in training camp and he has now explained the reasoning behind.