Would Chuvalo have worn Foreman out?

this version of george was very light and green, foreman post frazier was stronger , heavier, he had more experience and he was more powerful. but anyway. god... chuvalo had a ****ing iron chin. he took bombs. chuvalo said that george did hit like a truck(and he never faced really a prime foreman). and chuvalo said that frazier did hit like a fast pontiac.

 

Foreman rocked Chuvalo with a monster left hook ,and George was near to going down, after that he was a punch bag.Foreman dominated the three rounds ,and he was a green 21year old kid.Irving Ungerman ,Chuvalo's manager was calling for Mercante to stop it ,a while before Arthur stepped in.

 

It might have been stoped prematurley, but it would only have got uglier from here.

 

If you actually listen to the post fight interview Foreman is in awe of the punches he landed and said he was glad it was stopped before Chuvalo was seriously hurt ...

 

What's your idea of a proper stoppage, Benny Paret ?

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl
or apollo creed vs ivan drago, the fight was stopped when he was died

 

Despite my nostalgia for earlier eras, I don't want to see fighters hurt, and would preffer to see fights stopped early.

My point was that there are a few fights where people say "it shouldn't have been stopped" and not stopping it would have created a verry ugly spectacle, without changing the outcome, e.g. Lewis tacticaly working Vitally Klitschko's cuts.

 

I think Joe Frazier was telling Arthur Mercante the same thing after his 6th knockdown versu George Foreman........

I swear I heard Joe say, '3 more knockdowns and he's mine'.

 

Foreman would have brutally halted him in the next couple of rounds anyway, if it hadn't been stopped then.

Maybe by KO.

 

I don't think that Chuvalo would be the sharp, articulate guy that he is today if he had absorbed any more bombs from Big George Foreman on that night.

 

I saw this one live but a quite abit different then Bokaj. Foreman staggered George first with a left hook then battered him until the stoppage with several hard right hands, jabs, and left hooks to the body and head. While Chuvalo took the punches well enough I think both the ref and his corner were thinking about the bigger picture and permanent dammage. Watching Chuvalos head snap time and again didn't give the indication of missed or blocked shots.

 

I didn't see it live, but the first time I saw the fight it seemed like a brutal battering to me too. It's only when I watched it more carefully afterwards that I see that few of the blows land cleanly. But, as I said, nothing against the ref; in the heat of the moment it's a different thing and it shouldn't be called a bad stoppage.

But when one view it now and have the chance to see it dispassionately time and time again, I think it's pretty clear that few of Foreman's punches in the last 30 seconds or so lands cleanly, and that his steam and balance is lessening. This doesn't mean that Chuvalo would stop him - Foreman would show against Peralta and others that he could pull it out if he had to - but I think it would be interesting to see what would have happened.

 

Foreman was enroute of killing Chuvalo in 1970... The corner did the right thing... Chuvalo could've been seriously hurt by rds 4 or 5... DUH!

MR.BILLhat

 

Too bloody right,Mr.Bill ! Chuvalo was getting pounded,without giving anything serious back.