Let's be honest about Chuvalo, he was a 34-11 borderline bummy opponent when Ali fought him, You cannot FORGET this!

And Chuvalo EARNED his shot at Muhammad by LOSING a fight to an inexperienced 11-2, 192lb Cruiser and in fact had lost 2 of his last 3 fights!

And despite being only 6' tall, 3" shorter and slower than Clay, the very poorly skilled Chuvalo was able to land on Clay at will as soon as Clay remained in range.

Watch as if you were a critic not an admirer. It is one of many good examples of the complete absence of reflexes of even the young Clay.

Chuvalo was tough.