Book on Jeff 'Candy Slim' Merrritt

[Bill Paxtom]

Jeff 'Candy Slim' Merritt

In 1973,

Jeff became a 'legend'.

First > Don King bought Jeff's contract from Chris Dundee.

Second > Jeff 'fractured' Earnie Shavers jaw in a July 16th sparring session at Grossinger's Country Club in upstate New York.

Third > Jeff scored a TKO 1 over Ernie Terrell on September 10th at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Fourth > Jeff scored a KO 3 over 'rock-jawed' Ron Stander on November 28th in Cleveland.

Fifth > Jeff was getting 'a ton' of Press, and was being proclaimed as the 'future' of the Heavyweight Division.

As January 1974, Jeff was now rated as the #5 Heavyweight.