How would Chavalo's career have played out if there were 20-25 rounds fight- 60/70's

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  1. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Kurgan,

    New information has surfaced on the Chavalo vs Bonavena fight. Two posters who own this fight ( Woller being one of them ) say Chavlao was down twice, once from a slip, the other from a legit knockdown. The referee blew the knockdown.
     
    Mendoza, Jan 23, 2008
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  2. bigjake

    bigjake Active Member Full Member

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    i saw the fight don't get too excited,those were pushs that bonavena used on chuvalo not punches hoping it would be called a knockdown[jimmy ellis used the same tactics on chuvalo in their fight as well].bonavena stayed away from big george most of the fight instead of mixing it up.after the fight chuvalo called bonavena a real dog,not a compliment btw.the referee for the fight was aurthur mercante a seasoned ref he never missed the call at all,he was onto what oscar was up too.

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    bigjake, Jan 23, 2008
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  3. Doppleganger

    Doppleganger Southside Slugger Full Member

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    What an entertaining read! Mendoza pal, give it up mate, you're getting beat up like the proverbial red headed stepchild.
     
    Doppleganger, Jan 23, 2008
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  4. Raging B(_)LL

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    Chuvalo was never floored against Bonavena, they were ruled slips which is exactly what they were, nothing more. I seem to recall one of the knockdowns resulting from Oscar stepping on George`s foot as he was hitting him and George went down, but that is not a legitimate knockdown however.
     
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  5. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    The way I see it, my thread was high jacked, and I was tautned. Outside of meanilness giggles, I'm dishing it out like Ruby Red Robert.

    If examining the manucia of fighters careers is not interesting to you, just skip those types of threads.

    Woller, a man with a huge fight library says Chavalo was knocked down by Bonnavena, but the ref blew it. I think this means soemthign in the context of this thread.

    I was hoping to see a reply from Kurgan or John Thomas. John Thomas in particular seemed interested what happened on film regarding Cobb. Perhaps he might also be as intrested in this case.
     
    Mendoza, Jan 23, 2008
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  6. Raging B(_)LL

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    Why is it that you keep reffering to George Chuvalo as George Chavalo? Same goes for Vitlai which is actually spelled Vitaly... is this a matter of you just being lazy with your grammar? As for the knockdowns they were both bogus, I know Woller quite well and he is a good man and has a sound boxing mind, but I disagree with him and anyone else who claims that George was legitimately knocked down by Oscar in their fight.

    I also have the fight in my film library and like I said in my previous post one of the knockdowns was the result of a punch, but Oscar`s foot was on Chuvalo`s and that is the only reason he went down, had Oscar`s foot not been stepping on George`s at the moment of impact Chuvalo would have remained upright. As it stands Mercante correctly did not rule it a knockdown, and that`s that really.
     
    Raging B(_)LL, Jan 23, 2008
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  7. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    I used to spell it Vitlay, but switched to Vitlai when I was forced to switch poster names due to a crazed mod ( who has been permenetly banned from East Side Boxing ) kicking me out of the forum for no reason at all besides having issues with me, along with several others.

    Having said that, if the film clearly shows Bonevena stepping on Chavalo’s foot when the punch was being delivered or just landed, it is a non-issue.
     
    Mendoza, Jan 24, 2008
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