George Chuvalo - Never Dropped

[dennisrayso]

Ray Lenord, Pernell whitaker and Tommy Hearns looked like basketball players

[Edukated]

George had tremendous Heart! A modest man. Most fighters would've just quit in his position. In the Ring and Outside of it.

[MrRoyalFatness]

Chuvalo is one of the true legends in boxing. Facing the opposition he faced and never hit the canvas, that's unique.

[EGarrett01]

George had cement for a chin. The boom mic operator has cement for a brain.

[Ernitronic]

Bosnia and Herzegovina xD

[grimmjowi]

@Ernitronic He is not bosnia and hercegovina lol..

[Ernitronic]

@grimmjowi his parents are..

[SizifWasStoned]

LJUBUŠKI

[logblacklabel18]

Boom is the shot

[Existentialexplosion]

Thanks for sharing! Is that interview part of a documentary?

[nobulto17]

I have a long neck :(

[2431346]

@nobulto17

do neck bridges. 

[Hrcak1]

Once Croatian always Croatian, he is legend.

[NOyaPara]

@Hrcak1  picka li ti materina ... kupi sebi kartu ljubuski je u bih .. .

[LLB9977]

@Hrcak1 Toronto born &raised. probably never even visited croatia

[Paintballerfromhell1]

@LLB9977 He did.Several times.He even lectured there about drugs.

[squirilman009]

If he was fighting today he would dominate the current crope.

[stlewis17]

I had the extreme pleasure to meet this man as a young athlete. I played football with his son Mitch, another incredible person.

Canada can be very proud he represented his country so well during the "golden age of heavyweight boxing".

[tmdkaaskop]

2 words, Punch Drunk.

[TooMuchEase]

@tmdkaaskop

He's more coherent than most boxers with as many fights as him.

[ForeverYoung58]

@tmdkaaskop Punch drunk? Not really. Considering all the brutal fights he was in back in the 60's, when there were loads of great heavyweights, George is actually pretty lucid. Chuvalo is an amazing guy...and fighter. He was never floored. That's quite an achievement.

[Zipcodeking]

He's a bit more Intelligent then i thought...I thought he'd be slow talker or something. You could mistake him for a sport's writer or something.

[calbo555]

ALi could take a hit and so did frazier , chuvalo is a machine that took so many punches from ali , chuvalo is a weapon but ali owned him and the only thing chuv could say was.. " ali went to hospital that night , i danced with my wife that night " , u lost chuv tho that's the thing , u hit hard shots into kidneys , he in my view done whatever he could to still stand and school u in the manner of boxing and won which is the aim of the game ..he demolished your face and won :) .. love chuv but

[famasmaster2000]

Canadian Beast !!!!! God Bless the man for what he has withstood in life.

True class act !!

[cheeriosinabowl]

Even in his senior years, George still looks very strong and fit.

[tony29051]

Intelligent thoughtful man who speaks sense. We need more like George!

[Pihasanddunes1]

Imagine if Earnie Shavers had been able to take a punch as well as George Chuvalo.

[madmike180250]

@Pihasanddunes1 Yeah!!! Now that would have been one hell of a combination. The staying power of Chuvalo and the punching power of Shavers. 5 words come to mind World Heavyweight Champion for years.

[FluxuV]

Thats the Croatian anatomy, a head like a Bull^^

[SteveK77536]

Very bright guy, very analytical. My hat is off to anybody who fights Foreman, Frazier and Ali (twice) and can still talk at all, much less intelligently.

[carlitoboxing]

never dropped but everytime he met a hard puncher (Frazier, Foreman) he was stopped easily in 3 or 4 rounds...

[1899sharkey]

@carlitoboxing - In all fairness, Frazier only stopped him because he broke Chuvalos eye socket. George was very, very durable.

[carlitoboxing]

@1899sharkey 'only stopped because he broke his eye socket'... ONLY? isn't that much to you? is like I say Sonny Liston won aganst Bethea ONLY because he kicked his ass... that obviously makes no sense

[atmoi666]

@carlitoboxing Chuvalo fought almost 100 pro fights in the golden era of heavyweights. He was never knocked down and only stopped twice - once by Foreman and once by Frazier. Chuvalo has fought a lot of other hard punchers, though: Quarry, DeJohn, Turnbaugh, Bonavena, etc. He says DeJohn is the hardest puncer of the era. Check out what Chuvalo did to DeJohn! Ali ducked Chuvalo because he beat DeJohn so badly.

[carlitoboxing]

@atmoi666 I'm not a big ali fan, but he beat chuvalo twice...

[MRPric3LEss]

George "the ironhead" Chuvalo

[Sofiyka94]

his sister teaches me...hahaha :))

[chunkyscotty]

In all the interviews I have seen of Chuvalo he seems like a gentleman and a smart man. He looks in very good condition for a man in his 70's and I'm sure he did slip more punches than he was given credit for, if you look at his face it isn't all busted up and remember he fought some great punchers.

[vladiator100]

Chuvalo took Ali the distance TWICE. And put up valient efforts in both fights. To take the greatest of all time the distance for 15 rounds and 12 rounds is amazing. Chuvalo a legend!

[skaha77]

@vladiator100 Greatest of all time: Joe Louis. Ali good, though

[MrTynes4l]

ive meet this guy after one of my fights and i got a picture done with him hes a great guy and im only 11

[mrwaqy]

Boxing legend, Khan should watch this and learn.

[InnocenceExperience]

he seems intelligent

[ihateslideshows]

this guys fucking awesome

[FpsDr0n]

Dude, This guy is like me, I'm Canadian with Croatian parents, He has the same fighting stance as me for boxing, I have a thick skull too haha, I can take punches easily too, This is awesome! George Chuvalo is epic! haha

[Hrvatino92]

@FpsDr0n A lot of Croats have tough blood, for a variety of reasons...I'm also a very proud Canadian-Croat...Chuvalo is a legend, outstanding guy, and has been through enough tragedy in his life. God Bless ! :)

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@FpsDr0n no u cant

[thecrazyoftheinsane]

@FpsDr0n HAHA sure.

[MrBumboclart]

I take into account what he says but some guys are just born tough - end of story. Look at all the great tough guys (chin) in boxing history, and one thing I've noticed is they never seem to die! Haha!

Fulmer, LaMotta, Basillio and Chuvalo are all alive and well, no illness, no slurred speech, just as healthy as they were 50 years ago!

Like I said, some guys are tough and some ain't.

[mcentepede]

Hands down Chuvalo and Jake Lamotta had the best chins of all time...Both came out of boxing with their brains intact as well...Jake's interview is even more impressive, he is sharp and his memory is awesome considering he was an uneducated boxing champ. Also Jake is funny, you get the feeling that fans would pay to talk for hours with Jake and he would not mind that,

[ShitWrangler]

nothing wrong with beign knocked down the sin in boxing is not getting back up. those days of bravado are long gone and we can't hope for it, just give us a heavyweight who isn't a fucking pussy regardless if he's vulnerable, atleast he will be exciting.

[tnewrunescape]

ugh that fucking boom mic operator 3:31.............

[expressivechild]

Chuvalo is unyielding like a rocky mountain come fire or rain!

[Gramatan3000]

It's amazing this guy can speak so well after all the punchers he took.

[mcentepede]

@Gramatan3000 Like he said, he worked out his "Absorbing Punch Muscles"

[Pugophile]

Marciano famously said that if fights had been scheduled to last 50 rounds Chuvalo would never have been defeated.

[VCthaGOATdunker]

I can't believe this guy has never been dropped or even really hurt in almost 100 fights in the golden era of heavyweight boxing.

[mcentepede]

@VCthaGOATdunker The best story Chuvalo said was the Frazier fight. Chuvalo was not floored but had to stop because he told his corner he had trouble seeing. When he went to the hospital, the doctors told Chuvalo that his eye socket had been dislodged by Frazier. He had an operation, and in no time was back taking punches from the best heavyweights again.

[expressivechild]

This is a true legend indeed! The toughest heavyweight in the world no doubt about it... Neither Frazier or Foreman coukd deck him!

[rocketssg]

I met him in July, he struck me as a very down to earth individual and I can't believe what he went through and is still surviving! A great inspiration to me and my family!

[BeAuTiFuLrAdOms]

I met him today ! :D

[kevindlinc]

Canadian legend love this guy!!!

[plutoend99]

how is his health now?

[dynamike24368]

He can beat the living crap out of most people I know who are 20-30 years old even today. George is the boss

[MsMeese1]

@dynamike24368 George fcking rules!

[omfgimsopo]

hes a good friend of mine.  im 14

[renegado454]

This guy was a tank inside the ring. I'd hate to fight a bruiser like him coz I know I'd be in for a lonnnnnnnnnnnng night

[theonlysaltspring]

looking good George

[ericssson]

all i have to say is that, he's the man.

[silvermoonredmoon]

George Chuvalo is indeed a good man.

[xxdonaldqxx]

George is as sharp as a tack and shows no sign of dementia and is very intelligent.He was one of the toughest guys in boxing during the 50's and 60's.

[sage1119]

I have meet this great fighter he was talking to us about drugs tho.

[JGCBoxing]

Thats what he does now... or atleast what he was doing for alot of years. Lecturing high-school students on the evils of drugs and substance abuse. ...and god bless him for that. The guys been through alot... he's arguably had to be tougher outside the ring than he ever had to be inside of it. The guy is a rock, and a true role-model for not only boxers, but people in general. This guy could sing a blues song that would have made Muddy Waters seem happy-go-lucky!

[runningboob]

@JGCBoxing well said. he's a living legend

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@sage1119 duh

[quiettman11]

THIS IS REALLY A FINE HUMAN!! I saw him in a "special" that had people that had fought the "Greatest" Ali )and I do belive he is)..The people were there as we all know his troubles!! George Chuvalo stood out as a MAN! HE told a very sad story about his Two Son's that battled drugs, in fact how one told him that "as soon as he saw the drugs/ to buy/ HE SOILED HIMSELF" right off!! It was a sad story for him, but he shared to help others! As a boxer he is no doubt underated! NOT AS A MAN!

[JGCBoxing]

TESTIFY!

[LewisDre4m]

Ye the "Facing Ali" documentary. Was a really moving story.

[bigD2387]

@LewisDre4m the "Facing Ali" documentary damn near made me cry at the end. lol

[PUGCAT]

He did slip a lot more punches than people gave him credit for and generally was really underrated as a boxer. Definitely not the quickest guy ever, just the toughest. He should will his body to science to see exactly what the secret of his durability was. Heard the BBC did magnetic imaging of Henry Cooper's head to find out why he was in such good health in spite of his age and all the shots he ate in his boxing career.

[JGCBoxing]

It must have been discouraging to fight a guy

like Chuvalo..hit him with your best shots and

he does not even blink. He blames some of

loses (Frazier & Foreman) on various injuries

or circumstances..and you DO have to wonder

what would have happened if he had gotten

rematches and been in at 100% percent.

Both Chuvalo & "Our 'Enry" are blessed to be

in such good condition in their 'twilight years'.

[TheCodemanShow]

This is a good video. I don't understand how this guy is not universally regarded as the "TOUGHEST" fighter ever. 93 fights against the best in history and never even knocked down. UNBELIEVABLE!

[Aristotelezz]

Loved it!