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knightslider11 t1_itmx90p wrote

His record says he lost twice by KO. So were they standing knock outs where the ref had to step in and stop it?

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PM_ME_A_FUTURE t1_itmz4s0 wrote

Just watched both TKOs.

1: vs George Foreman, ref stopped it after Foreman pummeled him for a good 20 seconds in the corner. He honestly didn't look THAT hurt though, just tired.

2: vs Joe Frazier, looks like it was stopped because he had a big cut over his eye that Frazier kept hitting. He looked more hurt there, but didn't really look like he was that close to going down.

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sydster_d t1_ito3uvu wrote

Vs Foreman, he took what appeared to be close to 50+ punches (many of them flush on the face). His manager was begging the referee to stop the fight. But, at no point did Chuvalo look to be in danger of going down. It did seem like you were watching a man severely damaging his brain because he took so many vicious blows to the head.

https://youtu.be/OQxuRuVvI3Y

In the Frazier fight, it’s not the same pummeling. But, Frazier has methodically worked on the cut over his left eye, and Chuvalo can’t see out of it at the end (he seems to not know where Frazier is for a moment when the ref stops the fight).

https://youtu.be/LvmEUHbsAc0

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