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 | | However, he did hold knockout victories over Jerry Quarry, Boone Kirkman, Ron Stander, Larry Middleton, and Duane Bobick, in addition to a split decision victory over Jimmy Young, and an exciting split decision loss to Larry Holmes, losing the WBC heavyweight title that he had been awarded almost two and a half months previously. |
 | | Though Shavers would probably be dominant in the Heavyweight Division of the last 15 years, he was a flawed fighter who was, oh so close, but yet so far in the heavyweight glory days of the Seventies. |
 | | He suffered knockout losses to Ron Stander, Jerry Quarry, Ron Lyle,and Larry Holmes in the Seventies, and Bernardo Mercado and Tex Cobb in 1980, so it’s fair to say that he could be hit and hurt. |
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