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Ron Stander (born 17 October 1944 in Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 116,278 according to the United States Census, 2000 ....
) is a boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 referee and former professional boxer from Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs, Iowa

Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River....
, who was once a challenger for the heavyweight championship of the world.

Stander built up a 21-1-1 record, including a knockout win over future world title challenger, the hard-punching Earnie Shavers
Earnie Shavers

Earnie Dee Shaver , better known as Earnie Shavers, is an American former professional boxing. Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Ron Lyle and Ken Norton all credited Shavers as being the hardest puncher they had ever faced in the ring....
, and decisions over fringe contenders Jack O'Halloran
Jack O'Halloran

Jack O'Halloran is an United States boxing and actor....
, Manuel Ramos
Manuel Ramos

Manuel Ramos, an attorney who also has taught Chicano literature courses at Metropolitan State College of Denver, is the author of several crime fiction novels....
, and Thad Spencer
Thad Spencer

Thad Spencer is a retired United States heavyweight Boxing.A native of Portland, Oregon, Spencer made his professional boxing debut in May 1960....
. Stander was ranked number 30 among the world's Heavyweights when he was given a shot at world champion Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
, prompting his wife Darlene to say the now famous words, "You don't take a Volkswagen
Volkswagen

Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group....
 into the Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
 unless you know a short-cut."

The fight took place at the Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County, Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River....
 on 25 May 1972.






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Ron Stander (born 17 October 1944 in Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 116,278 according to the United States Census, 2000 ....
) is a boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 referee and former professional boxer from Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs, Iowa

Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River....
, who was once a challenger for the heavyweight championship of the world.

Stander built up a 21-1-1 record, including a knockout win over future world title challenger, the hard-punching Earnie Shavers
Earnie Shavers

Earnie Dee Shaver , better known as Earnie Shavers, is an American former professional boxing. Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Ron Lyle and Ken Norton all credited Shavers as being the hardest puncher they had ever faced in the ring....
, and decisions over fringe contenders Jack O'Halloran
Jack O'Halloran

Jack O'Halloran is an United States boxing and actor....
, Manuel Ramos
Manuel Ramos

Manuel Ramos, an attorney who also has taught Chicano literature courses at Metropolitan State College of Denver, is the author of several crime fiction novels....
, and Thad Spencer
Thad Spencer

Thad Spencer is a retired United States heavyweight Boxing.A native of Portland, Oregon, Spencer made his professional boxing debut in May 1960....
. Stander was ranked number 30 among the world's Heavyweights when he was given a shot at world champion Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
, prompting his wife Darlene to say the now famous words, "You don't take a Volkswagen
Volkswagen

Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group....
 into the Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
 unless you know a short-cut."

The fight took place at the Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County, Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River....
 on 25 May 1972. Stander was not knocked out by Frazier, but he lost by a technical knockout after the fourth round, due to heavy cuts, requiring 32 stitches after the fight.

Stander continued boxing until 1982; among his most notable opponents were future world title holders Ken Norton
Ken Norton

Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. is a former multi-time world champion heavyweight boxer....
 and Gerrie Coetzee
Gerrie Coetzee

Gerhardus Christian Coetzee , better known as Gerrie Coetzee, is a South African former boxer. He made history twice: he was the first boxer from the African continent ever to fight for the world Heavyweight title, and the first to win the world Heavyweight title....
, losing to both by knockout. He retired with a record of 37 wins, 21 losses and 3 draws, 28 of those wins coming by knockout
Knockout

A knockout is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving strike ....
.

Stander's success earned him a unique title: The Council Bluffs Butcher.

In 2004, an award-winning documentary entitled "The Bluffs Butcher" and produced by journalism student Andrew Batt, was released. The documentary told the story of Iowa's arguably best shot at a World Heavyweight Boxing Title and chronicled Stander's journey from virtual unknown to boxing's largest stage.

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