Cassius Clay vs. Willi Besmanoff
| Date | November 29, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Result | |||||||||||||||||||
| Clay won by TKO in 7st round (1:55) | |||||||||||||||||||
Cassius Clay (soon Muhammad Ali) fought a ten-round boxing match with Willi Besmanoff in Louisville on November 29, 1961. Clay won the bout through a technical knockout in the seventh round after the referee stopped the fight with Besmanoff sprawled on his back on the canvas.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
References
- ^ "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 43.
- ^ Felix Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. pp. 58–62.
- ^ "Clay looking to big time". Kentucky New Era. 30 November 1961. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Cass Clay Puts Besmanoff Away In 7th". St. Petersburg Times. 30 November 1961. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Michael Ezra (2009). Muhammad Ali:The Making of an Icon. Temple University Press. pp. 32.
- ^ Jose Torres (2009). Sting like a bee: The Muhammad Ali story. TBS The Book Service Ltd. p. 106.
- ^ "Brevard Man Fought Liston, Clay". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. 13 November 1964. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
 | This boxing-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |