Topic spans: 1958 - 2001
Still Standing: The People's Champion George Chuvalo
George Chuvalo is the greatest Canadian Heavyweight champion of all-time. Noted for his toughness, he fought all the greats and nobody – not Joe Frazier, George Foreman or even Muhammad Ali – ever knocked him out. Outside the ring, however, life dealt Chuvalo several crushing body blows: he lost three sons to drug addiction and his wife to suicide. Yet, just like in the ring, Chuvalo has refused to go down by using his story of personal pain to help others fight drug addiction. Remarkably George Chuvalo, the People's Champion, is still standing.
Topic photo of Chuvalo and two mirrors by Tobin Grimshaw/Canadian Press
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Ali v. Chuvalo II in Vancouver
Medium: Television
Program: Weekend
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1972
Guest(s): Muhammad Ali, George Chuvalo
Reporter: Doug Collins
Duration: 6:47
Last updated:
Sept. 23, 2003
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People took the day off work on Sept. 28, 1972 to watch Canada play the Soviet Union. In the game's last seconds, their hero Paul Henderson scored an epoch-making goal. But the hockey series was more than just...
Ali v. Chuvalo II in Vancouver.
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Last updated: Sept. 23, 2003.
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