Muhammad Ali vs George Chuvalo 2

Venue: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, 1st May, 1972.

Muhammad Ali had already beaten George Chuvalo on a decision in an utterly one-sided bout in 1966. The Canadian’s greatest quality remained his ability to take sustained punishment without folding. However, his granite chin had finally met its match in the heavyweight division’s fearsome newcomer – the glowering giant George Foreman. Just three rounds at the mercy of the fists of Foreman had, it was said, left Chuvalo’s wife screaming at the referee to save her husband from foreman’s assault.

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Ali didn’t possess such power. He was still a head-hunter, rarely dipping to throw to the body and his punches relied on the zinging, cumulative effect – he was no one – shot KO man. Also in question was Ali’s desire to inflict true harm. A religious man, he was loath to burden his conscience with a bad injury to an opponent especially those who obviously posed no threat to him. Foreman and Joe Frazier were untroubled by such concerns.

Chuvalo survived as Ali hit him almost at will. The fight looked set for the distance from the start; the decision, though, was never in doubt

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