Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...

Even after beating him, Holmes, and earlier Ron Lyle, proclaimed Shavers one of the hardest punchers they had faced. “Hey man, that’s the hardest I’ve ever been hit in my life,” Lyle, who ...

After earning a decision win in their first fight in 1978, Holmes stopped Shavers in 1979. Earnie Shavers is an absolute ...

Holmes won a 12-round decision over Shavers in that match, and in his next fight, beat Ken Norton to win the vacant WBC title. Shavers and Holmes fought for the WBC belt at Caesars on Sept. 28, 1979.

Holmes won a 12-round decision over Shavers in that match, and in his next fight, beat Ken Norton to win the vacant WBC title. Shavers and Holmes fought for the WBC belt at Caesars on Sept. 28, 1979.

Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...

Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...

Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. Skip to main content.

Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. He was 78. Former British boxer and close friend ...

Earnie Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, has died. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...

Shavers, whose thunderous punches stopped 68 fighters and earned him heavyweight title fights with Ali and Larry Holmes, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. He was 78. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File) ...