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George Louis Chuvalo CM OOnt (born September 12, 1937, as Jure Čuvalo) is a Canadian former professional boxer who was a five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight title challenger.
23 Mac 2023 · A look back at the life and career of Canadian heavyweight great George Chuvalo.
George Chuvalo was a professional boxer from Canada who fought from 1956 to 1978. He had 93 bouts, 73 wins, 18 losses, and 2 draws, and challenged for the world heavyweight title twice.
24 Mac 2022 · George Chuvalo is one of only two people to have fought Muhammad Ali before and after Ali’s exile from boxing. (Floyd Patterson is the other). Chuvalo twice ...
George Chuvalo is a Canadian professional boxer and heavyweight champion of Canada. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Chuvalo’s forte was the knockout punch, and he used it to record 64 of his 73 victories in a 93-bout career that began in 1956 and continued through 1973.
George Chuvalo, who was born to Croatian parents and grew up in a tough neighborhood called "The Junction" in Toronto, boxed professionally from 1956 to 1978. The Ring magazine described him as "a barrel chested, bullet proof heavyweight with killer instinct and hitting power."
27 Mei 2008 · Last Edited November 11, 2022. George Chuvalo, CM, O.Ont, boxer (born 12 September 1937 in Toronto, ON). George Chuvalo is a three-time Canadian heavyweight champion boxer. He is perhaps best known for his full 15-round bout with world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali at Maple Leaf Gardens on 29 March 1966.
