George Chuvalo vs. Eduardo Corletti

Notes

"Eduardo Corletti, an Argentine fighting out of Rome, Tuesday night outpointed George Chuvalo of Toronto in an upset victory over 10 rounds. A crowd of about 6,000 expected Chuvalo to bulldoze his way to victory over the fast-moving Corletti. But the Argentine proved the faster in the ring, danced his way out of trouble, as the bull-like Chuvalo bored in, and shrugged off most of the two-handed punches which the Canadian chose to throw. The crowd gave both fighters a fine ovation." -Associated Press

"We won't call it a setback. It won't stop us looking for Cooper or Clay. George is a good draw. If it had been anyone else in the ring tonight against Corletti, you wouldn't have had as good a fight as you got." -Irv Ungerman, Chuvalo's manager

"If Corletti had stood up and fought like a man, I would have beaten him. But he kept going back, back, back. I guess this has set back my program for a challenge against Clay, but that is still our objective." -George Chuvalo

"They don't come any tougher or stronger than George Chuvalo." -Eduardo Corletti