Ron Stander Passes at 77

[oogiebe]

What always comes to mind when I hear Ron Stander's name is the picture of him the day after the Frazier fight. All swollen and full of stiches.

But he was a real tough man with a hard punch. The kind of fighter that mostly goes unheralded but essential to the sport we all love so much.

RIP Ron.

[H8Usernames]

Rip

[cannonball]

tough man from a tough era

RIP

[margaret thatcher]

although frazier whooped his ass, you could see he got joe's respect

[giacomino]

What always comes to mind when I hear Ron Stander's name is the picture of him the day after the Frazier fight. All swollen and full of stiches.

But he was a real tough man with a hard punch. The kind of fighter that mostly goes unheralded but essential to the sport we all love so much.

RIP Ron.

I remember that fight. What a beating he took. Tough dude. Respect

[HomicideHenry]

The man was an off the wall underdog when he got his shot at Frazier, even his own wife made the comment: "You don't drive a Volkswagen in the Indianapolis 500," when she was asked her husband's chances.

But he had a tremendous heart and did pretty damn good when you consider he was basically a part-time fighter. A lot of guys from that era were not full-time fighters like Chuck Wepner.

Jesus Christ Almighty God bless his family

[rob h]

Irritates me when I read the stories of the Shaw fight. However it is usually also noted that Stander had broken ribs at the time. Stander was a tough, tough fella.

[cannonball]

the shaw fight was most likely a fix. Ron knew the game and how it was played