03:12 PM
09/13/26
09/13/26
September 13, 2026
Canadian boxer George Chuvalo, who faced Muhammad Ali in his prime, dead at 89: While Chuvalo failed to become Canada's first heavyweight champion since Tommy Burns in the early 1900s, he earned praise for a gritty performance. Ali famously called him the toughest man he had faced up to that point, but Chuvalo was ambivalent being the first to take the champ 15 rounds.
"In a crazy way, that fight is what defines me for a lot of my fellow Canadians but it took a long time before I came to appreciate how good it made me feel," he said.
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