I'm not making any statements as to how much of a threat he was, mcvey. Only that he could hit a punching bag and still be a serious puncher.
This would be a brutal mismatch. Chuvalo is all wrong for Wlad and I think Wlad would batter Chuvalo for a ko win.
You said Williams was a 'serious puncher', my contention is that at 38 years old he was no longer so ,in the same way that Joe Louis won his last fights by decision. Williams had journeyman going the distance with him,his reflexes had eroded and he could no longer deliver the power he possessed when he saw the openings.
So the disagreement is in whether or not he had the power at all and not whether or not he could use it effectively against those who aren't willing targets. That's fine. He did cut up Chuvalo a bit though, I think. I don't know. Maybe he lost it by then, but it's my thought that power is usually the last to go. I didn't really think about it much, only pointed out that he was a known power puncher that Chuvalo faced.
Well if you can't deliver it ,I suppose one can say you no longer have it . In fairness to Chuvalo, he was 34 years old himself, and a good 10lbs over his prime weight. It's very possible that Chuvalo would go the distance with a prime Williams,I was just pointing out that at that stage, Williams was more of a relic than a rocker.
Williams was ancient but he supposedly landed some bombs which Chuvalo shook off. It was two old fighters fighting each other and the fresher one won.
Key difference being Chuvalo hadn't lost sections of his intestinal tract and been shot several times previously. :nut
Well hell George is still alive and well up in Canada...lets have them fight....couldnt be much worse then some of the fights being made....
This would be a fight where Chuvalo would get banged around pretty early in the fight Vlad has to many tools, However the younger version of Vlad may run out of gas trying to put George on his ass and wind up tired if the ref dont stop it...Chuvalo is not going down and Vlad ran out of gas vs Purrity...The Improved version may pace himself and Chuvalo would be too strong and brave for his own good, chopped down and busted up and swelled over the first 5-6 rds Chuvalo my go down for good in the 7th by a well timed right that he does not see
bonavena never knocked down chuvalo you *******,the referee was right there and i also watched the fight.those where pushes not punches he was using bigjake