Fight Record

MUHAMMAD ALI AKA CASSIUS MARCELLUS CLAY
Born: January 17, 1942 in Louisville, KY
Died: June 3, 2016, Scottsdale, AZ

National Golden Gloves Champion: 1959, 1960
AAU National Champion: 1959, 1960
Olympic Light Heavyweight Gold Medal Champion: 1960
Amateur career record: 96 wins (52 KO), 6 defeats

Three Time World Heavyweight Champion: 1964, 1974, 1978
Professional career record: 56 wins (37 KO), 5 defeats

"The Greatest"
"The Louisville Lip"

1960
October 29 - Tunney Hunsaker, Louisville, KY - W 6
December 27 - Herb Siler, Miami Beach, FL - KO 4

1961
January 17 - Tony Esperti, Miami Beach, FL - KO 3
February 7 - Jim Robinson, Miami Beach, FL - KO 1
February 21 - Donnie Fleeman, Miami Beach, FL - KO 7
April 19 - Lamar Clark, Louisville, KY - KO 2
June 26 - Duke Sabedong, Las Vegas, NV - W 10
July 22 - Alonzo Johnson, Louisville, KY - W 10
October 7 - Alex Miteff, Louisville, KY - KO 6
November 29 - Willi Besmanoff, Louisville, KY - KO 7

1962
February 10 - Sonny Banks, New York, NY - KO 4
February 28 - Don Warner, Miami Beach, FL - KO 4
April 23 - George Logan, Los Angeles, CA - KO 4
May 19 - Billy Daniels, New York, NY - KO 7
July 20 - Alejandro Lavorante, Los Angeles, CA - KO 5
November 15 - Archie Moore, Los Angeles, CA - KO 4

1963
January 24 - Charlie Powell, Pittsburgh, PA - KO 3
March 13 - Doug Jones, New York, NY - W 10
June 18 - Henry Cooper, London, England - KO 5

1964
February 25 - Sonny Liston, Miami Beach, FL - KO 7
Won WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

June 19 – Stripped of WBA Heavyweight title

1965
May 25 - Sonny Liston, Lewiston, ME - KO 1
Retained WBC Heavyweight title

November 22 - Floyd Patterson, Las Vegas, NV - KO 12
Retained WBC Heavyweight title

1966
March 29 - George Chuvalo, Toronto, Canada - W 15
Retained WBC Heavyweight title

May 21 - Henry Cooper, London, England - KO 6
Retained WBC Heavyweight title

August 6 - Brian London, London, England - KO 3
Retained WBC Heavyweight title

September 10 - Karl Mildenberger, Frankfurt, Germany - KO 12
Retained WBC Heavyweight title

November 14 - Cleveland Williams, Houston, TX - KO 3
Retained WBC Heavyweight title

1967
February 6 - Ernie Terrell, Houston, TX - W 15
Retained WBC Heavyweight title,
Won WBA Heavyweight title

March 22 - Zora Folley, New York, NY - KO 7
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

April 28 - Stripped of WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

1970
October 26 - Jerry Quarry, Atlanta, GA - KO 3
December 7 - Oscar Bonavena, New York, NY - KO 15
Won NABF Heavyweight title;
Vacated title in 1971

1971
March 8 - Joe Frazier, New York, NY - L 15
Match was for WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

July 26 - Jimmy Ellis, Houston, TX - KO 12
Won vacant NABF Heavyweight title

November 17 - Buster Mathis, Houston, TX - W 12
Retained NABF Heavyweight title

December 26 - Jurgen Blin, Zurich, Switzerland - KO 7

1972
April 1 - Mac Foster, Tokyo, Japan - W 15
May 1 - George Chuvalo, Vancouver, Canada - W 12
Retained NABF Heavyweight title

June 27 - Jerry Quarry, Las Vegas, NV - KO 7
Retained NABF Heavyweight title

July 19 - Al 'Blue' Lewis, Dublin, Ireland - KO 11

September 20 - Floyd Patterson, New York, NY - KO 7
Retained NABF Heavyweight title

November 21 - Bob Foster, Stateline, NV - KO 8
Retained NABF Heavyweight title

1973
February 14 - Joe Bugner, Las Vegas, NV - W 12
March 31 - Ken Norton, San Diego, CA - L 12
Lost NABF Heavyweight title

September 10 - Ken Norton, Los Angeles, CA - W 12
Won NABF Heavyweight title

October 20 - Rudi Lubbers, Jakarta, Indonesia - W 12

1974 January 28 - Joe Frazier, New York, NY - W 12
Retained NABF Heavyweight title;
Vacated title later in 1974
October 30 - George Foreman, Kinshasa, Zaire - KO 8
Won WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

1975
March 24 - Chuck Wepner, Cleveland, OH - KO 15
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

May 16 - Ron Lyle, Las Vegas, NV - KO 11
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

July 1 - Joe Bugner, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - W 15
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

October 1 - Joe Frazier, Manila, Phillipines - KO 14
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

1976
February 20 – Jean-Pierre Coopman, San Juan, PR - KO 5
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

April 30 - Jimmy Young, Landover, MD - W 15
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

May 24 - Richard Dunn, Munich, Germany - KO 5
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

September 28 - Ken Norton, New York, NY - W 15
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

1977
May 16 - Alfredo Evangelista, Landover, MD - W 15
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

September 29 - Earnie Shavers, New York, NY - W 15
Retained WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

1978
February 15 - Leon Spinks, Las Vegas, NV - L 15
Lost WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles

September 15 - Leon Spinks, New Orleans, LA - W 15
Won WBA Heavyweight title

1979
September 6 - Vacated title

1980
October 2 - Larry Holmes, Las Vegas, NV - L by TKO 11
Match was for WBC Heavyweight title

1981
December 11 - Trevor Berbick, Nassau, Bahamas - L 10