Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sign on the white-washed barn door was the strongest symbol of Shaver's determination and confidence. The sign listed the "all-time hardest heavyweight punchers." Number one was Shavers: 52 knockouts in 54 wins...
...Only one heavyweight was in camp to provide hard contact work for Shavers but a bevy of light heavies enabled the challenger to improve his speed and footwork for the shuffling...
There was a more practical reason for having only one heavyweight for sparring. They were afraid of getting hurt. As Shavers's former manager Joseph "Blackie" Gennaro said, "It's hard to get a heavy because Earnie sends them home...
...these sessions, light heavyweight Cookie Wallace provided an imitation of Ali that resulted in Wallace sacrificing his upper mandible for Shavers's benefit. Wallace taunted Shavers, a la Ali, and stuck his face out to receive Shavers's blows in a crude and masochistic simulation of Ali's "rope-a-dope" technique...
...Vegas and Toots Shors' Bar haven't placed their bets against Ali. They have heard that Ali is fat, and slow, and that a washed-up heavyweight named Jimmy Ellis floored him twice in sparring sessions...