Counter‐punching folley scores 10‐round verdict over chuvalo

His biggest win was knocking out Jerry Quarry, , in December of Mention the name George Chuvalo to the average boxing fan and the first thing that comes to mind is a fighter with the unmatched ability to absorb punishment. Other than Muhammad Ali, no heavyweight champion in history ever faced this calibre of opponents. Two years prior, Arthur had dropped a 15 round decision to heavyweight contender Don Cockell, who the following year would last 9 rounds for the heavyweight championship against Rocky Marciano.

Folley dropped Cooper in the third and Cooper was bleeding badly from cuts in the last two rounds but Cooper won a controversial decision. He took a fight with Henry Cooper in London in October After scoring knockouts in his next four fights he earned a world title fight with Ernie Terrell, , for the WBA title in November of , losing over fifteen rounds in Toronto, Canada.

Name: Zora Bell Folley.

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Siguenos en Twitter!! He had Jones down in that round and was ahead on two of the three scorecards at the time of stoppage. Chuvalo lost for the first time in his seventh fight by split decision against veteran Howard King, , in October of and would win the rematch in April of knocking out King in two rounds. He was now in contention for a world title shot and he ventured to San Francisco in April of to meet the top ranked Zora Folley in a bout he hoped would lead to a chance at the champion Floyd Patterson.

Returning to action in , Chuvalo dropped a unanimous decision to top rated contender Zora Folley. In only his second fight in that year he came back six months later and defeated Cleveland Williams, , at the Astrodome, in Houston, TX. Born in , he turned pro while still a young lad in Subscribe If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to receive more just like it.

He put together a run of 17 wins and then in April fought a split draw with Eddie Machen. His name is George Chuvalo, in the right place at the wrong time.

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We are talking about the almost forgotten Bob Cleroux. In the second round Dejohn was sent through the ropes as Chuvalo continued to hammer away with a two fisted assault. After the Miteff fight Chuvalo won the vacant heavyweight title of Canada scoring a first round knockout over James J. Be the first to comment. His journey was derailed by losses to Jones and Ernie Terrell.

How many all-time great heavyweight champions would have lasted 15 competitive rounds on a mere 17 days notice with a near prime Muhammad Ali? Arthur at the time was the South African heavyweight champion and in his previous fight 2 months earlier had dropped a 10 round decision to future world light heavyweight champion Willie Pastrano.

I remember watching his next fight on TV against tall and lanky Tony Alongi, , in Miami Beach in November of , with Chuvalo losing by decision. The following month he was back in with Chuvalo in a rematch, again at the Forum. While George unquestionably had a granite chin which kept him upright through 93 fights, an examination of Chuvalo's boxing career illustrates a fighter who was so much more.

The 6' 6" Terrell fighting behind a long left jab and and not much else won a questionable disputed unanimous decision. Chuvalo went undefeated by knocking out 4 opponents on the same day.