Imagine being a ranked heavyweight contender coming off a losing world title challenge to Muhammad Ali and then going in with ...

Apollo Creed. 2. Earnie Shavers was almost Clubber Lang in "Rocky III" instead of Lawrence Tureaud ("Mr. T"). Mr. T was great as Clubber Lang, but he couldn't act like Carl Weathers or punch like ...

George Foreman is viewed as one of the hardest hitters of all time, but it is another man that 'Big George' deems as the best.

Shavers knocked out the likes of Ken Norton, Jimmy Ellis and Jimmy Young during his career which began in 1969 and ended over ...

Among the fighters he contacted, he called on Earnie Shavers. By 1982, Shavers was thirty-seven and nearing the end of his career, so trying his luck in the film industry didn't seem like a bad idea.

Earnie Shavers is considered to be arguably the hardest puncher in boxing history and for good reason. 'The Black Destroyer' scored 70 knockouts out of 76 career victories, which is a staggering ...

Considered one of the hardest-hitting heavyweight boxers of all time, Earnie Shavers took on all the best of his era including Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, and Jerry Quarry. This is a look back at ...

Earnie Shavers (a reference for the benefit of Quinn, an avid boxing fan). Quinn’s team has been defined by its toughness over the past several weeks, starting with chief toughness officer ...