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Muhammad Ali v. George Chuvalo in the ring again, Vancouver

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.

Ali and Chuvalo talk to CBC-TV's Weekend as they prepare for a 1972 rematch.
Medium: Television
Program: Weekend
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1972
Guest(s): Muhammad Ali, George Chuvalo
Reporter: Doug Collins
Duration: 6:47

Last updated: March 26, 2013

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