George rabbit punching with impunity ,[the fight was in Canada,]and attempting a clumsy butt at 3.12 . Ellis was much too skilled for old Georgie who never moved his head, but at least Chuvalo was in shape,a lean and mean Arreola.It was part of a triple header with Terrell and Foreman on the bill Jimmy plays with fire in the later rounds , pulling away with his hands down , but George is usually too slow to capitalise on it. Thanks for posting this.
This color version is nice. Seems like someone filmed it from ringside. I watched the black and white version with sound about a year ago and scored it. This is what I wrote below. Today I wanted to have a look-see at the Jimmy Ellis-Oscar Bonavena fight, but I found it too grainy. However, I found a gem that I didn't know was on youtube and that was the Jimmy Ellis-George Chuvalo fight. It wasn't high-def but it wasn't too shabby and I thoroughly enjoyed this one. A damn good fight scored on the 5 point must system in Ontario. Round 1: 5-4 Ellis Round 2: 5-4 Ellis Round 3: 5-4 Chuvalo Round 4: 5-5 Even Round 5: 5-4 Chuvalo Round 6: 5-4 Ellis Round 7: 5-4 Chuvalo Round 8: 5-4 Ellis Round 9: 5-5 Even Round 10: 5-4 Ellis Total: 47-45 Ellis Notes: 1) Ellis really was an underrated fighter and puncher. His right hand was so sharp and - I've never heard this reported before but - that slip by Chuvalo in the 1st round...well, let's just say there are some refs that would have scored that a knockdown. Just from body language in that 1st round one can see Chuvalo was rattled by those rights. Very sharp and very pinpoint. 2) Rounds 9 & 10 they really let it hang out. Really good rounds. 3) The scorecard of Tony Canzano had it really wide for Ellis. I think something like 7-1-2, which is ridiculous. Canzano was a Canadian judge and I think he was always overcompensating, trying to show his impartiality. I remember him in the Jose Napoles-Clyde Gray fight and again had the biggest score for the visitor. Either that or he just had a thing for Irv Ungerman fighters.
Ellis is underrated. Chuvalo was a rough, tough guy who always came to fight. I think that Ellis' best win was over Bonavena.
