![]() George Chuvalo was Canada’s greatest heavyweight boxer. This Canadian History for Kids exclusive, looks at the amazing career George Chuvalo. Chuvalo also defeated notable fighters such as Howard King, Canadian champion Bob Cleroux, Yvon Durelle, Willi Besmanoff, big hitting Mike DeJohn, Cleveland Williams, and Manuel Ramos.Ĭhuvalo was the number one contender for the British Empire heavyweight title for many years but champion Henry Cooper did not fight him.Ma– Canadian heavyweight boxing champion George Chuvalo out pointed by Muhammad Ali in a 15-round slugfest in Toronto. He got an eleventh-round knockout against contender Doug Jones on Octonotably using the boxing technique ‘kill the body and the head dies’. He lost to WBA heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell in 1965 and to former WBA champion Jimmy Ellis in 1971, with both of those fights taking place at Maple Leaf Gardens. Afterwards Quarry complained of a fast count but Chuvalo responded ‘It must have been a good punch’. One of Chuvalo’s biggest victories was a seventh-round knockout of contender Jerry Quarry on December 12, 1969. Yet, in his typical display of toughness, when the referee stopped the fight in the third round, Chuvalo said to him, "What are you, nuts?". Ring Mag reported Frazier nearly closed both Chuvalo’s eyes and also cracked one of the man’s cheek bones.įoreman, regarded as one of the hardest hitters in boxing history, mauled Chuvalo with a wicked jab and some truly thunderous big punches breaking Chuvalo’s nose. Other career highlightsįuture world champions Joe Frazier and George Foreman, despite being big punchers, were unable to knock Chuvalo down, but they were the only two fighters to ever stop him, scoring technical knockout (TKO) victories. They have a summer home in Midland, Ontario. George and his wife tour high schools speaking about the devastation of drug use to teens. George is married to his second wife, Joanne Chuvalo, and is stepfather to her two children, Jesse and Ruby. His granddaughter, Rachel Chuvalo, passed away in February 2013 after a battle with cancer. His daughter, Vanessa, has two girls, Adelayde and Michaella. His remaining son, Mitch, became a teacher at Western Technical Commercial School and University of Toronto Schools and married his wife from El Salvador, Ivania, with whom he is raising two boys, Aaron and Elijah. He lost his wife to suicide after the second son died. Personal lifeĬhuvalo lost three sons, Jesse Chuvalo in 1985 to suicide, Georgie Lee Chuvalo in 1993 in a car accident and Steven Louis Chuvalo in 1996 to drug overdose. Rocky Marciano was one of his trainers in his early career. Nicknamed "Boom Boom", Chuvalo turned professional in 1956, knocking out four opponents in one night to win a heavyweight tournament held by former world’s champion Jack Dempsey at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on April 26, 1956. Chuvalo finished his amateur career with a 16-0-0 record, all by KO within four rounds. Michael’s College School between 19 following which he attended Humberside Collegiate Institute and became one of the best-known amateur boxers in Toronto, fighting out of the Earlscourt Athletic Club.Ĭhuvalo became Canadian amateur heavyweight champion in May 1955, defeating Winnipeg’s Peter Piper with a first-round KO in a tournament final in Regina, Saskatchewan. Chuvalo grew up in The Junction district of west Toronto, and had one sibling, Zora. Early life and careerīorn in Ontario to Croatian parents from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Stipan and Katica (born Kordić) Čuvalo, father from Proboj and mother from Grljevići near Ljubuški. He had a long career and fought nearly all the top fighters in the heavyweight division. He was Canadian heavyweight champion as both an amateur and a professional, and twice fought for versions of the professional world’s heavyweight title. ![]() He is often considered to have had the greatest chin in the history of boxing and to be one of its most durable fighters ever. George Louis Chuvalo, also known as Jure Čuvalo CM (born September 12, 1937) is a retired Canadian heavyweight boxer who was never knocked off his feet in ninety-three professional fights between 19. ![]()
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