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Fighters who have never been stopped/knocked down
I thought one of the more incredible streaks in boxing ended last week when Peter sent James Toney to the canvas. It was Toney's first knockdown in over 12 years, and even the knockdown against Roy Jones was half punch/half slip.
However, Toney has still never been stopped in 79 career fights.
Who are the other fighters of the modern era who have never been stopped?
Even most of the great fighters of the modern era have been stopped at least once in their career. Ali, Ray Leonard, Duran, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Hearns, Trinidad, Barrera, Holyfield, Tyson, Morales, Pacquiao, Azumah Nelson, Lewis, De La Hoya, Chavez, Holmes, Spinks, were all stopped at one time or another.
Off the top of my head, the only longtime fighters who have never lost by KO or TKO are Toney, Hopkins, Mosley, Hagler, Bowe, Lopez. Whitaker lost by TKO in his last fight, but it was because he hurt his shoulder throwing a punch, he was never stopped by an opponent. Winky has never been stopped, although he was knocked down 5 times in a fight once.
I know guys like Mayweather, Taylor, Tarver haven't been stopped, but they haven't fought the same number of fights as the other guys. Let's make it a minimum of 40 career fights. Who else is on the list?
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Ike Quartey
Juan Manuel Marquez
Joel Casamayor
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Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Ike Quartey
Juan Manuel Marquez
Joel Casamayor
Casamayor has been down a couple of times. Ike too.
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Originally Posted by yoitsdan
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Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Ike Quartey
Juan Manuel Marquez
Joel Casamayor
Casamayor has been down a couple of times. Ike too.
Read his post again. I think he's looking for fighters who never been stopped. Cuz damn near every one he named has been dropped before
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Originally Posted by Violent Demise
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Originally Posted by yoitsdan
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Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Ike Quartey
Juan Manuel Marquez
Joel Casamayor
Casamayor has been down a couple of times. Ike too.
Read his post again. I think he's looking for fighters who never been stopped. Cuz damn near every one he named has been dropped before
Ya primarily I'm looking for guys who have never been stopped. So someone like Quartey qualifies, even though he's been knocked down.
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Hagler was never stopped and only down once, which was contentious.
Chris Eubank was only stopped on eye swelling.
Hatton and Calzaghe are both past 40 fights without stoppages although at least 30 each of the fights have been mismatches at the stage of their career.
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Oh, one more thing, before someone tries to post it, Valuev doesn't count!
When your best opponent is John Ruiz, you lose the privilege of making my list.
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Barry Mcguigan was only stopped on a cut too, and has never been on the canvas as a pro.
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Winky Wright
Vitali Klitschko
Ike Ibeabuchi
Joe Calzaghe
Jermain Taylor
Arthur Abraham
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Ricky Hatton
Juan Manuel Marquez
I'm sure that there are more...but those are the only ones that really click right off the button for me as fighters that have never been knocked out...some of those have'nt been downed either.
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Originally Posted by wacko3205
Winky Wright
Vitali Klitschko
Ike Ibeabuchi
Joe Calzaghe
Jermain Taylor
Arthur Abraham
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Ricky Hatton
Juan Manuel Marquez
I'm sure that there are more...but those are the only ones that really click right off the button for me as fighters that have never been knocked out...some of those have'nt been downed either.
Sorry...I missed this:
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
I know guys like Mayweather, Taylor, Tarver haven't been stopped, but they haven't fought the same number of fights as the other guys. Let's make it a minimum of 40 career fights. Who else is on the list?
Before posting my list...but I'll still leave it at that.
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Hopkins has never been stopped.
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Originally Posted by yoitsdan
Hopkins has never been stopped.
True...but he's been dropped 3 or 4 times.
Twice by Mercado, once by Mills Lane, & I think...that Echols downed him on a slip.
Hopkins is one tuff fwocker...still can never understand how people don't dig on my guy...but to each his or her own.
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Originally Posted by yoitsdan
Hagler was never stopped and only down once, which was contentious.
What was the argument over? Was it a slip?
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
Oh, one more thing, before someone tries to post it, Valuev doesn't count!
Now that aint right. >:mad
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
When your best opponent is John Ruiz, you lose the privilege of making my list.
You should be ashamed of yourself. John Ruiz has wrestled the best of 'em out of a win.
:coolclick: ;D
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Hagler was never stopped and only down once, which was contentious.
What was the argument over? Was it a slip?
Yeah it was first round, he was caught on his heels against Juan Domingo Roldan.
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Originally Posted by wacko3205
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Originally Posted by yoitsdan
Hopkins has never been stopped.
True...but he's been dropped 3 or 4 times.
Twice by Mercado, once by
Mills Lane, & I think...that Echols downed him on a slip.
Hopkins is one tuff fwocker...still can never understand how people don't dig on my guy...but to each his or her own.
The ref tripped him over then called it a knock down?
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David Tua is another one. His losses to Ibeabuchi, Byrd, and Lewis were all by decision. Was he ever knocked down?
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Originally Posted by wacko3205
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Originally Posted by yoitsdan
Hopkins has never been stopped.
True...but he's been dropped 3 or 4 times.
Twice by Mercado, once by Mills Lane, & I think...that Echols downed him on a slip.
Hopkins is one tuff fwocker...still can never understand how people don't dig on my guy...but to each his or her own.
Echols downed him twice. In the first fight it was a shot while the ref was breaking them up. And in the second it was a body slammed that put him down. Echols was, is a tough fighter.
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
David Tua is another one. His losses to Ibeabuchi, Byrd, and Lewis were all by decision. Was he ever knocked down?
Hasim Rahman dropped him once
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
David Tua is another one. His losses to Ibeabuchi, Byrd, and Lewis were all by decision. Was he ever knocked down?
Rahman dropped him...don't know if it was ruled on...but he did knock him down.
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Originally Posted by yoitsdan
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Originally Posted by wacko3205
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Originally Posted by yoitsdan
Hopkins has never been stopped.
True...but he's been dropped 3 or 4 times.
Twice by Mercado, once by
Mills Lane, & I think...that Echols downed him on a slip.
Hopkins is one tuff fwocker...still can never understand how people don't dig on my guy...but to each his or her own.
The ref tripped him over then called it a knock down?
Nah babe...I aint being serious...he did knock him down...but it wasn't a call...it was me being silly. It was during one of the Allen fights. Lane pushed him through the ropes more or less trying to stop it.
The Echols take down was horrible. That S*** was like a throw down as VD stated. It happened in either the 6th or 7th round & the Nard had to fight the rest of the match with his left arm...he ended up kicking the S*** outta Echols. TKO'd his a** in the 10th. I do remember that much about it.
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Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Echols downed him twice. In the first fight it was a shot while the ref was breaking them up. And in the second it was a body slammed that put him down. Echols was, is a tough fighter.
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
David Tua is another one. His losses to Ibeabuchi, Byrd, and Lewis were all by decision. Was he ever knocked down?
Hasim Rahman dropped him once
Echols was tuff.
:coolclick: Beat me to the Rahman drop by a smidge. Cheers.
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
Oh, one more thing, before someone tries to post it, Valuev doesn't count!
When your best opponent is John Ruiz, you lose the privilege of making my list.
YES HE DOES!
unless your going to go through every other fighters record and pick it apart too! Is it now an objective qualification?
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Originally Posted by landmine950
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
Oh, one more thing, before someone tries to post it, Valuev doesn't count!
When your best opponent is John Ruiz, you lose the privilege of making my list.
YES HE DOES!
unless your going to go through every other fighters record and pick it apart too! Is it now an objective qualification?
RUT-ROH here we go!
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OK. OK. I'll leave off Valuev!
How about this tough SOB Canadian?
He was NEVER knocked down,though he was stopped by Foreman And by Fraizer. He's a repost.
George Chuvalo, (born September 12, 1937) is a former heavyweight boxer who was never knocked down in ninety-three professional fights between 1956 and 1979. He was Canadian heavyweight champion as both an amateur and a professional, and twice fought for versions of the professional world's heavyweight title.
Chuvalo was born in Toronto to Croatian parents. While a student at Humberside Collegiate Institute, he became one of the best-known amateur fighters in Toronto, fighting out of the Earlscourt Athletic Club. Chuvalo became Canadian amateur heavyweight champion in May 1955, defeating Winnipeg's Peter Piper with a second round knockout in a tournament final in Regina, Saskatchewan. Later that year, he made front-page news after being hospitalized and arrested following a fight between rival street gangs in Toronto. Chuvalo finished his amateur career with a 15-1 record.
Nicknamed "Granite JAW," Chuvalo turned professional in 1956, knocking out four opponents in one night to win a heavyweight tournament held by former world's champion Jack Dempsey at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on April 26, 1956.
As a pro, Chuvalo is best known for his two fights against Muhammad Ali. He went the distance both times. The first fight, on March 29, 1966 was for Ali's world title and went fifteen rounds, with the decision going to Ali. "He's the toughest guy I ever fought," said Ali of Chuvalo after the fight.[1] Ali's cornerman, Angelo Dundee, said, "He never stopped coming on ... you've got to admire a man like that."[1] The second Ali fight was in 1972 and also went twelve rounds.
Future world champions Joe Frazier and George Foreman, despite being big punchers, were unable to knock Chuvalo down, but they were the only fighters to stop him, scoring technical knockout (TKO) victories. Foreman — regarded as one of the hardest hitters in boxing history — mauled Chuvalo, bombing him with punch after punch. Yet, in his typical display of toughness, when the referee stopped the fight in the third round, Chuvalo said to him, "What are you, nuts?"
Chuvalo's biggest victory was a seventh-round knockout of contender Jerry Quarry on December 12, 1969. In addition to his losses to Ali, Frazier, and Foreman, Chuvalo also lost to former champion Floyd Patterson in a bout that The Ring named fight of the year for 1965. He lost to WBA heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell in 1965 and to former WBA champion Jimmy Ellis in 1971, with both of those fights taking place at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Chuvalo was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He lost two sons to drug overdoses, another son to suicide and his wife to suicide after that. His remaining son, Mitch, has become a successful teacher and coach currently working at the University of Toronto Schools. Chuvalo currently tours giving lectures against drugs and actively participates in charity work, for which he was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1998. He was awarded a star on Canada's Walk of Fame on June 5, 2005 for his remarkable career and influential life. On May 9, 2006 he was presented with an honorary WBC Heavyweight Championship belt in recognition of his continuing contributions to the prevention of drug abuse.
Tough in and out of the ring!!
A typical TOUGH SOB CANADIAN!
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the best fighter P4P that ever lived Sugar Ray robinson was never stopped in over 200 fights he quit in his fight with Joey Maxim due to heat exhaustion but was comfortably ahead on points
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Originally Posted by landmine950
OK. OK. I'll leave off Valuev!
How about this tough SOB Canadian?
He was NEVER knocked down,though he was stopped by Foreman And by Fraizer. He's a repost.
George Chuvalo, (born September 12, 1937) is a former heavyweight boxer who was never knocked down in ninety-three professional fights between 1956 and 1979. He was Canadian heavyweight champion as both an amateur and a professional, and twice fought for versions of the professional world's heavyweight title.
Chuvalo was born in Toronto to Croatian parents. While a student at Humberside Collegiate Institute, he became one of the best-known amateur fighters in Toronto, fighting out of the Earlscourt Athletic Club. Chuvalo became Canadian amateur heavyweight champion in May 1955, defeating Winnipeg's Peter Piper with a second round knockout in a tournament final in Regina, Saskatchewan. Later that year, he made front-page news after being hospitalized and arrested following a fight between rival street gangs in Toronto. Chuvalo finished his amateur career with a 15-1 record.
Nicknamed "Granite JAW," Chuvalo turned professional in 1956, knocking out four opponents in one night to win a heavyweight tournament held by former world's champion Jack Dempsey at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on April 26, 1956.
As a pro, Chuvalo is best known for his two fights against Muhammad Ali. He went the distance both times. The first fight, on March 29, 1966 was for Ali's world title and went fifteen rounds, with the decision going to Ali. "He's the toughest guy I ever fought," said Ali of Chuvalo after the fight.[1] Ali's cornerman, Angelo Dundee, said, "He never stopped coming on ... you've got to admire a man like that."[1] The second Ali fight was in 1972 and also went twelve rounds.
Future world champions Joe Frazier and George Foreman, despite being big punchers, were unable to knock Chuvalo down, but they were the only fighters to stop him, scoring technical knockout (TKO) victories. Foreman — regarded as one of the hardest hitters in boxing history — mauled Chuvalo, bombing him with punch after punch. Yet, in his typical display of toughness, when the referee stopped the fight in the third round, Chuvalo said to him, "What are you, nuts?"
Chuvalo's biggest victory was a seventh-round knockout of contender Jerry Quarry on December 12, 1969. In addition to his losses to Ali, Frazier, and Foreman, Chuvalo also lost to former champion Floyd Patterson in a bout that The Ring named fight of the year for 1965. He lost to WBA heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell in 1965 and to former WBA champion Jimmy Ellis in 1971, with both of those fights taking place at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Chuvalo was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He lost two sons to drug overdoses, another son to suicide and his wife to suicide after that. His remaining son, Mitch, has become a successful teacher and coach currently working at the University of Toronto Schools. Chuvalo currently tours giving lectures against drugs and actively participates in charity work, for which he was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1998. He was awarded a star on Canada's Walk of Fame on June 5, 2005 for his remarkable career and influential life. On May 9, 2006 he was presented with an honorary WBC Heavyweight Championship belt in recognition of his continuing contributions to the prevention of drug abuse.
Tough in and out of the ring!!
A typical TOUGH SOB CANADIAN!
Its a bit difficult to be knocked out if you canadian because that would mean there is actual funtion in their brain ;D how else could have such a love for ice hockey.
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Its a bit difficult to be knocked out if you canadian because that would mean there is actual funtion in their brain ;D how else could have such a love for ice hockey.
S*** babe...I love hockey...& I ain't Canadian...then again...some may question me ole' intelligence level also. ;D
There again...wasn't me that misspelled function either. Heh heh heh. :lickish:
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Here's some of my hockey fave's
Bobby Clarke.
Bobby Hull
Not the Canadian "Smiles"
and a hometown boy Torrie Robertson,love the glare at the photographer. He really was a tough SOB!
and the last one?? more Canadian "toothless aggression"
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That buncha fwockers is straight up roofless & toofless!
;D
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Originally Posted by wacko3205
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Originally Posted by yoitsdan
Hopkins has never been stopped.
True...but he's been dropped 3 or 4 times.
Twice by Mercado, once by Mills Lane, & I think...that Echols downed him on a slip.
Hopkins is one tuff fwocker...still can never understand how people don't dig on my guy...but to each his or her own.
It was my good fortune that the first time I saw Hopkins fight was his rematch against Echols where he knocked him out with one arm. I've been kicking myself for not putting money on his fight with Trinidad for years. Been sold on him ever since.
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Put Wayne McCullugh on this list. His stoppage loss was nonsense. He's never been down either
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Originally Posted by spekterscript
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Originally Posted by wacko3205
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Originally Posted by yoitsdan
Hopkins has never been stopped.
True...but he's been dropped 3 or 4 times.
Twice by Mercado, once by Mills Lane, & I think...that Echols downed him on a slip.
Hopkins is one tuff fwocker...still can never understand how people don't dig on my guy...but to each his or her own.
It was my good fortune that the first time I saw Hopkins fight was his rematch against Echols where he knocked him out with one arm. I've been kicking myself for not putting money on his fight with Trinidad for years. Been sold on him ever since.
Cheers to that...also...don't think I've give you the proper forum welcome so : Welcome to the forum. Have the Obligatory Wacko Welcome Wagon :coolclick:
Now that the formalities are out of the way...let me start by saying this...I never NEVER bet on boxing anymore. The last two years I've had some shitty luck on my picks...it's so bad that I don't even get involved in the forum picks by my guy killersheepish. Heh heh heh.
Anywho, Hopkins is an amazing fighter...hands down one of the best fighters to grace the ring of the last decade...he and Mayweather have one of the most diverse array of skills in the game.
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Originally Posted by P.G.H Angel Eyes
Put Wayne McCullugh on this list. His stoppage loss was nonsense. He's never been down either
Anyone who calls themself the Pocket Rocket needs his ass knocked out atleast twice a week. ;D
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Byrds been down but haden't been stopped since 1999 'till 2006 thats 7 yrs.
Librado Andrade has never been down or stopped in his career thats 7 ryrs.
Kessler never been down or stopped in his career thats 8 yrs.
Karmazins never been down or stopped in his career thats 11 yrs.
Jean-Mormeck had never been down OR stopped in his entire career 'till Bell beat him 2006 thats 11 yrs.
I'm sure theres more....
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David Tua. Kid Gavilan. Belinda Laracuente (cannon fodder to the best female boxers of her divisions without being knocked down or stopped once). Eder Jofre. Barney Ross.
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Vitali Klitschko-Never down in 8 years as a pro and 210 amateur fights,in the hardest hitting division in boxing.
George Chuvalo-Never knocked down in 93 pro fights from 1956 to 1979(fought Ali twice,Foreman and Frazier but never down)
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Originally Posted by spekterscript
David Tua. Kid Gavilan. Belinda Laracuente (cannon fodder to the best female boxers of her divisions without being knocked down or stopped once). Eder Jofre. Barney Ross.
Rahman dropped him...don't know if it was ruled on...but he did knock him down.
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Vitali Klitschko-Never down in 8 years as a pro and 210 amateur fights,in the hardest hitting division in boxing.
Yep. Posted that earlier. The thing is...give it a day or so & Steelie will jump on that comment the Pele Reid knocked out Vitali in a kickboxing fight match but that was a loooooooong time ago before either had competed as pro boxers.
Still...that's something that the only way to stop a man is to kick him in the melon. ;D
I really REALLY miss Vitali.
He & Lewis were my two favorite heavies.
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larry holmes only ever got stopped once in 75 fights and that was when he was up against tyson in his peak and larry wasnt  ;)
reggie johnson never got stopped neither did steve collins
i dont think oliver mccall has ever been knocked down
and pernell whitaker only got stopped when he was way past it and Whitaker breaks clavicle and referee stops the fight on advice of ring physician
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Oliver McCall; never been down or stopped.
I doubt if he has even ever been hurt in a fight!
He may be crazy, but he's a tough MF!!!!!! :o ;D
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Originally Posted by landmine950
OK. OK. I'll leave off Valuev!
How about this tough SOB Canadian?
He was NEVER knocked down,though he was stopped by Foreman And by Fraizer. He's a repost.
George Chuvalo, (born September 12, 1937) is a former heavyweight boxer who was never knocked down in ninety-three professional fights between 1956 and 1979. He was Canadian heavyweight champion as both an amateur and a professional, and twice fought for versions of the professional world's heavyweight title.
Chuvalo was born in Toronto to Croatian parents. While a student at Humberside Collegiate Institute, he became one of the best-known amateur fighters in Toronto, fighting out of the Earlscourt Athletic Club. Chuvalo became Canadian amateur heavyweight champion in May 1955, defeating Winnipeg's Peter Piper with a second round knockout in a tournament final in Regina, Saskatchewan. Later that year, he made front-page news after being hospitalized and arrested following a fight between rival street gangs in Toronto. Chuvalo finished his amateur career with a 15-1 record.
Nicknamed "Granite JAW," Chuvalo turned professional in 1956, knocking out four opponents in one night to win a heavyweight tournament held by former world's champion Jack Dempsey at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on April 26, 1956.
As a pro, Chuvalo is best known for his two fights against Muhammad Ali. He went the distance both times. The first fight, on March 29, 1966 was for Ali's world title and went fifteen rounds, with the decision going to Ali. "He's the toughest guy I ever fought," said Ali of Chuvalo after the fight.[1] Ali's cornerman, Angelo Dundee, said, "He never stopped coming on ... you've got to admire a man like that."[1] The second Ali fight was in 1972 and also went twelve rounds.
Future world champions Joe Frazier and George Foreman, despite being big punchers, were unable to knock Chuvalo down, but they were the only fighters to stop him, scoring technical knockout (TKO) victories. Foreman — regarded as one of the hardest hitters in boxing history — mauled Chuvalo, bombing him with punch after punch. Yet, in his typical display of toughness, when the referee stopped the fight in the third round, Chuvalo said to him, "What are you, nuts?"
Chuvalo's biggest victory was a seventh-round knockout of contender Jerry Quarry on December 12, 1969. In addition to his losses to Ali, Frazier, and Foreman, Chuvalo also lost to former champion Floyd Patterson in a bout that The Ring named fight of the year for 1965. He lost to WBA heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell in 1965 and to former WBA champion Jimmy Ellis in 1971, with both of those fights taking place at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Chuvalo was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He lost two sons to drug overdoses, another son to suicide and his wife to suicide after that. His remaining son, Mitch, has become a successful teacher and coach currently working at the University of Toronto Schools. Chuvalo currently tours giving lectures against drugs and actively participates in charity work, for which he was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1998. He was awarded a star on Canada's Walk of Fame on June 5, 2005 for his remarkable career and influential life. On May 9, 2006 he was presented with an honorary WBC Heavyweight Championship belt in recognition of his continuing contributions to the prevention of drug abuse.
Tough in and out of the ring!!
A typical TOUGH SOB CANADIAN!
??? ??? :-\.....You do know George is retired and is not looking for public relations manager?
