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Earnie Shavers

1944 - 2022

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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 most famous as one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight boxing history. He scored 70 knockout wins, including 23 in the first round, for a 76.7% overall knockout rate. Shavers twice unsuccessfully challenged for the heavyweight championship, losing to Muhammad Ali in 1977 by a 15-round unanimous decision and to Larry Holmes in 1979 by a TKO in round 11. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Earnie Shavers is the 50th most popular boxer (down from 39th in 2019), the 4,786th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,407th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Earnie Shavers ranks 50 out of 496. Before him are José Torres, Oleksandr Usyk, Emile Griffith, Kim Duk-koo, Leon Spinks, and Gennady Golovkin. After him are Éder Jofre, Ezzard Charles, John L. Sullivan, Tommy Morrison, Rocky Graziano, and Piero Toscani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Earnie Shavers ranks 346. Before him are Élisabeth Badinter, Enrique Irazoqui, Ahmed Chalabi, Naná Vasconcelos, Sigiswald Kuijken, and Andrew G. Vajna. After him are Jiří Holík, Susana Giménez, Oswald Gracias, Conrad Black, Al Kooper, and Pierre Bachelet. Among people deceased in 2022, Earnie Shavers ranks 224. Before him are Susana Dosamantes, Julio Jiménez, Borys Romanchenko, Gregory Itzin, Karol Divín, and Maximilian, Margrave of Baden. After him are Éder Jofre, James McDivitt, Mino De Rossi, Ciriaco De Mita, Franciszek Pieczka, and Ivanka Khristova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Earnie Shavers ranks 4,786 out of 20,380. Before him are Milton George Henschel (1920), Brandon Teena (1972), Jennifer Warnes (1947), Aunjanue Ellis (1969), Kenny Roberts (1951), and Lilla Cabot Perry (1848). After him are Tyra Banks (1973), Martin Hellman (1945), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Horace McCoy (1897), and Lesley Gore (1946).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Earnie Shavers ranks 28. Before him are Riddick Bowe (1967), Jack Johnson (1878), Roy Jones Jr. (1969), Max Baer (1909), Henry Armstrong (1912), and Leon Spinks (1953). After him are Ezzard Charles (1921), John L. Sullivan (1858), Tommy Morrison (1969), Rocky Graziano (1919), Oliver Kirk (1884), and Jersey Joe Walcott (1914).

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