How come George Chuvalo shows no sign of damage?

i dont know if im right in saying this but, george, lamota, fulmer and basilio all took good shots in the ring and they are all reasonably fine now, the thing that gets me is george is like 74 and he looks about 54! haha

 

I've read that the athletes who tend to suffer brain damage lack a particular protein that allows the brain to recover after blows. Maybe he has it.

 

He's just a seriously tough guy. Always liked big George. Had a tough life too.

 

Let's just be grateful he's in such good shape.
Almost feels like we're questioning why the guy's OK.
Feels a bit wrong.

 

He said in a couple interviews that he rarely got hit flush, most of the time he took the hits on the forehead or moved with the punch.

 

Because he is the toughest mother****er to ever live.

 

This is one of the few times the interviewer is harder to understand than the subject. I met George at the HOF Banquet a few years ago and he was very articulate and had the BIGGEST pair of hands I'd ever seen, other than the Eagles' Chuck Bednarik.

 

ridiculously thick skulls

 

He's one of those rare people who was physically built to fight, the same way Mike Tyson and George Foreman are built.

 

He's one of the rare fighters that still has good health...He's just one tough SOB!:yep

Had one of the (if not the best) chins in the sport!

 

Some chins are higher carbon steel then others. The punches did not really damage him that much its simple as that. It is amazing though.

 

Good for him. We don't need an explanation as to why he's okay, just let the good things happen and leave them be.

What he went through with his wife and sons was awful, to see how he's come back shows that his will is even stronger than his chin.

 

Lifestyle outside ring, and after boxing, can be issue too. Guys who drink heavy, and many have ,especially old timers, hurt some guys.

Remember Sandy Sadler? He was fine, outside of eye injury from car accident, til whan an old man, he was hit in head by muggers with pipes in Harlem. Reprter who wnet to se him in hospital wrote 'Shame to see how boxers wind up" as if pipes to head were part of boxing. atsch

 

Just granite and granite all over. Im canadian and the man is a legend.

 

Always wondered about this. It seems like the late starters might suffer less.