May 10, 1971 ~ Boxing Triple Bill Extravaganza

[Bill Paxtom]

Jimmy Ellis vs. George Chuvalo

Maple Leaf Gardens ~ Toronto, Canada

Attendance { 6000 }

The Fight

Jimmy Ellis wasted little time in going to the left-jab, as he boxed and moved smoothly to thwart off any
aggressive attack from George.

Jimmy scored at will in Round 1, and gave George a sound boxing lesson by clubbing him continuously with
right-hand hooks to the face, as well as opening a slight cut over George's right-eye.

In Round 2, Jimmy opened up with several combinations, and dropped in several more right-hand leads to
the head which rocked George. Jimmy landed some sharp left-hands, and opened up a cut over George's
left-eye.

In Rounds 3 and 4, Jimmy continued with his barrage, and easily scored on the slow-plodding style of George.
Jimmy opened up a cut over George's left-eye, and had him bleeding over both eyes in Round 4, as he
continued to score easily.

George tried to bull his way inside during the first-half of Round 5, and was able to neutralize Jimmy's fast hands
with short power punches to the body. But again, Jimmy landed some crisp punches on the forward pressing plodder,
and scored well over the second-half of the session, including opening another cut over George's left-eye.
Now George had '4' bleeding cuts.

In Rounds 6 and 7, Jimmy continued with fast left-jabs and right-hooks into George's face. George tried to make a
go of it during the second-half of each Round, but he was to slow to counter and was out-sped by Jimmy's hand-speed.
Jimmy opened up a '3rd-Cut' over George's left-eye as he built up an insurmountable points lead.

Jimmy slowed some in Round 8, and he fell back off his guard. George then made a strong attack, during the second-half
of the session. George landed his best punches of the fight, as he rocked Jimmy badly with several good hooks to the
chin late in the Round.

In Round 9, Jimmy got off to a good start, but he started to show wear from George's aggressive body-attack at the {1:00 Mark}.
George started to land some good body-punches, and brought his attack upstairs to take the fight to Jimmy. George again
rocked Jimmy badly with good hooks to the head. Jimmy started to fade late as he took some rough punishment

In Round 10, George bulled his way inside, and worked hard on Jimmy's body. Jimmy dropped his hands to protect his ribs,
and George brought his punches upstairs and dished out some heavy punishment as Jimmy was wearing down. Jimmy then
went to dishing out left-jabs while moving away to keep George from getting too close.

But, it was too little and too late for George.

Scorecards
* 48-46 {Jimmy Ellis}
* 49-43 {Jimmy Ellis}
* 48-44 {Jimmy Ellis}