Duva introduced him to Chiky Ferrara, a well-known boxing trainer from Gleason's gym in New York City.
[5] On 13 March, 1979, Frank retained that title by beating Guy Casale, who had won 10, lost 1 and drawn 3 of his 14 contests, by a ninth-round technical knockout at Totowa.
Stander had faced Joe Frazier for the world heavyweight title in 1972, losing to the champion by a fifth-round technical knockout.
[8] Frank's next major fight came against the 22 wins, 1 loss Renaldo Snipes as the secondary fight of a program whose main event was Aaron Pryor's defense of his World Boxing Association world Junior Welterweight title against Miguel Montilla on 21 March, 1982 at the Playboy Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
Frank was attempting to become the first White boxer to be heavyweight champion since Ingemar Johansson achieved the feat by defeating Floyd Patterson in 1960.
[14] Just two weeks later, Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa achieved what Frank could not do, becoming the first White world heavyweight champion in 23 years by beating Michael Dokes for the WBA version of the title.
[10] Scott Frank retired from boxing with 24 professional fights, of which he won 22, lost 1 and drew 1, with 16 wins and the Holmes loss being by knockout.