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}

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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, and had him bleeding.

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.

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 with several good left-hooks to the chin late
in the Round.

In Round 9, Jimmy got off to a good start, but 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 over the last 30-Seconds to take the Round
as Jimmy started to fade.

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 punishment as Jimmy was wearing down.

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

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

thats 2, where is the Foreman fight? YOu said it was a triple header.

[Bill Paxtom]

George Foreman vs. Gregorio Peralta

Coliseum Arena ~ Oakland, California

George Foreman
Age......... 22 years, 4 months
Height...... 6' 3 1/2"
Reach....... 78 1/2"
Weight...... 216 1/2 lbs.
Record....... 27-0-0 {24 KO's}
Rank.......... #1

Gregorio Peralta
Age.......... 36 years, 0 months
Height...... 6' 1"
Reach....... 77"
Weight...... 195 1/2 lbs.
Record....... 82-6-8 {44 KO's}
Rank.......... #10

This bout was scheduled for 15-Rounds, and was for the Pan American Heavyweight Championship.

This would be a rematch of the 'controversial bout' that these two had back on February 16, 1970 in Madison Square Garden,
on the undercard of the Joe Frazier - Jimmy Ellis Heavyweight Championship bout.

Fight Purse >
* George Foreman....... $20,000
* Gregorio Peralta........ $10,000

George Foreman >
"I know that Gregorio cannot knock me out. I was completely exhausted in our last fight, and he could not dent me.
This time I'm better conditioned, and I expect to wear him down, and stop him."

Gregorio Peralta >
"I'll fight him just like last time. But this time the bout is scheduled for 15-Rounds. I'll let him punch himself out,
and then I'll come on in Round 9. George will never make 15-Rounds, and he knows it."

[Bill Paxtom]

George Foreman vs. Gregorio Peralta 'II'

Coliseum Arena ~ Oakland, California

Attendance { 6000 }
Gate Receipts {$51,000 }

Fight Overview

George came out 'steady-and-strong' and took it right to Gregorio. George scored with heavy-blows as Gregorio was
content to wait and play defense.

George easily won Rounds 1 and 2 with his aggressive attack.

George stayed aggressive in Round 3, and cut Gregorio over his left-eye with a hard 'left-right' combination. George
landed some heavy-punches into Gregorio who was not offering up much.

In Rounds 4, 5 and 6 > George stayed with an aggressive but controlled attack as he was breaking Gregorio down with
heavy punches. Gregorio could only add in a single-punch counter on occasion, as he was man-handled by George who
was +21 lbs. heavier.

In Round 7, George slammed in several hard blows early. Gregorio who was desperate to get things going, attempted to
take the lead and went aggressive. But George landed a thunderous counter left-hook to Gregorio's head that had him
reeling backwards. Gregorio was staggered, but tried to fight back. Again George connected with '2' big counter left-hooks
and Gregorio staggered into the Ropes.

George let go with a few more solid combinations late in the Round, but Gregorio was able to ride it out, and make it
through the Round on 'shaky pins'.

In Rounds 8 and 9, George continued to hammer away with wide heavy-blows, as Gregorio reeled. But the wily-veteran
hung tough and would not fall despite being wobbled several times from solid blows to the head.

In Round 10, George set a steady-pace, and moved in with hard power punches as Gregorio was nearly spent. At the
{2:20 Mark}, George landed a hard left-hand and solid right-hook to Gregorio's head that had him staggering. Referee
Elmer Costa moved in and gave a 'badly shaken' Gregorio a standing '8-Count'.

The action continued, and George landed '3' straight right-hands into Gregorio's face that had his nose bleeding badly.
Gregorio was then driven into the Ropes, and George unloaded with '6' good 2-Punch combinations. Referee - Elmer Costa
jumped in and stopped the one-sided slaughter at 2:52 of Round 10.