BEST I’VE FACED: GEORGE CHUVALO

Those were some all time greats on that list. Eduardo Corletti was mentioned by Angelo Dundee as a possible opponent after Muhammad Ali dispatched Zora Folley in 7 rounds on March 22 1967, following A]i's last title defense before his 43 month banishment from boxing. Both George Foreman and Joe Frazier handed out quite a beating to The Washerwomen George Chuvalo as Ali penned him in 1966. Chuvalo had good fights also with the likes of Floyd Patterson and Ernie Terrell in 1965. Chuvalo also kayoed Jerry Quarry in 1969 and defeated past his prime Cleveland Big Cat Williams in 1971. George had the distinction of never having been knocked off of his feet in his lengthy career.

 

Mike De john must be some hitter

 

I reckon George might have KOd him if the ref hadn't stepped in

 

Yes. Some like to put him down, because if they acknowledge Dejohn was a huge puncher, they'd have to concede Liston overcame adversity in his career when he beat a prime Dejohn (as opposed to the one Chuvalo faced at the end of his career).

Although he wasn't as powerful, nor as good as Liston, The Big Cat, or even Valdez, Dejohn was a monstrous puncher in his own right, as seen by his one round blowouts of Powell and Miteff.

 

So true my friend.

 

So Ali and, or, Foreman. (LOL)

 

Henry Cooper's wily old manager, Jim Wicks, wanted nothing to do with Chuvalo although he was the outstanding contender for Henry's Commonwealth Title for 5 or 6 years.
Another instance where Wicks earned his fee.

 

According to Chuvalo he had Foreman right where he wanted him and he was robbed of a victory by an over eager referee lol

 

When Wicks was asked if he and Henry had plans to meet Liston, his response was 'We don't even want to meet Liston walking down the same street."

 

I love Henry but Cooper-Liston is about as big a mismatch as I can think of with Coopers frailties (tissue thin skin, average chin) and Listons strengths (huge reach, ramrod jab, huge power). Sounds like Jim Wicks thought the same.

 

Agreed. Barring a once in a lifetime, perfectly well-placed Enry's Ammer, I think Liston makes quick work of Cooper.

 

That's a good one from Chuvalo. So that means Chuvalo was the original inventor of the rope a dope and was just waiting for Foreman to get tired, right ?
Come to think about it, he was smarter than Ali. Ali leaned back on the ropes and took body punishment. Chuvalo was using his head to block Foreman's shots, and as we all know the head is harder, therefore Foreman would have gotten tired a lot faster.

Being serious now, if Chuvalo really believes that, he's delusional. Or he just received one punch too many and messed up his thinking process

 

Chuvalo actually says he gave Ali the idea for the rope-a-dope when he noticed how Foreman would punch himself out

 

George was some TOUGH GUY!!