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Earnie Dee Shaver (August 31, 1944 – September 1, 2022), best known as Earnie Shavers, was an American professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1995. A two-time world heavyweight championship challenger, he is known as one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight boxing history.
Pro debut for Earnie Shavers. Howell down twice before the bout was stopped. ©BoxRec is the official record keeper for 410 sports authorities worldwide, it is not under direct control of any single authority.
Oct 14, 2022 · 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 ...
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 Kenny Rainford told The Associated Press in a telephone call from Liverpool, England, that his close friend died on Thursday in Virginia at the home ...
Sep 1, 2022 · Earnie Shavers, who earned a reputation as the hardest puncher in the game during a golden era of heavyweight boxing in the 1970s, died Thursday, a day after he turned 78.
Sep 2, 2022 · Earnie Shavers, who challenged Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes for the heavyweight title and was known as one of the hardest punchers in boxing history, died Thursday at age 78.
Dec 7, 2022 · Shavers, who started boxing at age 22, had an amateur record of 20-6. 1967 Youngstown Golden Gloves Open Division Heavyweight Finalist, losing to Mike Boswell on points. 1968 Cleveland Golden Gloves Novice Division Heavyweight Champion, defeating Mike Boswell. 1968 National Golden Gloves Tournament Quarterfinalist in Salt Lake City, UT.
Sep 2, 2022 · Earnie Shavers has died. The entire World Boxing Council family, President Mauricio Sulaiman and the Boxing World, are mourning at the death aged seventy-eight of KO cannonball heavyweight Earnie “Puncher of the Century” Shavers. Earnie could punch like no other.
Sep 3, 2022 · Former heavyweight boxer Earnie Shavers died Thursday in Virginia at the age of 78. Kenny Rainford, a fellow boxer and friend of Shavers, confirmed the news Friday to the Associated Press.
Sep 2, 2022 · 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.
