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Highlights of Muhammad Ali vs Earnie Shavers!\r
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29th September 1977, “The Greatest of All Time” Muhammad Ali fights “The Black Destroyer” Earnie Shavers who is arguably the hardest punching heavyweight in history.\r
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This is one of the great all time heavyweight slugfests that go the distance as both fighters delivered their best shots for 15 rounds. Coming into this fight, Muhammad Ali had long established his legacy with wins over Joe Frazier (2x), Ken Norton (2x) George Chuvalo (2x), Floyd Patterson (2x), Jerry Quarry (2x), Bob Foster, Oscar Bonavena, George Foreman, Alfredo Evangelista, Jimmy Young, Mac Foster, Zora Folley, Henry Cooper (2x) and Sonny Liston (2x).\r
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Earnie Shavers have had the reputation of a devastating puncher, with knockout wins over Henry Clark, Roy Williams and Jimmy Ellis. Shavers had amassed a record of 54 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw with 52 of his wins coming by way of knockout coming into this fight. 22 of his KO wins in the first round! \r
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Round 15 of this fight is considered to be one of the greatest rounds in the sport of boxing. This fight is exciting from start to finish so please enjoy it!\r
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Earnie hit me so hard, he shook my kinfolk back in Africa!, stated Ali in an interview about the fight.\r
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