Earnie Shavers versus Ray Mercer

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12 rounds.

[DrDuke]

Mercer was better almost in everything, I see him wearing Shavers down in about 8 rounds and stopping him.

[scorpio83]

Mercer never faced the hardest punchers in his era than Shavers even Mercer's opponents in his era were either good or great puncher themselves, but not like Shavers, whom all of Shavers' opponents admitted he punched the hardest. Even their common in the legend in Larry Holmes stated that being punched by Tyson was like being hit by a Ferrari while being punched by Shavers was being hit by a Mac Truck.

Shavers would have the punchers' chance to use his longer reach with his power jabs and knocking Mercer out in 4 rounds with his devastating right hand on the body and head.

However, Mercer would use his own jabs to out-box Shavers, wearing him down with body punches and knocking him out in 10 rounds.