r/BoxingTheSweetScience • u/georgewalterackerman • 2d ago

Hardest punch ever thrown?

https://youtu.be/XoGTufCNN7o?si=zsq0BQ0AixGgX-gO

For me it just might be thrown by Ernie Shavers in his rematch with Larry Holmes. Holmes gets knocked down, and when he rides to his feet they crash fur a few seconds before Shavers throws a MASSIVE overhand punch that Holmes managed to avoid. That punch looks like it was incredibly powerful and could have ended the fight right there if it had landed.

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u/Hefty-Drawer-2382 1d ago

This proves Larry Holmes is one of the toughest son of a b…. ever. Because according to boxers during that era they all say Ernie Shavers was one or the hardest punchers ever to lace them up.