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BoxingManiac · 08-19-2008, 01:44 PM

Chuvalo was very tough. Took a lot of punishment in his lifetime. I saw the fight that he had with Floyd Patterson, and boy was Patterson fighting differently that night. The fight between him and Ernie Terell was fixed because of Terell's manager was so intimidating.

Terell's manager tried to intimidate the judges and Ali's manager when they fought. Herbert Muhammad (Ali's bother or manager idk) had his henchmen go and beat Terell's manager within an inch of his life. After that, they sent Terell's manager to a mental institution for the rest of his life. That guy certainly got what he deserved! Doesn't that just say that you cannot mess with Muhammad Ali?

**bill1234** · 08-19-2008, 10:27 PM

Ali got a ton of breaks in boxing, mainly with his decisions later in his career. Sonny Liston took a dive against him though. Right before the 2nd fight he got a phone call that said "You better lose...or else". Sonny knew what the "for else" was, because he used to be the "for else".

R_Myers · 08-20-2008, 02:57 PM

And hes Canadian!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Brooklyn Rican · 08-21-2008, 05:05 AM

Future world champions Joe Frazier and George Foreman, despite being big punchers, were unable to knock Chuvalo down, but they were the only fighters to stop him, scoring technical knockout (TKO) victories. Foreman—regarded as one of the hardest hitters in boxing history—mauled Chuvalo, bombing him with punch after punch. 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?"

BoxingManiac · 08-25-2008, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Brooklyn Rican

Future world champions Joe Frazier and George Foreman, despite being big punchers, were unable to knock Chuvalo down, but they were the only fighters to stop him, scoring technical knockout (TKO) victories. Foreman—regarded as one of the hardest hitters in boxing history—mauled Chuvalo, bombing him with punch after punch. 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?"

In fact, with that fight with Foreman, he nearly ripped Chuvalo's eye out of his head. Chuvalo went his entire damaging career without being knocked down once. Tough man.