Why Didn't Liston & Chuvalo Fight?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Sonny and George's careers overlapped considerably and they had some common opponents.
    Sonny twice fought a young Big Cat ,Chuvalo an ancient one.
    Floyd fought both men.
    King,DeJohn,Folley ,and of course Ali, all tangled with both men, yet they never fought each other ,was it just because it was a bad stylistic matchup for Chuvalo?:think
     
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  2. Mendoza

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    Chavalo was at ringside of one of Liston's fights and called him out.
     
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  3. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    had liston won the second ali fight, they were scheduled to fight each other. george thought liston took a dive, which blew his chance at the title
     
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    Liston would have obliterated Chuvalo
     
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  5. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah he'd have busted him up, but it would've been a fun fight to watch.

    It is odd that the fight never happened, you'd think that at some point from the late 1950s until Sonny's death they would've duked it out at least once.
     
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    The supremely conditioned '68 Liston who beat Clark would brutalise Chuvalo using his ramrod jab & uppercuts.
     
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  7. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They were scheduled to fight many times, but it just didn't come off. We were a bit unlucky not to see this. The final time they were supposed to fight was in 1971, but Liston passed away.
     
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    This fight was gonna happen, but then Liston died.
     
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  9. mcvey

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    Well, there's ducking and, then there's DUCKING.:lol:
     
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  10. mcvey

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    Chavalo?
    Chavalo and Litnos ?
     
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  11. bigjake

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    chuvalo wanted to fight liston,from what i hear they were signed to meet when sonny was found dead in las vegas
     
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  12. Mendoza

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    Chavalo wasn’t Chuck Wepner. While Liston would be a favorite, I think team Liston realized this type of fight has some risk.

    Chavalo was a tough son of a gun, and could bring Liston’s questionable intangibles ( Quitting, or DQ via fouling ) into play.
     
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  13. mcvey

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    CHUVALO ,CHUVALO ,CHUVALO.:wall
    Come on it's not that hard,only seven letters.:patsch
     
    mcvey, Jul 26, 2011
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  14. Mendoza

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

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    I give you reason to live on. Pretty sad on your part.
     
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  15. mcvey

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    If relied on you for a reason to live, I would be in a bad way :nutcase
     
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