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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.

	The next Canadian Heavyweight Champion?		Chuvalo hits the big-time		Boxing's Holy Grail: the World Title
	A young George Chuvalo talks about his dreams of becoming the champ. (TV; runs 6:16)		Chuvalo faces former World Champion Floyd Patterson. (TV; runs 22:23)		Chuvalo gets a shot at World Champion Ernie Terrell. (TV; runs 3:39)

	A date with destiny and Muhammad Ali		Ali v. Chuvalo		Gzowski & Chuvalo At The Movies
	Chuvalo gets a shot at Ali's World Title in Toronto. (TV; runs 24:58)		CBC Radio describes the blow-by-blow action from ringside. (Radio; runs 29:05)		Chuvalo critiques Sylvester Stallone's performance in 'Rocky'. (TV; runs 7:35)

	His last stand		The gloves come off - for good		The biggest fight of George Chuvalo's life
	The former Canadian Heavyweight Champion heads out on the comeback trail. (TV; runs 7:57)		The former Canadian Heavyweight Champion walks away from the sport he loves. (Radio; runs 7:37)		A lifetime of personal tragedy hasn't knocked out the champ. (TV; runs 11:02)

	Chuvalo turns a negative into a positive		A true survivor: Mitch Chuvalo
	Chuvalo visits his old school to warn kids about the dangers of drugs. (Radio; runs 15:53)		The oldest son of George Chuvalo has gone down a different life path than his brothers. (TV; runs 16:34)

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