George Chuvalo--never knocked off his feet in the boxing ring even by the great Muhammad Ali--is a Canadian legend.
Always a gentleman both inside and outside the ring, Chuvalo is the kind of man who would take the the time to autograph a book a teenager bought his father for Christmas. It was a random meeting when the teenager, slammed on his brakes on Elizabeth Street, having spotted the boxer talking to me just outside the offices of Toronto Free Press (TFP) predecessor to Canada Free Press (CFP). See story here
Having first asked the teen for his father’s name, Chuvalo wrote, “Dear Michael, you have a wonderful son.” The gesture brought tears to the eyes of the teen and his waiting friends in the car who witnessed it.