“He hit me with everything,” recalled Stander at a Starbucks coffee house in Brentwood, CA. “Hardest puncher in heavyweight history. His punches were like a night stick. Snap!"
Stander dug deep and came back in rounds three and four. He bounced hard shots off Shavers’ head. He wouldn’t stop punching until Shavers collapsed in a heap in round five.
As I walked from my car, I spotted Ron, standing like an oak tree with a glint in his eye, and after we met and he started to tell me stories, a mischievous smile.
The thunderous bangers waged an inside bomb-fest with Stander looking to back off the champion with head and body shots. Meanwhile, Frazier winged hard upper cuts and left hooks at the iron chinned challenger.