Sport & Note

George Chuvalo

Male

(George Louis Čuvalo)
(Jure Čuvalo)
Heavyweight, Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Born: September 12, 1937, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height: 6ft, mt 1,83
Weight: 207-214-232 lbs

parents from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia

as an amateur:
1955 Canadian champion

amateur record: 16-0-0 (16 KOs)

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1956
+ Apr. 1	Ed McGee	Toronto, Canada	KO 1
+ Apr. 1	Ross Gregory	Toronto, Canada	KO 1
+ Apr. 1	Jim Leonard	Toronto, Canada	KO 2
+ Apr. 1	Gordon Baldwin	Toronto, Canada	KO 2
+ June 11	Johnny Arthur	Toronto, Canada	W 8
+ Sept. 10	Joe Evans	Toronto, Canada	KO 1
- Oct. 22	Howard King	Toronto, Canada	L 8
+ Nov. 19	Bob Biehler	Toronto, Canada	W 8
1957
+ Jan. 14	Sid Russell	Toronto, Canada	KO 1
+ Mar. 4	Walter Hafer	Toronto, Canada	KO 3
+ Mar. 25	Moses Graham	Toronto, Canada	KO 1
+ Apr. 22	Emil Brtko	Toronto, Canada	TKO 2
+ June 6	Joe Schmolze	Fort William, Canada	KO 4
- Sept. 9	Bob Baker	Toronto, Canada	L 10
1958
+ Jan. 27	Julio Mederos	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ Apr. 21	Howard King	Toronto, Canada	KO 2
= June 16	Alex Miteff	Toronto, Canada	Draw 10
+ Sept. 15	James J. Parker	Toronto, Canada	KO 1
(vacant Canadian Heavyweight Title)
- Oct. 17	Pat McMurtry	New York, USA	L 10
1959
+ Sept. 14	Frankie Daniels	Toronto, Canada	TKO 7
+ Nov. 17	Yvon Durelle	Toronto, Canada	KO 12
(Retained Canadian Heavyweight Title)
1960
- July 19	Pete Rademacher	Toronto, Canada	L 10
- Aug. 17	Bob Cleroux	Montreal, Canada	L 12
(Lost Canadian Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 23	Bob Cleroux	Montreal, Canada	W 12
(Regained Canadian Heavyweight Title)
1961
+ Mar. 27	Alex Miteff	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ June 27	Willi Besmanoff	Toronto, Canada	TKO 4
- Aug. 8	Bob Cleroux	Montreal, Canada	L 12
(Lost Canadian Heavyweight Title)
- Oct. 2	Joe Erskine	Toronto, Canada	LDQ 5
1962 Inactive
1963
+ Mar. 15	Rico Brooks	Detroit, USA	TKO 2
+ Apr. 22	James Wakefield	Windsor, Canada	TKO 6
+ Apr. 29	Chico Gardner	London, Canada	KO 4
+ May 18	Lloyd Washington	Battle Creek, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 27	Mike DeJohn	Louisville, USA	W 10
= Nov. 8	Tony Alongi	Miami Beach, USA	Draw 10
1964
- Jan. 17	Zora Folley	Cleveland, USA	L 10
+ Mar. 18	Hugh Mercier	Regina, Canada	KO 1
(Regained vacant Canadian Heavyweight Title)
+ July 27	Don Prout	New Bedford, USA	TKO 3
+ Oct. 2	Doug Jones	New York, USA	TKO 11
+ Nov. 10	Calvin Butler	Hull, Canada	KO 3
1965
- Feb. 1	Floyd Patterson	New York, USA	L 12
+ Apr. 19	Bill Nielsen	Toronto, Canada	TKO 8
+ June 7	Ed Sonny Andrews	Saint John, Canada	TKO 1
+ June 30	Dave Bailey	Regina, Canada	KO 3
+ Aug. 17	Orvin Veazey	Regina, Canada	KO 2
- Nov. 1	Ernie Terrell	Toronto, Canada	L 15
(For WBA Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 7	Joe Bygraves	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
1966
- Jan. 25	Eduardo Corletti	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10
- Mar. 29	Muhammad Ali	Toronto, Canada	L 15
(For WBC Heavyweight Title)
+ May 14	Levi Forte	Glace Bay, Canada	TKO 2
- June 23	Oscar Bonavena	New York, USA	L 10
+ Aug. 16	Mel Turnbow	Montreal, Canada	KO 7
+ Sept. 15	Bob Avery	Edmonton, Canada	KO 2
+ Oct. 12	Dick Wipperman	Montreal, Canada	TKO 5
+ Nov. 21	Boston Jacobs	Detroit, USA	TKO 3
+ Nov. 28	Dave Russell	Saint John, Canada	TKO 2
+ Dec. 16	Willie McCormick	Labrador City, Canada	KO 3
1967
+ Jan. 16	Vic Brown	Walpole, USA	KO 4
+ Feb. 22	Dick Wipperman	Akron, USA	TKO 3
+ Mar. 20	Buddy Moore	Walpole, USA	KO 2
+ Apr. 4	Willi Besmanoff	Miami Beach, USA	KO 3
+ May 27	Willi Besmanoff	Cocoa, USA	TKO 3
+ June 22	Archie Ray	Missoula, USA	TKO 2
- July 19	Joe Frazier	New York, USA	TKO by 4
1968
+ June 5	Jean-Claude Roy	Regina, Canada	W 12
(Regained Canadian Heavyweight Title)
+ June 30	Johnny Featherman	Penticton, Canada	KO 1
+ Sept. 3	Levi Forte	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 2
+ Sept. 17	Vic Brown	Toronto, Canada	TKO 3
+ Sept. 26	Manuel Ramos	New York, USA	TKO 5
+ Nov. 12	Dante Canè	Toronto, Canada	TKO 7
1969
- Feb. 3	Buster Mathis	New York, USA	L 12
+ Sept. 8	Stamford Harris	Lethbridge, Canada	KO 2
+ Nov. 16	Leslie Borden	Kimberley, Canada	TKO 3
+ Dec. 12	Jerry Quarry	New York, USA	KO 7
1970
+ May 1	Willie Tiger	Detroit, USA	KO 10
+ May 10	Gino Ricci	Kimberley, Canada	TKO 1
+ June 30	Charlie Reno	Seattle, USA	KO 3
- Aug. 4	George Foreman	New York, USA	TKO by 3
+ Aug. 15	Mike Bruce	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	KO 2
+ Oct. 24	Tommy Burns	Hamilton, Canada	KO 1
+ Nov. 5	Tony Ventura	Montreal, Canada	TKO 4
+ Dec. 11	Charles Couture	Youngstown, USA	KO 2
1971
- May 10	Jimmy Ellis	Toronto, Canada	L 10
+ Nov. 17	Cleveland Williams	Houston, USA	W 10
1972
+ Jan. 28	Charley Chase	Vancouver, Canada	TKO 6
(Regained Canadian Heavyweight Title)
+ Feb. 21	Jim Christopher	Winnipeg, Canada	KO 2
- May 1	Muhammad Ali	Vancouver, Canada	L 12
(For NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 10	Tommy Burns	Nelson, Canada	KO 1
(Retained Canadian Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 5	Charlie Boston	Port-au-Prince, Haiti	KO 2
1973
+ Sept. 25	Tony Ventura	Cheektowaga, USA	TKO 3
+ Oct. 30	Mike Boswell	Cheektowaga, USA	KO 7
1974-1976 Inactive
1977
+ Mar. 7	Bob Felstein	Toronto, Canada	KO 9
(Regained vacant Canadian Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 8	Earl McLeay	Toronto, Canada	TKO 1
(Retained Canadian Heavyweight Title)
1978
+ Dec. 11	George Jerome	Toronto, Canada	TKO 2
(Retained Canadian Heavyweight Title)

Summary

Total bouts: 93, Won: 73 (64 inside the limit), Lost: 18 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0