Chuvalo In The Late 1890's/Early1900's How Far Could He Go?

I would like to hear from some of the experts on this period of time chime in on this myself.

 

A better Jim Jeffries.

Sorry, I can't lie.

 

He could probably make it all the way to Des Moines and back.

 

From Toronto?

 

You could say Chuvalo was well suited to for the times based on his style, but he was on the slow side, and not very skilled. Chuvalo lost quite a few decisions. While his power was solid, he never stopped an opponent who was currently in the top ten when he fought them.

I doubt he would become champion from the 1890's to early 1900's, and would pick Jackson, Corbett, Fitz, or Jeffries over Chuvalo.

Perhaps Chuvalo was a little better than Hart or Burns.

 

Depends on what you feed the horse, I guess. :think

 

Been thinking a little about this and I'm pretty sure at sometime in that time frame we would b a champion.

 

Poor Jeffries must be turning in his grave!

 

He could hang with them, but hew would have the same shortcomings as he had in his own era, and concequently he would loose to the best.

 

He'd be viewed as super strong and indestructible but would still be outboxed and out
speeded .. Corbett would have been way too fast. Fitz would have broken his hands trying to KO him but if he used his brain would have also out speeded him to a decision .. Jeffries seems to have far more skill and would decision him .. Burns I'm not sure but Johnson defeats him easily ..

 

Chuvalo was strong and extremely durable, but of course not the most skillful boxer in his own era.

However, transport him back to the late 1890s - and we would today be researching old newspaper articles describing this amazingly clever genius, the likes of which the world had never seen before!

 

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Based upon what ? He was terribly slow and lost decisions along the way to pretty much every decent fighter he ever fought putting aside Quarry ..