Should George Chuvalo be inducted into the hall of fame?

I will say this, has, has been pointed out (quite rightly) to me; it is not a Hall of Greatness, but a Hall of Fame....

With that criterion, Chuvalo has a great shout IMO.

 

True. That's why several prominent historians turned down their membership in IBHOF committee that is picking up the fighters for voting, because they were totally disappointed with how low the standards are and it can include even a tomato can if he got enough media hype now.

 

Chuvalo's chin belongs in the Intergalactic Hall of All-Time Greatness, imo.

Maybe his brains should also be inducted....it is hard to believe he retains his marbles.

I always liked and admired George Chuvalo from afar. He got about as much out of his ability as possible....to my way of thinking that makes him a champion forever.

Put George in the HOF.

 

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Id put him in there for sure,this vid of him vs ali is amazing,he was tough beyond belief,and look as ali backs of him,almost running away at times,that should tell you all you need to know

 

He was down vs Bonavena, and doesn't matter what the referee thought, it should have been ruled a knockdown.

 

I have heard this too. Bonavena floored him. I would love to see the fight. I heard it was a good one.

While Chavalo was tough, he was stopped in short order by the two best punchers he fought in Foreman and Frazier. Chavlao quickly surrendered when Frazier hurt him. Yes he was tough, but not at tough or durable as his legend suggests.

No way should Chavlao be the boxing hall of fame. The fans will remember him anyway, especially those in Canada.

 

Its remarkable he still has all his faculties and is a lucid ,perceptive and funny commentator,I suppose what your criteria is for induction,determines who gets in.Its so devalued now ,let them all in imo.

 

I have a Ring magazine with a picture of the Bonavena fight ,it shows George sitting on the bottom rope,haven't seen the fight ,but there was some discussion about it many posts ago. Frazier fractured Chuvalo's cheek bone so he probably wasnt disgraced accepting the stoppage

 

against bonavena the referee was right on top of it he was pushed thats why they were not ruled knock downs,ppl on here calling those knock downs are grasping.not sure what their agenda is i guess building a case for their fav fighters

 

now your smarter then the referee,what a ******* you are,i watched that fight as well there were no knockdowns.bonavena pushed chuvalo your grasping.

 

It's on youtube, easily findable.

 

The punch was slow, but it was a short left-hand punch, with the knuckles hitting Chuvalo and right hand not participating in the impact in any way, so it was going down (losing balance too) from a punch, which is a knockdown in the rulebook.

 

the referee was right there he made the right call.bonavena was hoping to have it called a knockdown a feather it would have been in his hat for sure the referee made the correct call no knock down.the fight is always in the control of the refeere's hands you have to trust his judgement.i mean he was right there we are just watching it on film

 

I've seen fighters getting unsteady on their legs from previous punches, and then a follow-up light punch being enough to put them down. It's a knockdown, plain and simple. Like I said, I don't care what the referee ruled it, it wasn't a slip, it wasn't Chuvalo losing balance on his own, the impact was done with the hitting surface of left glove and nothing else, it was touching Chuvalo's body for a short fraction of a second and didn't have much force behind it, but Chuvalo was already in a state of going down from a previous punch, when his feet were still moving forward, and his head and upper body jerked back from a short left hook.