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George Chuvalo vs Joe Bygraves — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇨🇦HEAVYWEIGHT

George Chuvalo

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Joe Bygraves

George Chuvalo (73-18-2) and Joe Bygraves (42-28-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Chuvalo

73

Wins64 KO · 88%

18

Losses

2

Draws93 tracked bouts

Bygraves

42

Wins22 KO · 52%

28

Losses

2

Draws72 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Chuvalo leads 1–0

George Chuvalo and Joe Bygraves have met 1 time; Chuvalo leads 1–0.

George Chuvalo and Joe Bygraves have met 1 time; Chuvalo leads 1–0.
Met1965Dec 7Series
George ChuvaloFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe BygravesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Chuvalo 6 · Bygraves 1 of 7 measurable rows
ChuvaloBygraves
Record
73-18-2 (edge)42-28-2
Win %0–100%
79.6% (edge)
59.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 64
64 (edge)
22
KO rate0–100%
87.67% (edge)
52.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
88% (edge)
52%
Times stopped†max 7
2 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 5.1
4.1
5.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
93
72

† Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · ‡ Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Height+1″
George Chuvalo: 6′0″
Joe Bygraves: 6′1″ (edge)
Reachnot held
George Chuvalo: 82″
Joe Bygraves: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
George Chuvalo: Died aged 89
Joe Bygraves: Died aged 80
Stance
George Chuvalo: Orthodox
Joe Bygraves: Orthodox

George Chuvalo left, Joe Bygraves right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
George Chuvalo73 wins · from 93 tracked bouts

George Chuvalo: 73 tracked wins — 64 by KO/TKO (88%) and 9 on the cards (12%). Counted from 93 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

64 by KO/TKO 88%9 on the cards 12%

Joe Bygraves42 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Bygraves: 42 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (52%), 19 on the cards (45%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 52%19 on the cards 45%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Chuvalo 93, Joe Bygraves 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Chuvalo better on 1 · even on 3

Chuvalo

Opponent

Bygraves

  • George Chuvalo

    Loss, PTS

    1966

    CorlettiEven

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, PTS

    1967

  • George Chuvalo

    Win, TKO 8

    1965

    NielsenChuvalo better

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, TKO

    1963

  • George Chuvalo

    Loss, UD

    1964

    FolleyEven

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, TKO

    1958

  • George Chuvalo

    Loss, DQ 5

    1961

    ErskineEven

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, PTS

    1957

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

George Chuvalo has won seven straight, the most recent against George Jerome. Chuvalo last boxed on Dec 11, 1978.WWWWW

Ventura Sep 1973Boswell Oct 1973Felstein Mar 1977McLeay Dec 1977Jerome Dec 19784.1 tracked bouts per year

Joe Bygraves has lost three straight, after one straight win. Bygraves last boxed on Mar 20, 1967.LWLLL

Walker Jan 1964Westphal Feb 1965Zech Mar 1965Chuvalo Dec 1965Corletti Mar 19675.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Chuvalo and Joe Bygraves ever fought each other?
Yes. George Chuvalo and Joe Bygraves met once on December 7, 1965, and George Chuvalo won by PTS.
The meeting

WDec 7, 1965 · Chuvalo · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Chuvalo or Bygraves?
George Chuvalo is 73-18-2 and Joe Bygraves is 42-28-2. George Chuvalo has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Chuvalo73–18–279.6%

Bygraves42–28–259.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Chuvalo or Bygraves?
George Chuvalo has 64 knockout wins and Joe Bygraves has 22. George Chuvalo has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Chuvalo6487.7%

Bygraves2252.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Chuvalo and Bygraves have any common opponents?
George Chuvalo and Joe Bygraves share 4 common opponents: Eduardo Corletti, Bill Nielsen and Zora Folley (and 1 other). George Chuvalo fared better against 1 of them.
4 shared opponents

Eduardo CorlettiLL

Bill NielsenWL

Zora FolleyLL

Joe ErskineLL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Chuvalo or Bygraves?
Joe Bygraves is the taller fighter at 185 cm, 2 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Chuvalo183 cm208 cm reach

Bygraves185 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Chuvalo and Bygraves?
This comparison is drawn from 93 bouts tracked for George Chuvalo and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Bygraves. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Chuvalo93bouts

Bygraves72bouts

How They Win ↓

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