Word: chuvalo
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...Pierre Coopman (surely you remember the Lion of Flanders). For me Ali always symbolized the best in boxing--the dexterity, grace and mental toughness it takes to be a great fighter. Ali also took a punch better than anyone in the history of the sport (unless you count George Chuvalo, who nobody does...
...Sugar Ray ..." "Lay" for "lie" may be a weak paraphrase of fighters' talk, though the context makes this seem unlikely. But a few pages later there is something that would earn an automatic C minus in freshman English: "No one ever looked good wearing out their hands on Chuvalo...
...number 12. More information about him might be made public sometime in the future but now he is over-shadowed by a star-bright squad. The same goes for backup catcher Tim Blackwell, a fine fielding catcher who is generally considered the worst hitter since George, Chuvalo, perhaps unfairly. Bob Montgomery is another catcher probably soon to say adieu...
...value of each original share to $3,600. And that was two weeks ago. Last week in Manhattan, an ex-slaughterhouse laborer from Philadelphia named Joe Frazier stamped himself as the No. 1 contender for Cassius Clay's vacant heavyweight title by stopping Canada's durable George Chuvalo in the fourth round -and Cloverlay Inc. started talking about another dividend...
...fight in the World Boxing Association's elimination tournament that begins in Houston next week. Floyd Patterson, Ernie Terrell and six other so-called contenders can go ahead and battle it out for the W.B.A.'s heavyweight title. None of them was able even to dent George Chuvalo. And none will be able to call himself champion of anything until he fights Joe Frazier...