Man, do I need to study up on my boxing history. :duh: It's funny 'cus I've had this book sitting up in my office at work called "A Pictorial History of Boxing." 384 pages and no mention of Shavers. I need to find better books.
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Shavers' record, especially in certain key fights, will not be numerically impressive. He was basically a big, very tough, very, very strong journeyman with a pair of hands like cinder blocks. Chances are you could outbox Shavers, if you were a Holmes or Ali, but he was going to make you pay in your body, and if he caught you square in the face, you were going to feel what being a part of the NASA program was like.
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A hometown hero, Ron Stander, KO'd Shavers back in the day. Later, Stander was able to get Frazier to come to Omaha for a title fight. Incidentally, Shavers fought his last winning bout here in Omaha about 10 years ago at the age of 50!
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Yup. Ron Stander was another one of those big, tough journeyman who, if you didn't train properly for, would make you pay dearly.
Brenda said:I have some Ali fights on video. I'll check to see if I have this one. Thanks dinoa2.
Not only does she smoke cigars, she watches boxing too!?!?!?! Way cool Brenda!!!
:eeek:FreedomGuns said:Incidentally, Shavers fought his last winning bout here in Omaha about 10 years ago at the age of 50!
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