"The Easton Assassin" Larry Holmes vs "Black Destroyer" Earnie Shavers 2 // Highlights

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  • Larry Holmes 210 lbs beat Earnie Shavers 211 lbs by TKO at 2:00 in round 11 of 15
    Date: 1979-09-28
    Location: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
    Referee: Davey Pearl
    Judge: Harold Buck 98-90
    Judge: Lou Tabat 98-89
    Judge: Hal Miller 98-91
    World Boxing Council Heavyweight Title (4th defense by Holmes)
    Bout official on August 14.
    The fight was televised live in prime time by ABC, which paid $3.5 million for the fight.
    Holmes earned $2.5 million and Shavers received $300,000.
    Shavers earned his title shot by stopping former WBC heavyweight champion Ken Norton in one round on March 23, 1979.
    After dominating the first six rounds, Holmes was knocked down in the seventh round by a devastating overhand right. He hit the canvas with a thud, flat on his back. But he got up and survived the round.
    Holmes regained control after the seventh round, and in the eleventh round, with a battered and exhausted Shavers still on his feet, referee Davey Pearl stopped the fight. Shavers later said he'd been thumbed in the eye by Holmes.
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  • @robertrka1
    @robertrka1 Місяць тому +36

    Boy, that damn Earnie Shavers had a ton of heart!❤️ A ton of heart!

    • @georgemvkeever8968
      @georgemvkeever8968 24 дні тому +2

      And for 1 shot power he hit harder than Foreman or tyson

    • @robertrka1
      @robertrka1 24 дні тому

      @@georgemvkeever8968 Yeah!😳

  • @karlos55555
    @karlos55555 Місяць тому +32

    Holmes was the most underrated heavyweight champ of all time.

  • @julianmansell2379
    @julianmansell2379 Місяць тому +22

    You don't see fights like this these days. 😮 Holmes with such an amazing Jab in his prime. I sure do miss Larry Holmes.

    • @user-bp7qb5hx2b
      @user-bp7qb5hx2b 7 днів тому +1

      Larry Holmes had the best jab in the heavyweight division of all time. He should be rated in the top 5 heavyweights of all time. He even scored a K O with that jab.

  • @1981TURBOTRANSAM1
    @1981TURBOTRANSAM1 24 дні тому +11

    Shavers once said Holmes jab was bone jarring. He said Ali was the better boxer but Ali’s jab was a flicking jab and not bone jarring like Larry’s.

  • @randysandberg5615
    @randysandberg5615 Місяць тому +24

    Larry is one of the all time greats.

  • @conard5381
    @conard5381 Місяць тому +14

    What took Holmes from an average fighter to a great one was that jab

    • @giorgiocosentino509
      @giorgiocosentino509 2 дні тому +2

      You are so right. I think that effort with perfecting the jab showed that Larry was a serious technician, and disciplined student of the art of boxing. He was very serious and focused, no clowning, showed up to the ring with a briefcase. That's what some didn't like about him.

  • @user-wk4mt7pn8o
    @user-wk4mt7pn8o 27 днів тому +10

    Calling that 2nd knockdown a “slip” was bullshit

  • @0ladele322
    @0ladele322 24 дні тому +7

    An old larry holmes fought evander holyfield, ray mercer, just imagine what a prime larry holmes would have done to holyfield, mercer
    Holmes was very underrated but he is probably among the top 3 heavy weight boxer of all time

    • @beauzer36
      @beauzer36 14 днів тому

      That Holmes Mercer fight is awesome. I go back to watch it often.

    • @brolickscholar3083
      @brolickscholar3083 3 дні тому

      Larry gave Evander Straight Hell in that fight. Evander Holyfield was getting his ssA kicked on the inside. Larry was rope a doping Evander until his corner told him not to go back inside with Larry. Larry was dropping some BOMBS on Holyfield. He elbowed Holyfield in the face and split his eye wide open. That fight is a great one.

  • @Blackfoot100
    @Blackfoot100 29 днів тому +19

    LARRY Holmes was one of Best Heavyweight champions, Right behind ALI. TYSON couldn't beat Larry Holmes in his prime.

  • @MrDuds1984
    @MrDuds1984 Місяць тому +7

    One of the all time great knockdowns by Shavers with that right hand which would have put most to sleep and that son of a gun Holmes got up like a champ. One of the reasons Holmes is top five HW champ of all time.

  • @MrSocko-vn7fw
    @MrSocko-vn7fw 20 днів тому +4

    9:32 I never seen a double hammer throw before 😂 he was throwing the kitchen sink at him

    • @2323_1
      @2323_1 8 днів тому

      Noice.

  • @charlesweaver9297
    @charlesweaver9297 Місяць тому +7

    Holmes had as many title defenses as Usyk had professional fights. That’s crazy.

    • @MrDuds1984
      @MrDuds1984 Місяць тому +3

      They fought 4-5times a year even as champs, today it’s at most 1-2 times a year. It’s a joke

  • @mikeanderson8939
    @mikeanderson8939 5 днів тому +3

    WHEN BOXING WAS PURE! SHAVER'S CHIN VS HOLMES' JAB AND MORE. FUCKING RESPECT!!!

  • @samithdpanicker8029
    @samithdpanicker8029 16 днів тому +4

    Those Jabs by larry is a piece of art😍

  • @veeseee128
    @veeseee128 Місяць тому +10

    Earnie Shavers hit harder than Tyson and Holmes destroyed him.

    • @jimmyfale6370
      @jimmyfale6370 24 дні тому

      Ah' I have too disagree with you shavers doesn't hit harder than Tyson ok

    • @anthonycampos8057
      @anthonycampos8057 19 днів тому +1

      And Tyson dropped Holmes. Your point?

    • @johndickson9542
      @johndickson9542 5 днів тому +1

      @@anthonycampos8057 When Holmes was older and coming out of a year and a half retirement, with little time to prepare for the fight.

    • @johndickson9542
      @johndickson9542 5 днів тому +1

      @@jimmyfale6370 Ali said Shavers was the hardest puncher he ever faced (that means harder than Foreman, btw). And Holmes also said Shavers was the hardest puncher he ever faced (that means harder than Tyson). So I have to agree.

    • @anthonycampos8057
      @anthonycampos8057 5 днів тому +1

      @@johndickson9542 George Foreman dropped Michael Moorer when he was in his 40s.

  • @PureBleachFilms
    @PureBleachFilms Місяць тому +15

    Holmes is way underrated, unfortunately for him he was sandwiched in between Ali and Tyson and people kinda ignore him.

    • @jamesh2711
      @jamesh2711 Місяць тому +2

      How is he underrated? All he did was beat a bunch of washed up 70's fighters. One thing I'll say about Holmes though, he must have had a cast iron chin to withstand some of those bombs that Shavers landed

    • @PureBleachFilms
      @PureBleachFilms Місяць тому +3

      @@jamesh2711 He could only fight people during his era, he can't go back in time.

    • @nigelbase1196
      @nigelbase1196 27 днів тому

      ​@@jamesh2711you must be a hater as you talk shite!

    • @stevesmith2171
      @stevesmith2171 27 днів тому

      This fight is why he fought tin cans after. He could have easily danced for 7-8 rounds,closed Shavers eyes and took him out. He decided to make a statement and plant feet and brawl. Got knocked down twice and still took the man out.

    • @ianthomas4568
      @ianthomas4568 26 днів тому

      I think you’ll find he’s been acknowledged as great heavyweight since the seventies?

  • @bcraftin7846
    @bcraftin7846 21 день тому +4

    I didn’t know Steve Harvey used to box?😂

    • @johndickson9542
      @johndickson9542 5 днів тому +1

      You know, you're right. Shavers did look like Harvey.

  • @MrJchill67
    @MrJchill67 16 днів тому +2

    How did those make it out of the ring alive? What guts!!!!

  • @user-ph1wd3wt5g
    @user-ph1wd3wt5g 7 днів тому +1

    Larry Holmes used that jab most effectively it's what saved him from being destroyed in the ring. It was obvious Shavers wanted a brawl which Holmes was smart enough to avoid with his super effective jab

  • @giorgiocosentino509
    @giorgiocosentino509 2 дні тому +1

    Early stoppage? The ref probably told Earnie "you better protect yourself or I'm stopping it."

  • @richardpokorny8509
    @richardpokorny8509 6 днів тому +2

    I met Ernie in the gym back in 80. Softest hand I ever shook.

  • @Blackfoot100
    @Blackfoot100 8 днів тому +3

    People make comments and don't know what their talking about Muhammad Ali, beat Shavers, Bite Tyson couldn't beat either of these men in their prime.

  • @pablonunez7437
    @pablonunez7437 17 днів тому +2

    Que buen peleador era Holmes,Tyson nunca aguanto 15 o 12 rounds,sin desmerecer al gran Shaver y sus puñetazos demoledores

  • @uscgbmcmretired2490
    @uscgbmcmretired2490 2 дні тому

    What a fight! 2 Lions fighting to the death! Holmes was a great Champion! Shavers was the heaviest puncher in the Golden ERA of Heavyweight Boxing!

  • @tonyvincent9753
    @tonyvincent9753 28 днів тому +1

    I was jumping up and down with joy when Ernie sent "the peanut head" Larry Holmes to the mat.

    • @nigelbase1196
      @nigelbase1196 27 днів тому +2

      Bet you weren't when Holmes stopped him!😂😂

    • @tonyvincent9753
      @tonyvincent9753 27 днів тому +1

      ​@@nigelbase1196 I was crying in my beer! 🤣

  • @eliseufonsecafonteles7246
    @eliseufonsecafonteles7246 Місяць тому +3

    Luta difícil! Luta dura! Dois gigantes!

  • @kosmik6484
    @kosmik6484 Місяць тому +7

    Segun Holmes ese golpe de Shavers, que le tumbó, fue el mas brutal que recibió en toda su carrera. Inclusive declaró que ni Tyson le pegó tan duro como Shavers. Posiblemente Shavers sea el mayor pegador de todos los tiempos.

  • @benjamineferko1657
    @benjamineferko1657 20 днів тому +1

    Great fight by two class fighters.

  • @user-bp2zs2yp2l
    @user-bp2zs2yp2l 9 днів тому +1

    Holmes prooved that he was strong as fukk.

  • @jameskelly5672
    @jameskelly5672 2 дні тому +1

    Huge win for the champion.

  • @HeathInClearLake
    @HeathInClearLake 6 днів тому

    Most powerful right hand ever vs best jab ever.

  • @ct8888
    @ct8888 Місяць тому +1

    How the hell did holmes get up after that right ? Both holmes and Ali said shavers was the hardest hitter they both ever faced

  • @sateeshmaharaj9730
    @sateeshmaharaj9730 24 дні тому +1

    Bless them both.

  • @mehdinaghdi45
    @mehdinaghdi45 Місяць тому +2

    This version of Holms couldn't ko Trever. He won by UD. But Iron Mike slaughtered Trevor.

  • @leewilcox5848
    @leewilcox5848 18 днів тому +1

    Shavers was a lot like Wilder in his day, he was going to either KO you or you were going to KO him.

  • @Blackfoot100
    @Blackfoot100 22 дні тому +4

    BITE TYSON, DIDN'T LAST LONG AS A CHAMPION, ANYONE WHO SAID BITE TYSON, COULD BEAT HOLMES, REALLY DON'T KNOW, ANYTHING ABOUT BOXING.

  • @ThomasSkorubski
    @ThomasSkorubski 6 днів тому +2

    It amazing that Ernie shavers was never heavyweight champion of the world, and the reason is most of the heavyweight champions great fighters of the 70s duct him Muhammad Ali duct him for years Joe Fraser duct him George Foreman duct him. Larry home said he was afraid to fight him because of his power George Foreman Joe Fraser Ken Norton were Taylor made for Ernie shavers they came straight ahead and anything shavers hit. He took out that’s why they ducked him. Otherwise he been the champ for quite a few years.

  • @richbrake9910
    @richbrake9910 18 днів тому +1

    I wanted Shavers to win. Where is the tale of the tape?

  • @francomaurino3400
    @francomaurino3400 27 днів тому

    La pegada mas potente de todos los tiempos la tuvo Herny sheavers

  • @rmc4091
    @rmc4091 2 дні тому

    Loved holmes Absolutely vicious puncher

  • @DaniloCellery
    @DaniloCellery 4 дні тому

    ..terrific bout...!

  • @truemanmontfort8031
    @truemanmontfort8031 25 днів тому +1

    Holmes deserves respect but he was always a jealous complainer….
    was glad to see Tyson destroy him to show him what he did to Ali when he was obviously well past his prime….served him right

    • @giorgiocosentino509
      @giorgiocosentino509 2 дні тому

      I remember his line, "That man can't even carry my jock strap." I don't remember who he was referring to.

  • @marcusweathers5867
    @marcusweathers5867 12 днів тому

    This is great to hear Howard Cosell this is Howard Cosell😅😅

  • @user-hr6um1ki7j
    @user-hr6um1ki7j 27 днів тому

    Very good,,,

  • @ClaytonLYRA-km9su
    @ClaytonLYRA-km9su 16 днів тому

    Os jabs punitivos de Larry Holmes

  • @chrisramos7482
    @chrisramos7482 8 днів тому

    Would've loved to see prime holmes and tyson, unfortunately it was a total mismatch

  • @manuelrios3289
    @manuelrios3289 10 днів тому

    Good boxer Larrry was very good, we didn't give him Aly

  • @buckshot4569
    @buckshot4569 Місяць тому +1

    WoW superstar fighters what a scrap ✨💫💓🏆

  • @robynator4168
    @robynator4168 10 днів тому

    I keep looking for the part where Tyson was in the ring. Everyone on here seems to want to talk about him but he wasn't much of a factor in 79' I guess. I thought it was strange that Shavers showed no emotion when the fight was stopped other than maybe relief. 12:05 As much as he put into that fight, I was surprised to see that.

    • @mr.majestic3851
      @mr.majestic3851 7 днів тому

      Dude Tyson was 13 in 1979

    • @robynator4168
      @robynator4168 7 днів тому

      @@mr.majestic3851 My point exactly. Why is he mentioned so many times in a thread for a fight that occurred when he was 13?

  • @justinweidenbach3699
    @justinweidenbach3699 9 днів тому

    In their prime, Ali would have out-boxed him, and Tyson would have knocked him out.

  • @billyrock8305
    @billyrock8305 7 днів тому +2

    Early stoppage. 👎🏼

  • @anglosaxonisraelite
    @anglosaxonisraelite 23 дні тому

    Anyone else see Shavers hit Holmes right in the back?

  • @user-dy7pm9wr5i
    @user-dy7pm9wr5i 18 днів тому

    These are the power hitters who scared Ali these are the ones that hit like dinosaurs 🦕 and they don’t even care about getting hit it gave them more power
    Holms
    Hearns
    Foreman
    Shaver
    As Ali said these guys make your insides shake and your bones 🦴 vibrate especially George he punches through you he doesn’t care about your speed

  • @ariochsanchez1083
    @ariochsanchez1083 9 днів тому

    En esa epoca tyson se ubiera perdido con larry holmes pero cuando pelesron larry estaba viejo y acsbado

  • @juanjosegigena4735
    @juanjosegigena4735 Місяць тому

    Shavers si hubiera acertado todo lo que malogro otra hubiera sido el resultado

  • @hymz2030
    @hymz2030 11 днів тому

    هذة الرياضة لا ينجح فيها الا طول الاذرع ومن أفريقيا بالذات... لأنهم عانوا الجوع والقهر....
    لم نسمع بغني يمارس الملاكمة أو موظف والخ.... لأنها شبة انتحار.....
    انا استسلم.... فقط أشاهد....

  • @carlosarnoldocarrascolover494
    @carlosarnoldocarrascolover494 Місяць тому

    Esta versión de Larry Holmes uviera cansado ala mejor versión de tayson Mike se uviera cansado y además como Larry Holmes era joven le uviera aguantado su pegada a tayson la persona cuando empieza a envejecer la cabeza se pone mas delicada esta versión de Larry Holmes es muy probable que también le uviera ganado a evander si de viejo le dió una gran pelea aca de joven estoy seguro que le gana Larry Holmes cuando se enfrentó con tayson no era ni la mitad como en éste vídeo tayson en su mejor momento no podría casar a un ágil y fuerte Larry a demás otro punto para los fanáticos de tayson tayson se uviera cansado con esta versión de Larry rápido mas joven más fuerte más aguante a los contra ataques y muy probable que Larry ke uviera ganado cansando a tayson y probablemente lo termina moqueando

  • @TheGir77
    @TheGir77 8 днів тому

    C pas de boxe..c une bagarre de discothèque

  • @user-up6rt5gx4u
    @user-up6rt5gx4u 4 дні тому

    Steve harvey is a boxer???

  • @reggmitchell1033
    @reggmitchell1033 20 днів тому

    Nope… he would have lost to Tyson….

  • @behjani1
    @behjani1 Місяць тому +1

    🩲😂

  • @anthonycampos8057
    @anthonycampos8057 19 днів тому

    Mike Tyson drops both.

    • @bigfoot-5150
      @bigfoot-5150 12 днів тому

      Tyson never got floored and came back to win.

  • @seanpgardner7374
    @seanpgardner7374 26 днів тому

    Holmes-was-a-bully

  • @veeseee128
    @veeseee128 Місяць тому +2

    This Larry Holes would destroy Tyson. David Tua would destroy Tyson.

    • @pauldalnoky6055
      @pauldalnoky6055 Місяць тому +1

      Tyson had a weak division. He never faught Morrison, foreman etc

    • @veeseee128
      @veeseee128 Місяць тому +1

      @@pauldalnoky6055 I agree. He manager didnt want him exposed so they let him fight mediocre fighters or bums. They thought he could beat Holyfield but Holyfield had heart and was a great boxer.

    • @veeseee128
      @veeseee128 Місяць тому

      @@pauldalnoky6055 Tyson ducked Briggs, Tua, Bowe, Foreman, Rhaman, Mercer, Morrison, etc.

    • @cashisking4206
      @cashisking4206 23 дні тому

      Nah, Tyson was the best, quit being jealous😂 your comments show you don't know shit about boxing

    • @anthonycampos8057
      @anthonycampos8057 19 днів тому +1

      I hope you're talking about Tyson Fury.

  • @veeseee128
    @veeseee128 Місяць тому +2

    Tyson never fought any top caliber fighters. Most of the fighters he beat were bums.

  • @ScottStellabuto
    @ScottStellabuto Місяць тому +28

    That's a joke. Tyson in his prime between 85 and 90, he was invincible. Holyfield and Lewis also would've been beaten. Nobody had tge ferocity and viciousness of tyson in the ring. He was the ultimate exucutioner.

    • @user-wq7nq1xm6b
      @user-wq7nq1xm6b Місяць тому +2

      Spot on scott

    • @chuckcollins2349
      @chuckcollins2349 Місяць тому +16

      Tyson not even top 10 among heavyweights all-time.

    • @cd1168
      @cd1168 Місяць тому +11

      Tyson is a quitter. Don’t care how strong. If you’re a quitter you’re nothing. He never would of beaten Holmes

    • @alarmactionukalarmactionuk893
      @alarmactionukalarmactionuk893 Місяць тому +4

      Moot comment. Holyfield was cruiserweight champion up until 1989 and Lewis was a promising Olympics amateur during those early years. Evander would of stopped Mike in 1991 as scheduled.

    • @owlperchedsilo3745
      @owlperchedsilo3745 Місяць тому +10

      bullshit, Tyson in his prime was only a KO king of 2nd rate or over the hill fighters. he never faced any elite fighters who were in their prime while he was in his prime. Holyfield, Lewis, and Bowe would have handed Tyson his ass, all prime or not. Holmes in his prime would have worn a prime Tyson down in the later rounds in every matchup they would have had (don't bring up the Holmes/Tyson fight where Holmes was 17 years older) Prime Holmes vs prime Tyson would always be a Tyson losing by points....every fight.

  • @gaetanocampagna7177
    @gaetanocampagna7177 Місяць тому

    Beh😂😂

  • @mikopoubil6045
    @mikopoubil6045 11 днів тому

    Bo combat 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @robertbachelor6993
    @robertbachelor6993 20 днів тому

    I miss cosell.

  • @georgemvkeever8968
    @georgemvkeever8968 Місяць тому +20

    This version of holmes would have beaten tyson

  • @toddtudor2636
    @toddtudor2636 Місяць тому

    Tyson would have smoked them both in his prime and then in their prime

  • @Rizietto
    @Rizietto Місяць тому +3

    e oggi vedi pugili come il panzone Fury e Usik

    • @francescoporcari8597
      @francescoporcari8597 Місяць тому +1

      Holmes/Alì/Frazier/Tyson sarebbero tutti cruiser ora come ora. Hai mai visto il ritmo che aveva Usyk da cruiser, hai visto Briedis vs Opetaia?
      Si tende sempre a idolatrare il passato.

  • @locksmith2731
    @locksmith2731 29 днів тому

    Лысый Потрошитель недавно неплохо выпотрошил Людоеда..

  • @rogerpercival5486
    @rogerpercival5486 11 днів тому +1

    Tyson got beat by holyfield he was icking his opponents easy wins

  • @user-vu4it7si7m
    @user-vu4it7si7m Місяць тому +1

    HOLYFIELD WINS ALL!