You've got to be kidding. Chuvalo is one of the most well-articulated boxers of his period. Any other man than Chuvalo would have crumbled beneath the punishment he took. Listen to the man talk, he has absolutely no speech impedement what so ever.
I wouldn't say "no speech impediment whatsoever" lol. He speaks fairly clearly, but you can still hear some slight stumbles and slurs here and there. He's been affected for sure but not as much as some unfortunate others.
I don't know how old this video is, but he's very articulate and looks good for a 76-year old former boxer who fought the cream of the crop (Ali, Frazier, Foreman)....never got knocked down or out
@@sovietcrocodile4570 really? Sorry if I trouble you, My Grandpa has always been a huge boxing fan, Especially Heavyweights, I just got know about these tough guys a decade ago, i suddenly remember them and my grandpa and search videos/documentaries about these legendary boxers
What I really have noticed lately is how polite and well spoken these fighters of the past are or were in some cases. None that I've listened to acted childish nor resorted to profanity. Definitely a major component missing in the world of sports today.
@@smiechu47 There have been more modern guys who had that old school politeness. Lennox Lewis, for example. For the old school guys, Floyd Patterson was like the nicest most polite guy in the world.
I hadn't heard him talk in his older years. I was expecting a super chinny mumbling slow talking man who isn't with it after all the punishment he's taken. You wouldn't even know he's a fighter by the way he talks. Very intelligent.
This isn't about avoiding punches, its about taking punches and not dropping. He's explaining, very well, the structural things that it takes to absorb a punch well. There are also neurological differences in the brain but that's beyond a layman's knowledge. Man is not created equal, that's just new age guff which should be replaced with 'treat people with respect & kindness'.
@@crabb9966 Because people aren't equal. Women and men aren't the same. Fat and skinny aren't the same. Rich and poor aren't the same. Strong and weak aren't the same.
great to see him looking and sounding so well, he sounds very like rocky marciano the way he speaks and little expressions. definitely one of the most durable ever, glad he`s in good shape.
George is an absolute champ! I met him a few times what a decent human being, the tragedy this man has suffered in his life and he still a humble human being. Tough as nails!
George's Skull must be as thick as concrete, this dude fought every major heavyweight of his era and went toe to toe with each one, never backing up. GREAT FIGHTER!!
Muhammad Ali once said that if every heavyweight title fight was 75 rounds long that George Chuvalo would be heavyweight champion. Good fighter and a heck of a nice guy.
Not taking anything from George, he could take a shot better than anyone I've ever witnessed, but he was human. He had a super human chin but, he was still human and if they didn't stop the fight with Foreman I firmly believe that he would have been dropped and stopped. Nonetheless hes a legend.
I wouldn't say unfortunate simply because he was able to compete with a lot of those guys back then too. We're talking about a guy who fought over 90 pro fights and was never floored or KO'd by anyone and that's including the fact that he took Ali for 15 rounds when Ali was still in his prime before the 3 year layoff. That's one hell of an achievement considering the fact that he was in the most talent rich era in heavyweight history.
This meshes well with what my late mother, who was in the political game, once told me after having what she described as the "delightful experience" of having lunch with Chuvalo and some others. Charming, articulate, funny, and a gentleman, were among the words she used, And she knew a bit about boxing too, at least enough to know that while George Chuvalo may never have been heavyweight champion of the world he will always be a Canadian hero.
Chuvalo soaked bloody cutting blows like a human sponge in the ring and never going down on the canvas despite being pounded at will by the mighty fists of George Foreman !
That fight was a bullshit stoppage. God damned referee got upset by George's wife and manager who over reacted and fucked up the fight. Foreman was throwing punches out the window and wasting his strength. He didn't catch Chuvalo with anything half way useful when he got him in the corner. Just sloppy garbage like when ali rope a doped him. Foreman confided in Chuvalo months after the fight. "Thank God the ref stopped it, I had nothing left if it went over 5 rounds." Foreman always lacked stamina. Those big long looping punches that just glanced off his opponents bodies and tops of the heads were pretty funny too. Christ, why didn't Foreman's trainers teach him anything about short, accurate punches and saving some energy. Chuvalo would have knocked the kid out in the 7th.
He not only is the only 10 heavyweight to never kiss canvas. George holds the record for most main events at MSG. His first match against Ali he only had a few weeks to prepare as the original opponent backed out. After 15 rounds, George went dancing and Ali went to the hospital. In 72 in Vancouver if Ali was not champ George would have been given the match. But it a known practice that the challenger has to beat the champ not the other way around and all even things fall to the reigning champ.
George is really onto something as far as the science of him being better at taking punches than other people. He has an immaculate fighting record for sure to back it up.
What he is saying is pure gold. I teach Martial arts and we do sparring, people after getting hit not even half of the power you see in boxing matches usually have problems to continue fighting. It is true they don't fight for a living, they do it 3 hours a week and they are doing it for fun... But the amount of punishment a boxer gets you have to have extreme genetics to survive that heavy punches.
George is, I believe, the only boxer to survive the 60's, and it's amazing how lucid he is at this point in life. Good for him! Good fighter but an even better man from what I've learned about him.
Foreman survived the 60s. This video is pretty old. Unfortunately Chuvalo is confined to a Toronto care facility these days, suffering from advanced dementia. From the effects of boxing or just old age? We will never know for certain.
@@richardweiler6931 Ja ich gebe dir Recht das Mister Chuvalo von Alzheimer erkrankt hat. Aber alt ist er genügend und noch Box. Er ist so wieso eine Legende und bleibt in unsere Gedanken. Er stammt aus einer Kroatische Familie von Bosnien und Hercegovina. Geboren in Toronto 1937 und seine Familie hat schwer und hat er Box ausgewählt weil damals das war ein gut bezahlte Geschäft. Big Gritting from Germany. 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇭🇷🇭🇷♥️✝️👍
@@billygiles3276 So much is luck. Real good example of luck is Larry Holmes. 75 fights, in tons of wars, fought until age 52 (and was fighting actual dangerous opponents in his 40s, not tomato cans), was a paid sparring partner to guys like Ali and Frazier when young - and he’s totally fine now, in his 70s. Sounds like a regular guy of his age.
I think every guy who got in the ring with this prince thinks the world of him. He's just a very sweet guy. He represents Canadians so well. Take your pride while you can, my man is 87 now. He doesn't look it and he's spry, but he deserves some love.
bro do some neck exercises and shit but dont let that stop you from fighting. theres plenty of fighters out there with long necks and small heads the will is the most important factor
He was defensively underrated but some of the combination he took would knock most boxers off their feet. He's fight with George foreman was incredible, don't know how he was upright after that onslaught and he was getting caught clean. Taking one big shot from George foreman was enough but to take clean combination is just crazy. George chuvalo chin is made out of granite
What an enjoyable fellow. I think a little bit of the greatness of the champs from his era rubbed off on him, even in his losses. He should also be recognized for his contributions to the greatness of those fighters.
He is a much better defensive fighter than given credit for. Parrys a lot of shots that look like they landed. Can't help but think that's why he lost a lot of desicions, officials not noticing how fast his parrys were
i think thats why its better to start training whatever sport you like when youre a kid at a young age, that way when you grow up it will be easier to use your body naturally and easier , when i was around 14 i use to do push ups around 40 minutes few times a week, i would do as many as i can, i have a very big chest naturally and is hard as a rock, i can do over 200 push ups non stop even today
George Chuvalo , the bleuprint of Rocky Balboa , is such a lovely man! love to see that George is still very healthy and fine in this video , what a diamond he is.....................
I don't know why but the Ali vs chuvalo 1 looks exactly like the rocky fight,the Wepner Ali only has the random knock down but bcause he stepped on his shoe
I like this slurred boxer speech where they blend 2 to 3 words together at a time. Like: I actuausedtohave protruding jaw muscles. But all jokes aside, Chuvalo is in great condition for a man who boxed in 507 professional rounds in 93 fights. The man is a living legend.
This is true. I have same facial structure as george and I've been hit hundreds of times. With hard punches to my face I'm able to take punches . Big head. Thick neck. Strong shoulder traps
he fought foreman and got tagged many times and never dropped...frazier is said to have had an iron chin and foreman dropped him like 6 times with single punches so yo chuvalo is the real deal...and btw his speech is good for a fuckin 70+ year old and he stutters the same way obama stutters its not from brain damage its from connecting ideas too quickly without a pause i do the same thing
Whatever bud. He was born in Toronto. My mom is Croatian, but had me in Canada. I'll always be proud of it, but my nationality is Canadian, and i cannot escape that anymore than i can escape that by ethnicity.
I cannot believe they have just taken down Ibhof2 video 'Muhammed Ali - ABC Classic Wide World of Sports (Rare footage)' on copyright grounds!!!! It was the best thing on UA-cam!!!!
Of course his family is from Croatia. Wanna ask him if he's Canadian or not? You will get a resounding YES. He was BORN in Toronto. Thats like saying I'm not Canadian because my parents came here, but I was born here. SMH.
lol always someone like you. you had to point out he may have been stopped by cuts. dont try to take anything away from George , he fought the best and was never dropped.
I like him, he is a nice guy and a true warrior who never gives up! Also he is a strong fighter with a great chin and neck.. i agree! But lets be realistic.. he was nothing special.. He was a punching bag for the great legendary fighters. Only performance : Never get knock out. Canadian champion.
He couldn't take George Foreman's or Joe Frazier's punches for too long... He had to be pulled out of those fights with the big blasters... But he is right on one thing... He can speak OK for a fighter and his brain isn't fried.. That's more than you could say about Muhammad Ali... Joe Frazier... Jerry Quarry... Mike Quarry... Riddick Bowe... James Toney... Meldrick Taylor... Terry Norris and dozens of others... They couldn't talk worth a shit after they were retired for 10 years or so... The deterioration doesn't always show up for a while.. But if you can talk well when you're 80, you pulled it off.
chuvalo is way overlooked. he fought & held his own in a great era, yet he gets overlooked. its obvious from this interview, his intelligence component added to his abilities.
Chuvalo is so right. Strong neck muscles are needed for ability to take a punch.. Having a short neck helps as your head is protected by your shoulders if you move correctly and use the right boxing stance.
At his prime, Mike Tyson would have beaten any of them. A Tyson versus Morrison fight would have been incredible, but again Tyson would have beaten him too...a young Mike Tyson. He wasn't the same aggressive fighter when he got older.
I would love to see a prime chuvalo fight lewis he fought more than one legend in their prime lewis fought two washed up legends and idiots are saying he's ali lmao what a joke
He was man's man that's for sure... if fights were to the finish he might have been champ.. he fought in the greatest era of heavyweight history... not many today could take him... specially the current champ Klits..
Klitschkos might be not that entertaining for a casual like you. Klitschko would beat the crap out of chuvalo. Vitali Klitschko would even beat Ali, these arent cruiserweights weighing 190 pounds like frazier, these are 6ft6+ super heavyweight men 245pounds+ whi actually can box
Two other fighters from that era had nearly as good of chin. Henry Clark, and Chuck Weiner. Clark got pounded on by Liston, Norton, Shavers (twice!) and Mercado, without going down. Wepner’s only KD/KO was to Ali, due to pure exhaustion. He had big losses to Liston, Foreman and others, but due to bleeding without going down. Neither of those guys bad Chuvalo’s skill though. George did have very good defensive skills. Wepner had almost no defense, and a “face first” style.
George said in an interview recently that he had a doctor do a brain scan on his brain, and when they got the test results, the doctor was in sheer shock. He asked George if he had been a fighter, little did he know that George had not only been a prize fighter and a heavyweight legendary Canadian champion, but he also had not been knocked the canvas in 96 fights! What’s most amazing about this story is that the brain scan showed no evidence or hardly any damage of Georgia’s brain, considering that he fought the likes of Ali, Patterson, Foreman, Quarry, Foley, Williams, Frazier, and many other top contenders of that era! George Chuvalo was tough as nails and a granite chin as mentioned and he has been overlooked and undervalued as a legendary boxer! Thanks for the great footage! And thanks George, your awesome!
My dad and uncle saw him fight Ali in Toronto in 66 and he toured just about every Canadian high school for decades talking to kids about drugs and depression and boxing and life (he lost his wife and kids to both). Guy's a legend up here, champ in my eyes. Cheers.
LEGEND. His family comes from a town in Herzegovina that's about 20 mins away from where my family comes from. Coincidentally, having been in a massive amount of fights myself (moving from country to country after the war made me an "easy target" for many attacks, and I could never take that shit passively) and never being knocked out despite all manner of black and swollen eyes...I'm kinda getting a possible hint as to why that was. We Herzegovinians are thick-skulled mofos haha. Now.... I live in the Junction, Toronto...where he lived when he got into boxing.
@k1d n1ce Yeah no shit your talking about someone that trained there whole like to hurt people even in his 80s George foreman could still ko 90 percent of the people on planet earth there also extremly durable
yes, tenacious a boxer at his time, exasperating all his opponents...up to many specialist 1st fight against Ali was a draw...and the 2nd not very far to be one too. He looks good for his age and I'm happy to see that.
You've got to be kidding. Chuvalo is one of the most well-articulated boxers of his period. Any other man than Chuvalo would have crumbled beneath the punishment he took. Listen to the man talk, he has absolutely no speech impedement what so ever.
I wouldn't say "no speech impediment whatsoever" lol. He speaks fairly clearly, but you can still hear some slight stumbles and slurs here and there. He's been affected for sure but not as much as some unfortunate others.
He has lost most of cognitive skills nowadays. It just hits you later on for some people.
He always talked like that look at the interview when he was younger.
I don't know how old this video is, but he's very articulate and looks good for a 76-year old former boxer who fought the cream of the crop (Ali, Frazier, Foreman)....never got knocked down or out
He's 86 now
@@EBBX.I see you everywhere
@@sovietcrocodile4570 really? Sorry if I trouble you,
My Grandpa has always been a huge boxing fan, Especially Heavyweights, I just got know about these tough guys a decade ago, i suddenly remember them and my grandpa and search videos/documentaries about these legendary boxers
@@EBBX. Nah you ain't troubling anyone, I was just sayin I see you everywhere no malice intended. We're all big fans of the sport after all
@@sovietcrocodile4570 yep, you got a good point 👍🏻
What I really have noticed lately is how polite and well spoken these fighters of the past are or were in some cases. None that I've listened to acted childish nor resorted to profanity. Definitely a major component missing in the world of sports today.
because they are old, Ali was the best trash talker around when he was young
What is wrong with being a child
@@smiechu47 There have been more modern guys who had that old school politeness. Lennox Lewis, for example.
For the old school guys, Floyd Patterson was like the nicest most polite guy in the world.
@@कट्टरहिंदू-झ2ट nothing...if you're a child. But when you grow up, then you better mature or the world will have no time for you.
I hadn't heard him talk in his older years. I was expecting a super chinny mumbling slow talking man who isn't with it after all the punishment he's taken. You wouldn't even know he's a fighter by the way he talks. Very intelligent.
Hard to believe with the wars he was in, that he's close to 80 years old
dieselcoc it has alot with Croatian cousine he grove up on....
Lucien Draay potpisujem....
dieselcoc which is the reason why having a good can is so important
Fun fact : he didn't know English at all until he went to school, his parents didn't learn English when they went to Canada.
This isn't about avoiding punches, its about taking punches and not dropping.
He's explaining, very well, the structural things that it takes to absorb a punch well. There are also neurological differences in the brain but that's beyond a layman's knowledge.
Man is not created equal, that's just new age guff which should be replaced with 'treat people with respect & kindness'.
“New age guff” from 1776
I never understokd why some people are offended by "everyone is equal"
@@crabb9966 Because people aren't equal. Women and men aren't the same. Fat and skinny aren't the same. Rich and poor aren't the same. Strong and weak aren't the same.
@@hanksh7285 that's not what's meant by everyone is eaual
@@crabb9966 What is meant then?
great to see him looking and sounding so well, he sounds very like rocky marciano the way he speaks and little expressions.
definitely one of the most durable ever, glad he`s in good shape.
Rocky has a classic boston accent and his voice his higher pitched
I heard he get dementia now, dementia isn't that dangerous right?
@@titsmcgee7800 he from brockton though
George is an absolute champ! I met him a few times what a decent human being, the tragedy this man has suffered in his life and he still a humble human being. Tough as nails!
George's Skull must be as thick as concrete, this dude fought every major heavyweight of his era and went toe to toe with each one, never backing up. GREAT FIGHTER!!
Muhammad Ali once said that if every heavyweight title fight was 75 rounds long that George Chuvalo would be heavyweight champion. Good fighter and a heck of a nice guy.
Paul Ryan lol like "heavy as rocks"
Same with Jake LaMotta. He's 95 years and still can speak properly considering how old he is.
Thick as concrete doesn’t make sense
Not taking anything from George, he could take a shot better than anyone I've ever witnessed, but he was human. He had a super human chin but, he was still human and if they didn't stop the fight with Foreman I firmly believe that he would have been dropped and stopped. Nonetheless hes a legend.
I wouldn't say unfortunate simply because he was able to compete with a lot of those guys back then too. We're talking about a guy who fought over 90 pro fights and was never floored or KO'd by anyone and that's including the fact that he took Ali for 15 rounds when Ali was still in his prime before the 3 year layoff. That's one hell of an achievement considering the fact that he was in the most talent rich era in heavyweight history.
This guy took some serious punishment. Him & Joe Frazier - my god almighty. What men!
This meshes well with what my late mother, who was in the political game, once told me after having what she described as the "delightful experience" of having lunch with Chuvalo and some others. Charming, articulate, funny, and a gentleman, were among the words she used, And she knew a bit about boxing too, at least enough to know that while George Chuvalo may never have been heavyweight champion of the world he will always be a Canadian hero.
***** Was that before or after he took her to the sack?
Have you got a strong neck?
I got a big head as well and when I sparred I got hit by big shots and wasent stunned
Greenguy780 Me too, mate. Big noggin is finally good for something! lol
I got a big ass head but slightly long neck and thin neck
Chuvalo soaked bloody cutting blows like a human sponge in the ring and never going down on the canvas despite being pounded at will by the mighty fists of George Foreman !
That fight was a bullshit stoppage. God damned referee got upset by George's wife and manager who over reacted and fucked up the fight. Foreman was throwing punches out the window and wasting his strength. He didn't catch Chuvalo with anything half way useful when he got him in the corner. Just sloppy garbage like when ali rope a doped him. Foreman confided in Chuvalo months after the fight. "Thank God the ref stopped it, I had nothing left if it went over 5 rounds." Foreman always lacked stamina. Those big long looping punches that just glanced off his opponents bodies and tops of the heads were pretty funny too. Christ, why didn't Foreman's trainers teach him anything about short, accurate punches and saving some energy. Chuvalo would have knocked the kid out in the 7th.
Mauserman Anderson good comment
Mauserman Anderson
He not only is the only 10 heavyweight to never kiss canvas. George holds the record for most main events at MSG. His first match against Ali he only had a few weeks to prepare as the original opponent backed out. After 15 rounds, George went dancing and Ali went to the hospital.
In 72 in Vancouver if Ali was not champ George would have been given the match. But it a known practice that the challenger has to beat the champ not the other way around and all even things fall to the reigning champ.
George is really onto something as far as the science of him being better at taking punches than other people. He has an immaculate fighting record for sure to back it up.
He’s humble and self-deprecating. That takes intelligence. Mix intelligence with physicality and, in this case, you have a world class fighter.
What he is saying is pure gold. I teach Martial arts and we do sparring, people after getting hit not even half of the power you see in boxing matches usually have problems to continue fighting. It is true they don't fight for a living, they do it 3 hours a week and they are doing it for fun... But the amount of punishment a boxer gets you have to have extreme genetics to survive that heavy punches.
Lol if I got hit with 1/10th of the punches I would be bubububububub. lol.
George is, I believe, the only boxer to survive the 60's, and it's amazing how lucid he is at this point in life. Good for him! Good fighter but an even better man from what I've learned about him.
Foreman survived the 60s. This video is pretty old. Unfortunately Chuvalo is confined to a Toronto care facility these days, suffering from advanced dementia. From the effects of boxing or just old age? We will never know for certain.
@@richardweiler6931 Ja ich gebe dir Recht das Mister Chuvalo von Alzheimer erkrankt hat. Aber alt ist er genügend und noch Box. Er ist so wieso eine Legende und bleibt in unsere Gedanken. Er stammt aus einer Kroatische Familie von Bosnien und Hercegovina. Geboren in Toronto 1937 und seine Familie hat schwer und hat er Box ausgewählt weil damals das war ein gut bezahlte Geschäft. Big Gritting from Germany. 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇭🇷🇭🇷♥️✝️👍
Very tough, comes across as a nice guy.
the fact that george chivalo isnt retarted is amazing he actually sounds smart not bad for a guy that got punched in the head as much as him
It certainly is incredible but unfortunately Gerry quarry ended up REAL BAD. I suppose the amount of fights or luck has something to do with it also
@@billygiles3276 So much is luck.
Real good example of luck is Larry Holmes. 75 fights, in tons of wars, fought until age 52 (and was fighting actual dangerous opponents in his 40s, not tomato cans), was a paid sparring partner to guys like Ali and Frazier when young - and he’s totally fine now, in his 70s. Sounds like a regular guy of his age.
Great Philosophy! Very intellectual
I think every guy who got in the ring with this prince thinks the world of him. He's just a very sweet guy. He represents Canadians so well. Take your pride while you can, my man is 87 now. He doesn't look it and he's spry, but he deserves some love.
lol, i got a longer neck, small head, and weak shoulders. Im prob gonna get knocked out by the first jab they throw
ure not supposed to fight in the ring
i already have since i posted this comment lol. Did not get knocked out but i sure felt the hits
Jorge lopez i thought u just assumed quite rightly
lol yea,I guess i don't have the anatomy but I enjoy it
bro do some neck exercises and shit but dont let that stop you from fighting. theres plenty of fighters out there with long necks and small heads the will is the most important factor
I am so happy for him! He can enjoy his knighthood. He's faster with his tongue than a guy on aderrall
I love how he talks, how he looks, hes amazing.
He was defensively underrated but some of the combination he took would knock most boxers off their feet. He's fight with George foreman was incredible, don't know how he was upright after that onslaught and he was getting caught clean. Taking one big shot from George foreman was enough but to take clean combination is just crazy. George chuvalo chin is made out of granite
What an enjoyable fellow. I think a little bit of the greatness of the champs from his era rubbed off on him, even in his losses. He should also be recognized for his contributions to the greatness of those fighters.
And.... He's not studdering
yep & nor is he STUTTERING !!!!
astonaulak lmao
Seeing the kind of punishment he was taking from Foreman was scary. I was thinking to myself, "How is this guy not in a coma?"
He is a much better defensive fighter than given credit for. Parrys a lot of shots that look like they landed. Can't help but think that's why he lost a lot of desicions, officials not noticing how fast his parrys were
Great advice from an old time great, thanks George!
Truly one of the Best..and in this vídeo looks in good shape,mentaly too.
smarter than most fighters too, and didn't suffer brain damage from all his years in the ring.
i think thats why its better to start training whatever sport you like when youre a kid at a young age, that way when you grow up it will be easier to use your body naturally and easier , when i was around 14 i use to do push ups around 40 minutes few times a week, i would do as many as i can, i have a very big chest naturally and is hard as a rock, i can do over 200 push ups non stop even today
George Chuvalo , the bleuprint of Rocky Balboa , is such a lovely man! love to see that George is still very healthy and fine in this video , what a diamond he is.....................
One of my favourite fighters.
He fought during the toughest era 60's -70's! He may have been champ if he'd fought in the Klitcko era!
George is built like a pitbull. Tough, muscled and stocky. Great guy.
I don't know why but the Ali vs chuvalo 1 looks exactly like the rocky fight,the Wepner Ali only has the random knock down but bcause he stepped on his shoe
Love you George. Great guy. Great fighter. Great Canadian.
I like this slurred boxer speech where they blend 2 to 3 words together at a time. Like:
I actuausedtohave protruding jaw muscles.
But all jokes aside, Chuvalo is in great condition for a man who boxed in 507 professional rounds in 93 fights. The man is a living legend.
George I read your book it was very good.
He doesnt sound punch drunk at all, this shows that genes matter
Adamantium bone structure!
Gold mine of info here for any aspiring fighters in any sport.
This is true. I have same facial structure as george and I've been hit hundreds of times. With hard punches to my face I'm able to take punches . Big head. Thick neck. Strong shoulder traps
Why so many dislikes?
Top 5 boxers of all time.. dude was a brwaler
he fought foreman and got tagged many times and never dropped...frazier is said to have had an iron chin and foreman dropped him like 6 times with single punches so yo chuvalo is the real deal...and btw his speech is good for a fuckin 70+ year old and he stutters the same way obama stutters its not from brain damage its from connecting ideas too quickly without a pause i do the same thing
Whatever bud. He was born in Toronto. My mom is Croatian, but had me in Canada. I'll always be proud of it, but my nationality is Canadian, and i cannot escape that anymore than i can escape that by ethnicity.
I told him he took a good pouch & he did not seem to know how to rep;y & thanked me - the above interview he must of thought about it more !
"...a neck like a stack of dimes" haha!
legend
I cannot believe they have just taken down Ibhof2 video 'Muhammed Ali - ABC Classic Wide World of Sports (Rare footage)' on copyright grounds!!!! It was the best thing on UA-cam!!!!
Ibhof2 is the uploader of this video and the Ali one, but UA-cam has removed the option of contacting the OPs direct
Never down against those beasts! I think he may have been stopped on cuts by Foreman or Frazier.George could still dish out some beatings,looks great!
110% Tyson neck gave him a Iron Chin.
he fought foreman and DIDNT get knocked out or even down (ref stopped it because he was getting hit fucking hard)
Proverbs 29:23
“A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.”
King James Version (KJV)
George sounds like Robert De Niro
He better not say this shit at good or get fired or put in a safe space
Big Ed would have had the best chin in boxing 😂
Of course his family is from Croatia. Wanna ask him if he's Canadian or not? You will get a resounding YES. He was BORN in Toronto. Thats like saying I'm not Canadian because my parents came here, but I was born here. SMH.
Brilliant
lol always someone like you. you had to point out he may have been stopped by cuts. dont try to take anything away from George , he fought the best and was never dropped.
I though he was in good shape & did not age much - a good talker !
3:40 😂
I like him, he is a nice guy and a true warrior who never gives up!
Also he is a strong fighter with a great chin and neck.. i agree!
But lets be realistic.. he was nothing special..
He was a punching bag for the great legendary fighters.
Only performance :
Never get knock out.
Canadian champion.
and you don't have a long chin
He couldn't take George Foreman's or Joe Frazier's punches for too long... He had to be pulled out of those fights with the big blasters... But he is right on one thing... He can speak OK for a fighter and his brain isn't fried.. That's more than you could say about Muhammad Ali... Joe Frazier... Jerry Quarry... Mike Quarry... Riddick Bowe... James Toney... Meldrick Taylor... Terry Norris and dozens of others... They couldn't talk worth a shit after they were retired for 10 years or so... The deterioration doesn't always show up for a while.. But if you can talk well when you're 80, you pulled it off.
Thick skull / small brain / weak opponents
chuvalo is way overlooked. he fought & held his own in a great era, yet he gets overlooked. its obvious from this interview, his intelligence component added to his abilities.
+kelvinkloud like jerry quarry too..overlooked
Strong , tough and intelligent... coz he's Croat 💪 😉
Chuvalo is so right. Strong neck muscles are needed for ability to take a punch.. Having a short neck helps as your head is protected by your shoulders if you move correctly and use the right boxing stance.
At his prime, Mike Tyson would have beaten any of them. A Tyson versus Morrison fight would have been incredible, but again Tyson would have beaten him too...a young Mike Tyson. He wasn't the same aggressive fighter when he got older.
Surprised george didn't do much commentating. He seems quite articulate.
he used to have a boxing show on TV in Canada
the fact that george chivalo isnt retarted is amazing he actually sounds smart not bad for a guy that got punched in the head as much as him
Without a doubt the greatest chin in boxing, very underated puncher aswell. Cant remember exactly but he scored a lot of knockout/t.k.o wins.
Excellent explanation from an excellent fighter, thank you.
chuvalo is super human is very special fighter with legendary force 💪👑
the best defense is not getting hit at all
True, but in the game of boxing your gonna get caught sooner or later!
What a dumb comment. Don't get in the ring or go outside then, stay in your safe space
@@InvisibleHotdog dont act tough on the internet little boy
I would love to see a prime chuvalo fight lewis he fought more than one legend in their prime lewis fought two washed up legends and idiots are saying he's ali lmao what a joke
you can't really mention lewis in the same breath man come on
Lewis is the greatest heavyweight of all time. I know this comment is old but it's still fucking stupid.
Lewis was extremely good, is one of the all time greats of that division
Met him as a kid as many students in Ontario did back in the day. Great man, tough as nails, heart of gold. Canada loves you bud.
I love Chuvalo. He seems so friendly, articulate and fun to be around and he has to be the toughest boxer that ever lived.
He was a very good defensive fighter and never got credit.
He was man's man that's for sure... if fights were to the finish he might have been champ.. he fought in the greatest era of heavyweight history... not many today could take him... specially the current champ Klits..
Klitschkos might be not that entertaining for a casual like you. Klitschko would beat the crap out of chuvalo. Vitali Klitschko would even beat Ali, these arent cruiserweights weighing 190 pounds like frazier, these are 6ft6+ super heavyweight men 245pounds+ whi actually can box
Doctors: BOXING CAN LEAD TO DEMENTIA AND BRAIN DAMAGE
George Chuvalo: Hold my *DOUBLE BUBBLE*
Two other fighters from that era had nearly as good of chin. Henry Clark, and Chuck Weiner.
Clark got pounded on by Liston, Norton, Shavers (twice!) and Mercado, without going down.
Wepner’s only KD/KO was to Ali, due to pure exhaustion. He had big losses to Liston, Foreman and others, but due to bleeding without going down.
Neither of those guys bad Chuvalo’s skill though. George did have very good defensive skills. Wepner had almost no defense, and a “face first” style.
George was a beast. A good fighter and tough as nails.
George said in an interview recently that he had a doctor do a brain scan on his brain, and when they got the test results, the doctor was in sheer shock. He asked George if he had been a fighter, little did he know that George had not only been a prize fighter and a heavyweight legendary Canadian champion, but he also had not been knocked the canvas in 96 fights! What’s most amazing about this story is that the brain scan showed no evidence or hardly any damage of Georgia’s brain, considering that he fought the likes of Ali, Patterson, Foreman, Quarry, Foley, Williams, Frazier, and many other top contenders of that era! George Chuvalo was tough as nails and a granite chin as mentioned and he has been overlooked and undervalued as a legendary boxer! Thanks for the great footage! And thanks George, your awesome!
one of the greatest fighters who never was world champ. But a champ just the same.
My dad and uncle saw him fight Ali in Toronto in 66 and he toured just about every Canadian high school for decades talking to kids about drugs and depression and boxing and life (he lost his wife and kids to both). Guy's a legend up here, champ in my eyes. Cheers.
George Foreman and George Chuvalo have the best chins of all time
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LEGEND. His family comes from a town in Herzegovina that's about 20 mins away from where my family comes from. Coincidentally, having been in a massive amount of fights myself (moving from country to country after the war made me an "easy target" for many attacks, and I could never take that shit passively) and never being knocked out despite all manner of black and swollen eyes...I'm kinda getting a possible hint as to why that was. We Herzegovinians are thick-skulled mofos haha.
Now.... I live in the Junction, Toronto...where he lived when he got into boxing.
he's got 35 years on me and i still wouldnt mess with him,lol.
@k1d n1ce Yeah no shit your talking about someone that trained there whole like to hurt people even in his 80s George foreman could still ko 90 percent of the people on planet earth there also extremly durable
@@ramonalzate George wasn't that old in the 80's.
Smart move
Chuvalo was a darn good fighter. His problem was the era he fought in. Pretty tough to excel when the competition is Ali Foreman Frazier etc
Super articulate and clear like he did not take a single punch.
The man NEVER got knocked down. Which fighter in any weight class in any era could make that claim?
George is very, very articulate. No punch residue for him.
A real stand-up guy....tough fighter...also, to come back from the personal tragedies he absorbed makes him a champ in my book...
yes, tenacious a boxer at his time, exasperating all his opponents...up to many specialist 1st fight against Ali was a draw...and the 2nd not very far to be one too. He looks good for his age and I'm happy to see that.
A real Croatian hero.
Čuvalo the Lion heart
He sustained through young george foreman's truck punches for 3 entire rounds and was still on his feet