George Chuvalo
Canadian heavyweight boxer
George Louis Chuvalo CM (born September 12, 1937), also known as Jure Čuvalo, is a Canadian former heavyweight boxing champion and the multiple contender for the heavyweight title in the 1960s and 1970s. He was never knocked off his feet in ninety-three professional fights between 1956 and 1979. On September 9 1957, George lost ten rounds bout to #2 heavyweight contender Bob Baker.
| George Chuvalo | |
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 Chuvalo at the River Rock Casino in April, 2010 | |
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Jure Čuvalo |
| Rated at | Heavyweight |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Born | September 12, 1937 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Stance | orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 93 |
| Wins | 73 |
| Wins by KO | 64 |
| Losses | 18 |
| Draws | 2 |
Chuvalo was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1990 and the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1998 and was awarded a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2005.
He went to Sarajevo for the revealing of a statue in his honor in Ljubuški on Sunday, December 18, 2011.[1]
Professional boxing record
change| 73 Wins (64 knockouts, 9 decisions), 18 Losses (2 knockouts, 16 decisions), 2 Draws [1] Archived 2013-01-18 at Archive.today | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Win | 73-18-2 | George Jerome | TKO | 3 (12) | 11/12/1978 | St. Lawrence Market, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Retained Canada Heavyweight title. This was Chuvalo's last bout, ending a 20 year career as a pro. |
| Win | 72-18-2 | Earl McLeay | TKO | 1 (12) | 08/12/1977 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Retained Canada Heavyweight title. McLeay knocked out by a straight right hand. |
| Win | 71-18-2 | Bob Felstein | KO | 9 (12) | 07/03/1977 | North York Centennial Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Won vacant Canada Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 70-18-2 | Mike Boswell | KO | 7 (10) | 30/10/1973 | Twin Rinks, Cheektowaga, New York, United States | |
| Win | 69-18-2 | Tony Ventura | TKO | 3 (10) | 25/09/1973 | Twin Rinks, Cheektowaga, New York, United States | |
| Win | 68-18-2 | Charlie Boston | KO | 2 (?) | 05/09/1972 | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |
| Win | 67-18-2 | Tommy Burns | KO | 1 (?) | 10/08/1972 | Nelson, British Columbia, Canada | Retained Canada Heavyweight title. |
| Loss | 66-18-2 | Muhammad Ali | UD | 12 | 01/05/1972 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | For NABF Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 66-17-2 | Jim Christopher | KO | 2 (10) | 21/02/1972 | Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |
| Win | 65-17-2 | Charley Chase | TKO | 6 (12) | 28/01/1972 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Retained Canada Heavyweight title. Fight was stopped after Chase suffered a broken right hand. |
| Win | 64-17-2 | Cleveland Williams | UD | 10 | 17/11/1971 | Astrodome, Houston, Texas, United States | |
| Loss | 63-17-2 | Jimmy Ellis | UD | 10 | 10/05/1971 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 63-16-2 | Charles Couture | KO | 2 (10) | 11/12/1970 | Austintown Fitch High School Gym, Youngstown, Ohio, United States | |
| Win | 62-16-2 | Tony Ventura | TKO | 4 (10) | 05/11/1970 | Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Win | 61-16-2 | Tommy Burns | KO | 1 (10) | 24/10/1970 | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 60-16-2 | Mike Bruce | KO | 2 (10) | 15/08/1970 | Kosevo Stadium, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Loss | 59-16-2 | George Foreman | TKO | 3 (10) | 04/08/1970 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | Corner stoppage. Chuvalo was rocked by a left hook and was taking punches in the corner without responding. |
| Win | 59-15-2 | Charlie Reno | KO | 3 (10) | 30/06/1970 | Seattle, Washington, D.C., United States | Reno was knocked down four times in the 3rd round. |
| Win | 58-15-2 | Gino Ricci | TKO | 1 (10) | 10/05/1970 | Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Win | 57-15-2 | Willie Tiger | KO | 10 (10) | 01/05/1970 | Fairgrounds, Detroit, Michigan, United States | |
| Win | 56-15-2 | Jerry Quarry | KO | 7 (10) | 12/12/1969 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | In round 7 Quarry was knocked down by a left hook on the top of the head. He rose at the count of 3, but decided to take a knee, he got up at the count of 10 instead of 9 and referee Zach Clayton declared the fight over at 2:59. |
| Win | 55-15-2 | Leslie Borden | TKO | 3 (?) | 16/11/1969 | Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Win | 54-15-2 | Stamford Harris | TKO | 3 (?) | 08/09/1969 | Exhibition Pavilion, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | |
| Loss | 53-15-2 | Buster Mathis | UD | 12 | 03/02/1969 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |
| Win | 53-14-2 | Dante Cane | TKO | 7 (10) | 12/11/1968 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 52-14-2 | Manuel Ramos | TKO | 5 (10) | 26/09/1968 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | Ramos down in the 5th round. |
| Win | 51-14-2 | Vic Brown | TKO | 3 (10) | 17/09/1968 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Brown signalled to the referee that he had enough, after he was knocked down twice in the 3rd round. |
| Win | 50-14-2 | Levi Forte | TKO | 2 (10) | 03/09/1968 | Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 49-14-2 | Johnny Featherman | KO | 1 (12) | 30/06/1968 | Penticton, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Win | 48-14-2 | Jean-Claude Roy | UD | 12 | 05/06/1968 | Exhibition Stadium, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | Won Canada Heavyweight title. Joe Louis was the referee. There were no knockdowns and neither fighter was in serious trouble. |
| Loss | 47-14-2 | Joe Frazier | TKO | 4 (10) | 19/07/1967 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |
| Win | 47-13-2 | Archie Ray | TKO | 2 (10) | 22/06/1967 | Adams Field House, Missoula, Montana, United States | |
| Win | 46-13-2 | Willi Besmanoff | TKO | 3 (10) | 27/05/1967 | Cocoa, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 45-13-2 | Willi Besmanoff | TKO | 3 (10) | 04/04/1967 | Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 44-13-2 | Buddy Moore | KO | 2 (10) | 20/03/1967 | Four Seasons Arena, Walpole, Massachusetts, United States | |
| Win | 43-13-2 | Dick Wipperman | TKO | 3 (10) | 22/02/1967 | Armory, Akron, Ohio, United States | Wipperman was knocked down three times in the 3rd round. |
| Win | 42-13-2 | Vic Brown | KO | 4 (10) | 16/01/1967 | Four Seasons Arena, Walpole, Massachusetts, United States | |
| Win | 41-13-2 | Willie McCormick | KO | 3 (10) | 16/12/1966 | Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | |
| Win | 40-13-2 | Dave Russell | TKO | 2 (10) | 28/11/1966 | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | |
| Win | 39-13-2 | Boston Jacobs | TKO | 3 (10) | 21/11/1966 | Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States | |
| Win | 38-13-2 | Dick Wipperman | TKO | 5 (10) | 12/10/1966 | Paul Sauve Arena, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Win | 37-13-2 | Bob Avery | TKO | 2 (15) | 15/09/1966 | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Chuvalo walloped Avery to the canvas five times before the referee stopped the bout. |
| Win | 36-13-2 | Mel Turnbow | KO | 7 (10) | 16/08/1966 | Paul Sauve Arena, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Loss | 35-13-2 | Oscar Bonavena | MD | 12 | 23/06/1966 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |
| Win | 35-12-2 | Levi Forte | TKO | 2 (10) | 15/05/1966 | Miner's Forum, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada | Forte's corner threw in the towel. |
| Loss | 34-12-2 | Muhammad Ali | UD | 15 | 29/03/1966 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Wor World Heavyweight title. |
| Loss | 34-11-2 | Eduardo Corletti | PTS | 10 | 25/01/1966 | Olympia, Kensington, London, United Kingdom | |
| Win | 34-10-2 | Joe Bygraves | PTS | 10 | 07/12/1965 | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom | Bygraves down in the 10th round. |
| Loss | 33-10-2 | Ernie Terrell | UD | 15 | 01/11/1965 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | For WBA World Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 33-9-2 | Orvin Veazey | KO | 2 (10) | 17/08/1965 | Exhibition Stadium, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Win | 32-9-2 | Dave Bailey | KO | 3 (10) | 30/06/1965 | Exhibition Stadium, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Win | 31-9-2 | Ed Sonny Andrews | TKO | 1 (10) | 07/06/1965 | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | |
| Win | 30-9-2 | Bill Nielsen | TKO | 8 (10) | 19/04/1965 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Loss | 29-9-2 | Floyd Patterson | UD | 12 | 01/02/1965 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | 1965 Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine. |
| Win | 29-8-2 | Calvin Butler | KO | 3 (10) | 10/11/1964 | Hull, Quebec, Canada | |
| Win | 28-8-2 | Doug Jones | TKO | 11 (12) | 02/10/1964 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | Jones was down once in the 11th, before referee Arthur Mercante stopped it. Chuvalo led on two of the three scorecards at the time of the stoppage. |
| Win | 27-8-2 | Don Prout | TKO | 3 (10) | 27/07/1964 | Sargent Field, New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States | |
| Win | 26-8-2 | Hugh Mercier | KO | 1 (12) | 18/03/1964 | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | Won vacant Canada Heavyweight title. |
| Loss | 25-8-2 | Zora Folley | UD | 10 | 17/01/1964 | Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, United States | |
| Draw | 25-7-2 | Tony Alongi | PTS | 10 | 08/11/1963 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | First decision had been win for Alongi, but recheck showed error in referee's card and commission changed decision. |
| Win | 25-7-1 | Mike DeJohn | MD | 10 | 27/09/1963 | Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky, United States | DeJohn was down in the 2nd & 6th rounds. |
| Win | 24-7-1 | Lloyd Washington | KO | 2 (10) | 18/05/1963 | Central High Field House, Battle Creek, Michigan, United States | |
| Win | 23-7-1 | Chico Gardner | KO | 4 (?) | 29/04/1963 | London, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 22-7-1 | James Wakefield | TKO | 6 (10) | 22/04/1963 | Arena, Windsor, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 21-7-1 | Rico Brooks | TKO | 2 (?) | 15/03/1963 | Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States | |
| Loss | 20-7-1 | Joe Erskine | DQ | 5 (10) | 02/10/1961 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Chuvalo was disqualified for headbutting. |
| Loss | 20-6-1 | Bob Cleroux | SD | 12 | 08/08/1961 | Delormier Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Lost Canada Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 20-5-1 | Willi Besmanoff | TKO | 4 (10) | 27/06/1961 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 19-5-1 | Alex Miteff | SD | 10 | 27/03/1961 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 18-5-1 | Bob Cleroux | UD | 12 | 23/11/1960 | Forum, Quebec, Canada | Won Canada Heavyweight title. |
| Loss | 17-5-1 | Bob Cleroux | SD | 12 | 17/08/1960 | Delormier Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Lost Canada Heavyweight title. |
| Loss | 17-4-1 | Pete Rademacher | UD | 10 | 19/07/1960 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 17-3-1 | Yvon Durelle | KO | 12 (12) | 17/11/1959 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Retained Canada Heavyweight title. Durelle was down once in the 1st and 9th, twice in the 10th, and again for the count in the 12th. |
| Win | 16-3-1 | Frankie Daniels | TKO | 7 (10) | 14/09/1959 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Loss | 15-3-1 | Pat McMurtry | UD | 10 | 17/10/1958 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |
| Win | 15-2-1 | James J Parker | KO | 1 (12) | 15/09/1959 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Won vacant Canada Heavyweight title. Parker was knocked down three times. |
| Draw | 14-2-1 | Alex Miteff | PTS | 10 | 16/06/1958 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Miteff was knocked down in the 10th round. |
| Win | 14–2 | Howard King | KO | 2 (10) | 21/04/1958 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 13–2 | Julio Mederos | UD | 10 | 27/01/1958 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Mederos was knocked down twice in the 2nd round. |
| Loss | 12–2 | Bob Baker | UD | 10 | 09/09/1957 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 12–1 | Joe Schmolze | KO | 4 (10) | 06/06/1957 | Fort William, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Joe Schmolze fought this fight under the alias "Joe Olsen". Schmolze was a substitute for Kid Gage. |
| Win | 11–1 | Emil Brtko | TKO | 2 (10) | 04/22/1957 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 10–1 | Moses Graham | KO | 2 (10) | 25/03/1957 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 9–1 | Walter Hafer | KO | 3 (8) | 04/03/1957 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 8–1 | Sid Russell | KO | 1 (8) | 14/01/1957 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 7–1 | Bob Biehler | UD | 8 | 19/11/1956 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Loss | 6–1 | Howard King | SD | 8 | 22/10/1956 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 6–0 | Joe Evans | KO | 1 (8) | 10/09/1956 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 5–0 | Johnny Arthur | UD | 8 | 11/06/1956 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 4–0 | Ed McGee | KO | 1 (?) | 23/04/1956 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Jack Dempsey Heavyweight Novice Tournament. |
| Win | 3–0 | Ross Gregory | KO | 1 (?) | 23/04/1956 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Jack Dempsey Heavyweight Novice Tournament. |
| Win | 2–0 | Jim Leonard | KO | 2 (?) | 23/04/1956 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Jack Dempsey Heavyweight Novice Tournament. |
| Win | 1–0 | Gordon Baldwin | TKO | 2 (?) | 23/04/1956 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Jack Dempsey Heavyweight Novice Tournament. |
References
change- ↑ Jure Čuvalo (Georg Chuvalo) danas u Sarajevu, sutra u Ljubuškom: http://www.ljubuski-online.info/bih/novosti/8825-jure-cuvalo-georg-chuvalo-danas-u-sarajevu-sutra-u-ljubuskom-foto.html Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine.
