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About Earnie Shavers
- Earnie Dee Shaver (born August 31, 1944), best known as Earnie Shavers is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1969 to 1983, with two further comebacks in 1987 and 1995.
- A two-time world heavyweight championship challenger, Shavers is known for being one of the hardest punchers in boxing history.
- He scored 68 knockout wins (23 in the first round) and holds a 91.8% knockout-to-win ratio.
- Shavers had two world title fights - with Larry Holmes and Muhammad Ali.
- He scored a seventh round knockdown against Holmes, and badly hurt Ali.
- He never won a world title, but defeated former world champions Vicente Rondón, Jimmy Ellis and Ken Norton, as well as contenders Jimmy Young and Joe Bugner. In 2001, he released an autobiography called Welcome to the Big Time.
- Today, he attends boxing events as a special guest, autograph signer, and motivational speaker.
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