1965-2-1 George Chuvalo vs Floyd Patterson (FOTY)

1965-2-1 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
George Chuvalo (29-8-2) vs Floyd Patterson (41-4-0)
Heavyweight division
Referee: Zach Clayton
Judges: Joe Armstrong, Tony Castellano
The Ring Magazine Fight of the Year 1965
Link in BoxRec: boxrec.com/media/index.php?tit...

[@lisar3006]

George had 93 fights against the best heavyweights in history and was never off his feet.

[@khaledalaswad9734]

Incredible! I watched some of his interviews after retirement and he doesn't show any signs of slurred speech or CTE. The man has a unique genetics.

[@illmatic826]

He was too stupid to fall.

[@treetoppa8388]

@@illmatic826 what do you know about boxing, boy? You couldn’t hit water if you fell out of a boat.

[@CC-ff7ft]

@Jakov Jerkovic Are u for real , this good fight , and as for Bowe & Holyfield is nothing compared to Ali vs Frazier 3, Know as the greatest and most savage heavyweight fight ever filmed . Bowe & Holyfield 1 is a good fight but does not come close to what happened in the Trilla in Manila.

[@sherrillraymond7595]

That's crazy and like you said big George hit him and couldn't drop him Muhammad Ali hit hit him with flurries for 15 rounds dude didn't even catch a knee Idk I think he harder than La Motta

[@i-sink-i]

Floyd Patterson is probably one of, if not the most underestimated heavyweight of all time. He was tough as nails with a heart of gold. He whipped Ingo’s head around with the most beautiful left hook to ever punch a man in the face. That man was, and is one of the greats. God bless his soul.

[@i-sink-i]

@Floyd PattersonII How’re you feeling, man? Life treating you alright?

[@jerryashlock5519]

Floyd Patterson will always be my favorite and what a great man and no pretense... very intelligent

[@crabb9966]

Pound for pound he is in the goat discussion in my opinion. Most people would think this is a crazy opinion

[@David-mz8xk]

​@@crabb9966in my opinion I disagree. You have to have joe Louis in that discussion he's the goat but not my favorite

[@jawbreaker8363]

Also the very first 2 time heavyweight champion of all time, the very first man to regain the heavyweight champion and for a long time the youngest heavyweight champion ….

[@dcuss7294]

Floyd Patterson. Always a gentleman

[@Herman47]

Tremendous gentleman

[@justicereplacedbyrevenge]

Both Patterson and Chavulo underated heavyweights.

[@bobgold57]

Patterson: pure class. A gentleman and a sportsman. Chuvalo was like granite. Cool to see Rocky.

[@davidabney7700]

Well said, and so true. I wish "all" the champions in boxing had the class, character, and humility of a Floyd Patterson. Not todays "in your face" cursing, threatening, and generally making a ass of yourself as Tyson Fury has displayed.

[@JamieTransNyc]

Marciano posed the most well-considered questions... interesting and designed to allow Patterson to explain things in depth.

[@frank1720]

Such nice guys back then. Ali was classy at thT time

[@roberthockett270]

Gotta LOVE Ali in this - especially at the end as he congratulates Patterson after having predicted that Chuvalo would win. A joy to watch.

[@NlHILIST]

Marciano, Walcott, Louis + Tunney - great to see them in there at the start. With Ali at ringside, so much boxing history there.

[@nickhughes2284]

Shame its not like that now some guy with a fat face versus some guy with a fat belly ,,,in a leisure centre no former champions in attendance ,,,,,its all gone.

[@frankgalligan9111]

Absolutely one of Floyd’s best fights.Great Ali commentary beautiful all round.

[@davidabney7700]

The Chuvalo fight, and Johanson 2nd fight, and the Archie Moore fight were my selections as Patterson's best bouts.

[@jerichobeach2967]

Just hearing Ali’s voice makes this fight great. Floyd’s hooks helped too.

[@hermeticxhaote4723]

Imagine being so soft spoken and an absolute killer

[@Ichbinberlinerr]

Patterson defense was sublime & Chevalo has iron in his chin. Beautiful fight!!! P. S: And was funny to listen Ali talking about Marciano saying that he will have to retire soon too :)

[@bubu345]

rocky never fought the best young

[@uncjim]

Love Ali's commentary. The guy was a natural. Got to love his referring to Chuvalo as Chuvaldo...beautiful.

[@mikecatania4492]

Great fight Respect to and from everyone including Ali. That patterson was a hell of nice guy.

[@clevelandwilliams5922]

Floyd Patterson is honest about his assessment without the pride and arrogance you see from other fighters of today.

[@ArchieThomas3seesea]

Floyd Patterson wrote a super autobiography called Victory Over Myself.

[@slothmode3590]

Can I borrow that. Seriously cause I looked it up and it’s like 100 dollars 😅

[@himawalincat9350]

There was one book before that too. The publisher closed down or something right after. So there's a very few out there. The book is titled "An Original Life Story" Floyd Patterson HEAVYWEIGHT KING

[@Colin-wd9fu]

Thanks for the info 😊

[@douglaslett7504]

The best about this fight such legends Tunney, Louis, Marciano, Walcott and bradock in the same room ! Wow !

[@sorshiaemms5959]

Somthing you don t see in too many heavy weight fights today is the number of punches thrown and guys slugging hard till the bell rings hats off to both fighters

[@mikethomas4875]

Some real Hall-Of-Famers in this one.

[@fitveganathleteintegrateda1695]

holy $hit you got that right!

[@rubenalvez4989]

Eran Señores, muy educados como cambio para mal después hasta llegar a la mediocridad que hay hoy en todo sentido.

[@COBBETT1215]

Great fight! Great warriors in the ring. Great warriors outside the ring. Great young warrior adding the expert commentary, and the great Don Dunphy. Doesn't get any better. I think Floyd just shaded it, but a draw would have been no injustice. It was close.

[@patmccormick9972]

Don Dunphy, the best there ever was.

[@d_exiled_1arisen385]

Floyd P, they still imitate your style. People's Champ. 🇵🇷✊🏾

[@striperking6083]

Great fight . More active than today’s gigantic heavyweights

[@texasstadium]

Both fighters absolute gentlemen.

[@billthestinker]

Patterson was a lot better than he gets credit for he was fast and could punch.

[@eulissbenoit5968]

I think Patterson would have beaten Marciano

[@i-sink-i]

Patterson had a golden heart and a left hand that could make a man’s head do a 180. He’s one of the most underestimated greats there ever was. It pains me that so many don’t realize how great he actually was.

[@eulissbenoit816]

Best heavyweight fight I ever seen

[@thesmallnotesduo]

Awesome video. Floyd, Rocky, George and Ali are boxing legends.

[@johnathonwebster5720]

Awesome fight

[@danielhkhk7283]

Patterson beat Chuvalo and Bonavena, great!

[@ReemusBoxing]

i break down floyds strengths and weaknesses, come watch if you like analysis of old fighters such as salvador sanchez & ezzard charles etc

[@ReemusBoxing]

Markus J thanks!

[@nathangutierrez505]

What about Chuvalo do Chuvalo strengths and weaknesses

[@OldielocksNmo50]

I love these old fights.. seeing retired champs I heard about as a kid in the ring is amazing..Tunney, Braddock... others is awesome.

[@seanfried5583]

How can you not love Floyd Patterson. Floyd was TOO humble I think.

[@bobbyhulll8737]

Fight of the year

[@ianhope3203]

The fight was much closer. Either could have been given the decision.

[@eulissbenoit5968]

Marciano skull is bigger than there whole body

[@fisterklister]

Floyd is a great person. Would he have fought as a cruiserweight today?

[@brunol9876]

Yes he would pal

[@jonser20cent68]

@@brunol9876 He looked much more frail than Chuvalo.

[@himawalincat9350]

No he wouldn't. He could have fought at middleweight if he wanted to even back then. He used to walk around even less than 175 which was the light heavyweight limit even in his first championship years. he had to put on weight everytime he fought. The heavyweight is top of boxing and the heavyweight champion is the top of the boxing world. Floyd wanted nothing less. I've asked him about this in person and it was his answer. I might been small for a heavyweight, but I was just as bad as those big guys, he said. These are the exact words that he used too.

[@sandy3482]

I loved Floyd he always conducted himself as a gentleman, I was 10 years old and he was the champion so of course he was my favorite I cried when Ali beat him. I didn't like Ali then but when he came back in 1971 he was my man. Why were people booing the decision Floyd easily won this fight and this was by far the fight of the year.

[@Bruins-vq5ey]

Easily my ass.. chuvalo didn't get a fair shake in Floyd's backyard and the best fight crowd in the world agreed

[@Colin-wd9fu]

Racism.was running high in 60s America

[@raoul3605]

what a fight!!!!!!

[@nkel6111]

Marciano got fat aka like a Chicago mafia type.. straight from the 'outfit'.

[@iamtman1]

Bigot comment!

[@MyVeryHappyDay]

We have his address.

[@jerryashlock5519]

One helluva fight

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

Referee Zack Clayton and ringside guest commentator Muhammad Ali would meet in October of 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaire, Africa when Clayton was the third man in the ring when Ali relieved George Foreman of the Heavyweight Championship.

[@Noah-pc6wq]

George Chuvalo is the sort of guy you could punch square on in the face for 15 rounds and at the end it would be your hands and not his head that's broken.

[@csdr0]

Not against Frazier. His eye socket got broken and had the fight not stop his eye would have fallen to the canvas.

[@Chief2Moon]

csdr0 George wanted to keep fighting, the Dr.& George's cornermen decided to stop it....that's how I remember it, but I'm getting old now too, I guess.

[@josephshields2922]

Bill Gallo (NY Daily News) had a cartoon with Chuvalo's face on a heavy bag, you could hit it all day but not knock it down.

[@josephshields2922]

​@@csdr0 And that is why Frazier was extraodinay-no one else had ever stopped the man and to this day He's never been off his feet. By that time Chuvalo was past his prime having been beaten by Floyd-Ali- Terrell- and Bonavena.

[@syedhasnainahmed9097]

@@Chief2Moon u r 💯% right may Allah keep u healthy, bless u

[@ianhope3203]

Great to hear Clay as then talking such good stuff.

[@frankgalligan9111]

Big ring, big gloves,Floyd always a great gentleman

[@himawalincat9350]

They were 8 ounces. Everlast used to make them look flubby / flabby with horse hair inside. Up until Floyd fought Johansson for the third fight they used to use 6 ounces even for heavyweights.

[@eulissbeniot9024]

Marciano was a short man but huge. I see why he destroyed everyone

[@lamarsibert4575]

Just like Mike Tyson.

[@jonser20cent68]

He really looks solid as a Rock, I wouldn't like to owe him money

[@thespy7795]

He's in Retirement here. When he fought he RARELY weighed more than 185 pounds.

[@glen6945]

if -you get in the ring -you got to be in shape -and they are all great boxers

[@risboturbide9396]

Thank you for this priceless upload! Before that I only saw Patterson gettin destroyed by Sonny Liston, twice. Great match vs Chuvalo, cheers 🍻

[@pukulu]

Chuvalo was physically stronger than Patterson so Floyd did some holding in the clinches. Patterson landed just enough combinations to win on points but some observers might have liked the aggression of Chuvalo and also Chuvalo's rock chin. It was very hard to hurt Chuvalo.

[@elainekerslake6865]

These two are both fighting at 86 and 87 kilos and are only 1.82 height / 5ft 11ins. Thats 13.5 stone. Todays heavy weights are 17 to 20 stone and 6.3 to 6.7. Even Ali was 16 stone and 6ft 3.

[@jamaal7]

Patterson got the better of the exchanges. He beat Chuvalo to the punch consistently. Floyd landed the cleaner, more effective punches. He stung Chuvalo several times with right hand leads, jabs, for which his opponent had no apparent defense, and left hooks. Patterson put together several flurries and often out fought Chuvalo inside, even though the Canadian was the bigger man. Chuvalo committed several fouls in the fight. Floyd Patterson was clearly the winner of this bout.

[@andyfinely9752]

jamaal7 great stuff

[@Bruins-vq5ey]

You need to rewatch the fight cuz your visually impaired

[@RedgraveGilver]

@@Bruins-vq5ey You're the one who don't know shit about boxing and is the one who is visually impaired.

[@Bruins-vq5ey]

​@@RedgraveGilvernice comeback...

[@Dazlingmagic]

Wonderful!

[@MR.HandyANDY]

Sorry, they gave the fight to Patterson because his comeback was a bigger boxoffice draw than an unknown Chuvalo. Chuvalo was the agressor. Today, they give the fight to the agressor. Patterson had to been pissing blood for 3 months after some 40-50 hard shots to the kidneys.

[@devilface97]

I see one of the chuvalo punches to the back of floyds head landed on you.

[@trey4323]

40-50 hard shots to the kidneys aren't scoring blows and are illegal.

[@1saxonwolf]

Rocky is built like a small truck. He makes Patterson look small.

[@1saxonwolf]

***** He looks so much bigger here, but during boxing career they were around same weight, 185-195lbs. Only a inch or so difference in height.

[@Ricksmooth1947]

***** Don't be such a mook. Marciano's fighting weight was about 185 lb and Patterson's fighting weight is 195lb. Marciano probably weighed about 250 pounds in this interview so of course he made Patterson look small. Patterson is not only heavier but, also taller when both are at their fighting weights. Marciano was a little over 5'10" and 185 lb. Patterson was 5'11" plus and over 192 lb. Did you know when fighters are not in training they gain a tremendous amount of weight!!

[@samhsu7308]

+Ricksmooth1947 Actually Patterson 6'0 at his fighting weight. And i do believe that it was a close fight.

[@JeffaHensley]

Rocky was long retired at this point, and had put on weight, also, he is sitting closer to the camera than Patterson, and is sitting up strait, Patterson is slouching.

[@willdrucker4291]

Where’s Cus?

[@getredytagetredy]

A lot of fighters Rocky fought would retire from being beaten up so bad...

[@jamessmythe1891]

Rocky should have stayed around, too young to retire.

[@jamessmythe1891]

@@seniordavidmanderson9232 Get real, little Rocky was a joke of a fighter, changed his name from Marchegiano to less Italian sounding Marciano because the public looked down on the Italians and wouldn’t watch them box. He was also into mob, got punished mobster style over business deal - had his chopped off in a plane crash.

[@clevelandwilliams5922]

@@jamessmythe1891 Rocky Marciano had the potential if he kept in shape and condition could’ve remained in boxing until early 60’s. Remember many of the fighters of the era of Patterson, Johansson, Chuvalo, Williams, Foley & Machen began there boxing careers while Marciano was still Heavyweight Champion of The World.

[@jamessmythe1891]

@@seniordavidmanderson9232 There was a lot more dodgy business behind the scene to his plane crash then reported in the article you quote. Dig deeper, also look into why he went to London to meet gang of criminals (Krays gang). As they say don’t mess with the mob, they groomed him and took him to the top in boxing , then when he got out of control they brought him down with a Big Bang.

[@jamessmythe1891]

@@clevelandwilliams5922 RM was too small with little boxing skill to have kept the title for long. He was fortunate there were no Liston, Frazier or foreman around. True, he could have remained in boxing for another few years but not as the top man. The boxing world was changing, he knew Patterson was around and would have to face him soon, he decided to quit early and keep his record intact. Wise guy made wise move.

[@7555mac]

Ali is happy after the fight that Patterson won because he was more scared of Chuvalo in the upcoming fight against one of them.

[@thespy7795]

+Peter Grimshaw Ali's wasn't scared of ANYBODY. I was at the Ali - Chuvalo fight and he whipped that Boy's Ass. All those illegal body shots Chuvalo throw. Hahahahaha

[@iamtman1]

Ali whupped both Patterson And chuvalo pretty easily. So he wasn’t scared of either.

[@williamsmith1803]

@The Spy So body shots are illegal? Lol. Ali pissed blood for a week, by his own account, while Chulavo went out with his wife the night of the fight. Ali's lack of pop and Chulavo's raging bull mentality always meant a long night for Ali. Patterson was far more stylistically favorable for Ali. He was injured in the first fight and gave a great account of himself in the 2nd, at 37 years old, before a freak cut caused the fight to be stopped.

[@Bruins-vq5ey]

​@@thespy7795who was the tougher fight for Ali? Chuvalo or Patterson? I rest my case

[@Cwm368]

LOL Ali whipped Chuvalo twice

[@vincentzack]

Chuvalo is a machine. Always moving forward. I bet Floyd was hit so many times in the head and body shots He must have suffered greatly after the fight.

[@Cwm368]

Ali vs Amanda of his word. After Ali defeated Liston again, he gave Patterson a title shot.

[@jameshughes4719]

Glad I watched that Floyd Paterson doesn’t get the credit he deserves as a cruzerweight who took on very strong heavey weights

[@mrknowalltellall572]

Cruiser? He was a middleweight

[@deacontheseer4804]

How old was Floyd here?

[@rickrick5041]

48

[@ariveitz1941]

Floyd was pretty damn good

[@stevea6816]

they would both get title shots against Ali---Floyd in 65, Chuvalo in 66. And both fought Ali a 2d time when Frazier held title

[@nickhughes2284]

I wonder why Dempsey was nt there?

[@clemclark6950]

It's apparent that ali wanted Patterson to win he wasn't quite ready for big george !

[@anthonymongelli5567]

If Chuvalo had a little more snap to his punches he would have been unbeaten because you certainly couldn’t hurt him but he was a clubber rather than a puncher and with big punchers he was out gunned and like with Frazier not protecting himself at all times which was his style he almost lost his eye . This was a close fight with Floyd doing just enough to win. 🥊🥊🥊🥊👍🏼🇺🇸💜💜 Both have a lot of heart more importantly.👍🏼

[@jandro8370]

Patterson was small for a HW back then. Patterson taking all his body blows. That's how Chuvalo would KO people. Just attack the body until the later rounds and then start ripping shots to the head. He's trying to do it against Patterson in all the early rounds. Chuvalo was also a very slow puncher where as Patterson had the fastest hands around before Ali.

[@BuffaloZx]

Yeah I guess chuvaldo wasn't too bad.

[@johnsewell6593]

Is that clear to you Chevalier..........Classic.

[@frank1720]

These guys where real classy people .. no back flips or self adulation

[@gopherstate777]

Such delusion in hindsight. But this was the popular belief. That Ali was really Clay. That Liston was unbeatable, still even after being beaten. That Floyd would save Boxing? Floyd couldn't even save himself and he would get his rematch with Liston, and it was too bad he did. He was lucky to get out of the ring alive! People finally learned how to say "Ali" instead of "Clay". And the myth of invincibility was transferred from Sonny Liston to another unfortunate lug, Mike Tyson.

[@ilzebolzane6402]

i can't breathe D:

[@holidayrap]

Boxing back then seemed like an industry that was a safe haven from racism. You got treated with respect and if you were good you were good. The promoters and judges didn't steal anything from you based on race. Or so thats how it seemed.

[@yumimiwulandari9148]

Come here just want tO wacth n listen champ “Muhammad Ali”voice😍🤗🤗

[@davidabney7700]

These two guys put on one of the greatest non-knockout fights in the history of boxing! If this Chuvalo had met Frazier a couple of years later the outcome would have been different! If this Patterson had met Ali a year later, that outcome could have been different!

[@i-sink-i]

david abney Very true on both accounts.

[@rickrick5041]

Why?

[@rickrick5041]

@@i-sink-i Why?

[@i-sink-i]

@@rickrick5041 They’re both very underrated fighters. I know at least Floyd Patterson fell victim to injury during his first bout with Ali. Looking back, I don’t quite know much about Chuvalo vs. Frazier though, I think I mentally skipped that part when replying to OP.

[@thespy7795]

You're on Crack.

[@JohnWilliams-mv9fi]

You can see marciano in chuvalo alright

[@itsgleneaton4883]

It was George’s punches the Floyd’s body that wore him down.

[@eulissbenoit816]

Marciano favors Al Capone

[@garychapman4294]

6/5/1 Patterson 1 P 2 P 3 C 4 C 5 P 6 P 7 Ev 8 P 9 P 10 C 11 C 12 C George came back well in the last 3 rounds

[@dangoss7180]

And Chuvalo wasn’t that quick either.

[@eulissbenoit816]

George Chuvalo is one of my favorite people in history but he was a dirty fighter (sorry George)

[@johnsewell6593]

Just met Chuvalo and purchased his book....which he gracefully signed. The guys in his eighties and he looks like he could jump in the ring NOW......Great book by the way....!

[@bigalsnow8199]

Marciano looks waaaayyyyyy bigger than Floyd.

[@giuseppeubertalli2850]

Robinson

[@vantheman12welshman66]

Marciano dwarfs Patterson in the studio. Would love to have seen Marciano fight live. Marciano is a fighter that would still give today’s giant heavyweights trouble.

[@thespy7795]

Rocky is retired here and balloned to over 230 pounds. When he was fighting he was 185. Rocky was 5 feet 10. He would get TOTALLY ANNILHILATED against today's fighters. Rocky fought little 190 pound men. Yes, he crushed them, but they were bums and old men. He could NEVER compete against Today's Heavyweights. Liston crushed his opponents too, but he wouldn't last against Modern Heavies either.

[@kenhankin5073]

@@thespy7795 your talking out the back of your head

[@thespy7795]

@@kenhankin5073 You're looking for the Gay Channel. I'll let you pass.

[@slothmode3590]

@@thespy7795 i think with modern training methods.. basically weights.. maybe juice too, Marciano would have been a solid 210-220. And sonny would be an absolute beast too. In some ways a “heavyweight” isn’t what it used to be, simply cause it’s not hard to get up to a solid muscular weight, whereas back then it was basically people just fighting at their normal size. Marciano would be fine I think.. I mean look at Andy Ruiz- he’s like 5’11 and built like Marciano was in his retirement.

[@nicholasantonicello6903]

Ali fought both of them and beat them twice each.

[@dangoss7180]

A safe fight for Floyd. Chuvalo didn’t have any special power. And

[@petertodorov1792]

Funny Ali picked Chuvalo to win

[@8vedder3]

Chuvalo should have won. beat him in points on my card.

[@onlyrog5]

8vedder3 wrong card

[@JeffaHensley]

You know nothing about boxing.

[@lefez9015]

Some rounds in this fight are missing.

[@Jdoggy2448]

UUuuuuum NO! Chuvalo did "not" win the fight?? I would suggest stop drinking or smoking..This fight is clear as day, Patterson winning this, plain & simple!

[@rickrick5041]

Dempsey won

[@ibraev8027]

i think a late amateur mike tyson could ko floyd patterson

[@onlyrog5]

Ibra EV patterson was small for hw

[@nothx962]

A 17 year old Tyson would have smashed Patterson. Liston almost killed him. Patterson was all class and balls though. Cus trained both and would likely agree with me.

[@Cwm368]

Chuvalo was a dirty fighter. Holding and hitting, hitting behind head, kidney punches. Just dirty. I'm glad Foreman and Frazier punished him. Ali whipped him up pretty badly twice too

[@himawalincat9350]

Chuvalo was dirty, but Ali did not whip him. The both fights were very hard for Ali.

[@johnsewell6593]

I've GOTTA chime in here....been a boxing aficionado for over 50 years and have seen ALL the big fights and fighters..Firstly, Chuvalo wasn't dirty he had a very awkward style and was a brawler and heavy body puncher.Forman AND Frazier didn't punish Chuvalo...pretty well NOBODY did. Never off your feet is one hell of a claim to fame --- especially during this era of some of the greatest of all time....Boxing is a great topic for debate , but make sure of your facts before making unfounded claims.......!

[@himawalincat9350]

@@johnsewell6593 He threw countless punches to kidney and back of head in this fight. It called dirty fighting. Ali used to hold back of his opponent's neck and that was dirty too in passive way. Chuvalo was dirty in aggressive ways.

[@johnsewell6593]

@@himawalincat9350 Kidney Punches are cosidered "dirty"....I see...Have a nice day..

[@himawalincat9350]

@@johnsewell6593 Are you aware of that kidney punches are illegal in boxing ? Hitting people in back of their head is also illegal. These are dangerous fouls in boxing. It's categorized among with low blow, thumbing and hitting when the other guy's down on the floor. The guys who do these things are called dirty in boxing. What else would you call ? You have a nice day also.

[@joep8787]

Liston would've taken Chuvalo. Liston destroyed Patterson twice.

[@thespy7795]

Floyd was a BETTER fighter WITHOUT D'amato.

[@grattanvaz1614]

Floyd WOULD beat liston . Ali TALKED LIKE A NUT at TIMES. Floyd could not even put up a fight with liston. Liston ran through him like he was a kid.

[@Colin-wd9fu]

Chubalo retired due to parkinsonism or some other mental illness Patterson retired healthy and a millionaire 😊

[@garyheiden3120]

I saw the Chuvalo-Frazier fight in the old MSG. watching this fight..boy Chuvalo was a dirty fighter. flagrantly so. Im wondering why Patterson respected him so much. he went after the back of Patterson's head like a wolverine trying to take down a deer

[@klodianberisha9696]

Not to mention the low blows throughout the fight

[@Bruins-vq5ey]

He was being held repeatedly

[@stephenwinkler]

Floyd Patterson, in the later rounds, is fighting in the style of Joe Frazier, close-in-fighting. Had Patterson fought the early rounds in the style of Frazier, the fight would not have lasted 12 rounds.

[@justbornlucky]

Patterson couldnt do what nobody else could do in 93 fights, and thats knock Chuvalo off his feet. Sorry, but nobody, could.

[@stephenwinkler]

Frazier sent Chuvalo to the hospital and Foreman stopped Chuvalo in only three rounds. The fight with Frazier caused Chuvalo to have his eye drop out of its socket in the fourth round.

[@Muscle880]

Stephen Winkler What? Seriously, Joe made Chuvalo's eye come out? How gruesome.

[@Section5_CdnIntelService]

Stephen Winkler It was a freak punch that cracked his eye socket. If it hadn't been for that George would've whipped him good.

[@stephenwinkler]

I would class George Chuvalo in the same category of Karl Mildenberger and Brian London. Over-rated fighters, who were lucky to get a great payday, but offered mediocrity to us fight fans. Just a huge waste of money to watch them get beat with little boxing skills or defensive or offensive ability.

[@jt414]

End of round one -- so far the referee sucks -- Chuvalo keeps giving kidney shots and hitting Patterson in the back of the head -- referee saying Nothing!

[@tunisiendemarseille]

muhamed ali hahaha

[@nothx962]

11:41 dirtbag move. Floyd all class and won.

[@carspiv]

Sorry to buck popular opinion, but I dislike Ali more every time I watch one of these old films. He’s got to always, always, ALWAYS be the center of attention and cannot allow ANYONE else have a moment. He sucks up all the oxygen in the arena.

[@fantasyboxing71]

Chuvalo in his prime would have won if cus hadn't of died

[@himawalincat9350]

What the hell Cus got to do with anything here ??? Cus died in 1985. This fight took place in 1965. And Cus was fired by Floyd in 1962.

[@fantasyboxing71]

@@himawalincat9350 chuvalo was never the same after cus died and he was partying with women. A prime, focused chuvalo would have won inside the distance

[@himawalincat9350]

@@fantasyboxing71 Cus who are you talking about???? Chuvalo never had anything to do with Cus D'Amato. Besides he was retired from boxing long before Cus died. You are not even confusing with someone else. You are not making any sense here.

[@fantasyboxing71]

@@himawalincat9350 cus trained chuvalo in the early 80s. What are you on about?

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@@fantasyboxing71 Chuvalo retired in 1978 at age of 41. Chuvalo was trainig other fighters in 1980's.