Legends of Boxing Joe Frazier and George Chuvallo Talk Glory Days of Heavyweight Boxing 

Yeah, and a humble guy too.

Sadly, you're wrong. Chuvalo is confined to a Toronto nursing home, suffering from the advanced stages of dementia.

​@@richardweiler6931maybe due to his age rather than boxing injurues

He's absolutely one of the classiest guys. To go through what he did and still be kind to thoughtful like he is, is unheard of. Hope he is at least comfortable. He deserves that much

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I remember being a kid and George coming around to clubs across Canada to talk to u fighters about drugs after he lost his son. After he had he initional speech/talk with he clubs we all went through a workout led by him. Amazing man, very kind, generous and passionate.

You're telling me., What a family horror story outside of the ring.

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George caught a lot of punches on his arms & gloves. A much smarter fighter than he is credited for!

He had an iron chin that’s for sure

Kept his marbles lol

@@peteincanada8412 Now yeah , cause he has dimentia . The guy's like , in his 80's

Chuvalo had some issues but his family did a good job of keeping it private. He was good when it came to talking boxing or recalling the past but his short term memory was shot.

Chuvalo currently has advanced dementia.

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Not sure about Frazier in this interview. Possibly he had some brain damage. But he was a heavy drinker and I wondered if Frazier might be under the influence here. Frazier did die from liver failure.

Chuvalo's fights outside of the ring are much tougher than any of those he faced inside the ring. He lost one son by suicide with a firearm, (he was a heroin addict), two sons by heroin overdose and his wife committed suicide with prescription drugs. Chuvalo lost over half of his family through drugs. I pray for George.

Me too

Joe was beautiful person, meeting him several times here in Philly

@@vincentrobinson9645 Can you tell us more about meeting him i love joe frazier.

I think that the days of Joe Lewis, Dempsey, Marciano were great but the best Era of Heavyweight Boxing was the 60s to the Mid 80s..That's when the division was the most talented and had the most depth.. With the exception of Tyson and Holyfield

@muhammad ali largest collection in the world Good to know. Gee, they didn’t mention above, big George Foreman as a common opponent.

I am not, as they both also fought Ellis, Bonavena, Doug Jones, Mel Turnbow, Dick Wipperman and Mike Bruce. Can't mention everyone in a short casual conversation.

This wasn't a "forget". Casualists should know they had other unmentioned common opponents: Ellis, Bonavena, Doug Jones, Wipperman, Turnbow and Mike Bruce. Trying to read too much into that...

@@diogenestonguewag59 GEORGE FOREMAN is not an unmentionable "common oppenent" (like those others you googled).. Foreman wrecked BOTH OF THEM... & know who to apply that tired overused unoriginal "casual" label to, bro.. i done forgot more boxing then you'll ever know.. trust me

@@reoscorpio If you have to tell me to trust you...I didn't call you a casualist, just that they "too" should know. Rale on!

@@diogenestonguewag59 Ok, whatever..

The Chuvalo vs Foreman fight was stopped prematurely by the ref, Arthur Mercante. When he stopped it, Chuvalo yelled at him, ''What are you, *%&"*% nuts?''

Wasn't stopped prematurely. I was there. Chuvalo was defenseless. ANOTHER RU-vid Troll you are.

You were there? So that would make you (at a minimum) 69 years old to be able to watch boxing at the old MSG in 1967. I'm impressed that an elderly gentleman listens to Meek Mills and uses the word troll on RU-vid.

@@thespy7795 Chuvalo wasn't going anywhere. If George says he wasn't buzzed from Foreman's shots who are you to dispute him? He was never off his feet. Ever, think about it!!!

Kev Dean Yes, but he took a very good battering without doing anything back. The refs job is to protect the fighters.

America's Free Market Doctor - Dr. Tommy McElroy Yea...why did they leave out George?

Casualists should know they had other unmentioned common opponents: Ellis, Bonavena, Doug Jones, Wipperman, Turnbow and Mike Bruce. Trying to read too much into that...

Your Royal Highness Sadly, finally, George is showing the signs of paying the price for his anvil chin now in 2019. His brain was strong enough to shrug off the damage other boxers brains have acquired over their career....until now.

@@Chief2Moon Is he really showing signs of dementia? The last video i saw of George was one in which the country that he was originally from was honoring him with a statue. He seemed ok then. Not sure exactly when that was.

Your Royal Highness I've read that George's daughter released a statement saying he'd make no more public appearances& they'd hired additional in-home help to care for him because his mental processes had deteriorated significantly over the last year. Joe Rogan also mentioned George on a podcast discussing CTE & brain trauma among participants of combat sports. At 77 George had been amazingly resistant to bad results despite being hit by some of the hardest punchers in boxing history over his long career. He remained funny,quick witted& had a great memory of every fight. I too am saddened to hear that now this granite mountain is developing serious cracks. I never heard George sound "punchy" like so many other fighters in their 50's&60's sometimes do, and as you say, the last time I saw him speak on a video he seemed solid. I understand his daughter said she'll "never throw him in a nursing home".

Your Royal Highness There's also an article in "The Toronto Star" about how at 80, George 'is beginning to slip away into dementia". Other information is found on Google, I'm sad to say.

Joe hit Ali with some murderous hooks,the audience must of been going nuts

This wasn't a "forget". Casualists should know they had other unmentioned common opponents: Ellis, Bonavena, Doug Jones, Wipperman, Turnbow and Mike Bruce. Trying to read too much into that...

Yes LOL

Yes.

Casualists should know they had other unmentioned common opponents: Ellis, Bonavena, Doug Jones, Wipperman, Turnbow and Mike Bruce. Trying to read too much into that...

I think he forgot Bonevena as well who was tough as nails!

Casualists should know they had other unmentioned common opponents: Ellis, Bonavena, Doug Jones, Wipperman, Turnbow and Mike Bruce. Trying to read too much into that...

That's what i'm thinking . If he had the defense of Ali and power of Foreman or Shavers he's be scary .

Cuz he's George Foreman

That's a direct result of fighting Ali 3 times and Foreman twice.

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MegaSmarterthanyou- If you're so smart, why don't you think sometimes? That didn't need to be said.

Mega, show some respect to one of the greatest boxers of all time!

Sounds fine to me

Bonavena did knock down Frazier twice. But he never floored Chuvalo. That's Chuvalo's main claim to fame. That no one ever knocked him down.

Shame? As far as Bonavena is concerned, a tough awkward guy, but he'd punch-push, hoping the opponent would fall and a knockdown would ensue. Never came close to knocking Chuvalo down. Fantasy fanboy stuff, that. Casualists should know they had other unmentioned common opponents: Ellis, Foreman, Doug Jones, Wipperman, Turnbow and Mike Bruce. You're trying to read way too much into it...

Yes and I noticed that neither one of them mentioned Big George's name when asked about common opponents

Buddy, they both know about it , they are talking about their prime ! Chuvalo is 10 years older then George foreman , and frazier is 5 yeàrs older then foreman ! If you are not a pro boxer , you don't know what's that mean ! Ali defeated 5 years younger big George foreman ! That's one of the reasons he is the greatest !

On the night he beat Frazier, I believe you could have had the best heavy weights in the world lined up ,including Ali and he would have knocked them out one after the other,cannot think of another fighter other than MAYBE? Tyson who may have been capable of doing the same. Frazier was dangerous and tough,yet Foreman gave him a bad beating without raising a sweat.

@@dennisdobin8640 styles. Frazier was named to order for Foreman. But smart boxers like Ali and Young outfought and outsmarted Foreman. They would have done the same to the Foreman who blew away Frazier.

George Čuvalo (Chuvalo) never touched the cavnas, never knocked down, best chin in boxing ever. Croatian genes and a heart of gold

Neither was knocked out ever in their career, they were stopped either by their coaches or the referee, but never has another man stood over either George or joe and counted them out, can’t stop someone that isn’t willing to quit

​@@MaxSchmidt-ts3cwGeorge Chuvalo wasn't even knocked down once in his life, Joe was knocked out by Foreman twice

@@EBBX. show me where Joe was laying on the floor and counted out, both have been stopped, chuvalo only once really due to a broken orbital against Frazier, the stoppage in the foreman and chuvalo fight wasn’t good considering chuvalo was in 0 trouble, getting stopped and getting ko‘d are 2 different things, Frazier got dropped 6 times by the hardest shots of foreman, and he never lost his consciousness, which is why the fight HAD to be stopped

@@MaxSchmidt-ts3cw George Foreman himself said that he hit Ali with his hardest shots

@@EBBX. doesn’t matter what George himself said, he tried hitting Ali with his hardest shots but he only ever hit Ali either on his guard or on the body, if u look at both fights you can clearly see that Frazier 1. took the shots flush on his chin and 2. even moved into the punches so it’s not that hard to figure out who got hit with the harder shots

Because Ali Couldnt speak,by this time his parkinsons had robbed him of pretty much everything,Speech,Movement etc

Not Chuvalo. George was never knocked off his feet in his entire professional career.

Yes sad

@theoneandneveronly Chuvalo's wife stopped the fight.

He might have been saved gainst George Foreman but to STAY unknocked in the golden era of heavyweights is just phenomenal.If he'd been a bit faster he could have been genuine danger to the top tier fighters.

Not true. If anything Foreman was slowing down drastically and missing more, it would have been an interesting fight. Remember George Čuvalo (Chuvalo) was never knocked down ever. Greatest chin in boxing ever

@@Mr47CRO Would have been interesting? You think Chuvalo could have beaten George?