Record details

Muhammad Ali

"The Greatest"

Heavyweight

Male

(Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr)
USA, Louisville, Kentucky
Born: January 17, 1942, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Died: June 3, 2016, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
(some sources report: Phoenix, Arizona)
Height: 6ft 3in, mt 1,90
Weight: 192, 207, 220, 236 lbs

March 6, 1964, Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali

as an amateur:

1954
WTKO 2 Corky Baker, Louisville, Kentucky
1956
Wpts Luther Quisenbury, Louisville, Kentucky
1960
Lpts Percy Price

amateur record reported below: 82 contests, won 75, lost 7
(amateur record accredited as 99-8-0)

Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali was the first Olympic Gold Medallist at light-heavyweight
to win a professional heavyweight world title

Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali became the second man in boxing history
to regain the heavyweight championship

As a pro Clay/Ali was flored by Sanny Banks (2nd round),
Henry Cooper (4th round) and Joe Frazier

Amateur Results


1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 12	Ronnie O’Keefe	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 11	Elmer Dennison	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 14	George Wheeler	Louisville, Kentucky	WTKO 2
+ Feb. 3	James Baker	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
- Feb. 4	James Davis	Louisville, Kentucky	LPTS 3
+ July 21	John Hampton	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
- July 28	John Hampton	Louisville, Kentucky	LPTS 3
+ Sept. 23	John Bobbitt	Louisville, Kentucky	WTKO 3

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 18	Rudolph Baker	Louisville, Kentucky	WKO 2
+ Oct. 27	Roy Dudley	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Nov. 17	James Fluorney	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 1	Bill Wikstrom	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 15	Lou Chapman	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 9	William F. May	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 16	Johnny Cecil	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ June 6	Donnie Hall (USA)	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
- July 6	Donnie Hall (USA)	Louisville, Kentucky	LPTS 3
+ Aug. 30	Jimmy Ellis (USA)	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
- Sept. 7	Terry Hodge	Louisville, Kentucky	LTKO-I 1
+ Oct. 1	Donnie Hall (USA)	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
- Oct. 12	Jimmy Ellis (USA)	Louisville, Kentucky	LPTS 3
+ Oct. 26	Donnie Hall (USA)	Louisville, Kentucky	WTKO 4
+ Nov. 25	Donnie Hall (USA)	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville Golden Gloves winner, 81 kg/178 lbs
+ Feb. 10	Roger Stinnett	Louisville, Kentucky	WWO
Chicago, Illinois, East Coast Golden Gloves silver medal, 81 kg/178 lbs
+ Feb. 24	Alex Watt	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
+ Feb. 25	Francis Turley	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
- Feb. 26	Kent Green (USA)	Chicago, Illinois	LKO 2
+ Apr. 5	Donald Lee	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 10	Steve Appleberry	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ May 31	Charles Westmoreland	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ June 11	Donnie Hall (USA)	Louisville, Kentucky	WWO
+ July 26	Charly Baker	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Sept. 13	Kirth Vance	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Oct. 6	Walter Givens	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Nov. 1	Wilson Taylor	Louisville, Kentucky	WTKO 2

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville Golden Gloves winner, 81 kg/178 lbs
+ Feb. 16	Robert Ambers	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Feb. 18	Charles Dobbins	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
Chicago, Illinois, East Coast Golden Gloves winner, 81 kg/178 lbs
+ Mar. 3	Junie Hall	Chicago, Illinois	WKO 2
+ Mar. 4	Willie McMilan	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 5	Cliff Murkey (USA)	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 6	Jeff Davis	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 11	Charley Baker	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 25	Anthony Madigan (AUS)	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
Louisville, Kentucky, National AAU champion, 81 kg/178 lbs
+ Apr. 2	Reginald Brown	Louisville, Kentucky	WKO 3
+ Apr. 3	Art Toombs	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 4	Lindy Lindmoser	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 5	Johnny Powell (USA)	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
Madison, Wisconsin, US Trials for Olympic Games, 81 kg / 178 lbs
+ Apr. 28	Leroy Bogar Jr	Madison, Wisconsin	WKO 2
+ Apr. 29	James Jackson	Madison, Wisconsin	WPTS 3
- Apr. 30	Amos Johnson (USA)	Madison, Wisconsin	LPTS 3
+ May 23	Chester Winters	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ July 4	Eddie Larkins	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ July 11	Cleo Horton	Indianapolis, Indiana	WPTS 3
+ July 20	Herb Wills	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ July 30	Art Toombs	Cincinnati, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Oct. 28	Harold Coleman	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Nov. 20	Johnny McGrove	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 12	Cornelius Johnson	Louisville, Kentucky	WPTS 3

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville Golden Gloves winner, +81 kg / +178 lbs
+ Feb. 1	William Page	Louisville, Kentucky	WKO 3
+ Feb. 3	Asia Page	Louisville, Kentucky	WKO 1
+ Feb. 4	Ronnie Craddock	Louisville, Kentucky	WKO 2
Chicago, Illinois, East Coast Golden Gloves winner, +81 kg / +178 lbs
+ Mar. 1	John Wilson	Chicago, Illinois	WKO 1
+ Mar. 3	Henry Harris Jr	Chicago, Illinois	WKO 3
+ Mar. 5	Bill Nielsen (USA)	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 7	Al Jenkins	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
+ Mar. 9	Jimmy Jones	Chicago, Illinois	WPTS 3
New York City, New York, US National Golden Gloves winner, +81 kg / +178 lbs
+ Mar. 21	Gary Jawish	New York City, New York	WKO 3
Toledo, Ohio, National AAU champion, 81 kg / 178 lbs
+ Apr. 6	Johnny Monahue	Toledo, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 7	Joe Reynolds (USA)	Toledo, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 8	Ray Whetstone	Toledo, Ohio	WKO 2
+ Apr. 9	Billy Joiner (USA)	Toledo, Ohio	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 10	Jeff Davis	Toledo, Ohio	WKO 2
Louisville, Kentucky, US East Coast Trials for Olympic Games winner, 81 kg/178 lbs
+ Apr. 14	Roy Ector	Louisville, Kentucky	WKO 3
+ Apr. 15	Fred Walden	Louisville, Kentucky	WKO 3
+ Apr. 16	Charles Hannah	Louisville, Kentucky	WKO 3
San Francisco, California, US Trials for Olympic Games winner, 81 kg/178 lbs
+ May 18	Henry Hooper	San Francisco, California	WKO 3
+ May 19	Fred Lewis	San Francisco, California	WPTS 3
+ May 20	Allen Hudson	San Francisco, California	WKO 3
Roma, Italy, Olimpic Games gold medal, 81 kg/178 lbs
+ Aug. 30	Yvon Because	Roma, Italy	WTKO 2
+ Sept. 1	Gennadiy Shatkov (RUS)	Roma, Italy	WPTS 5:0
+ Sept. 3	Anthony Madigan (AUS)	Roma, Italy	WPTS 5:0
+ Sept. 5	Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL)	Roma, Italy	WPTS 5:0

Professional record


1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 29	Tunney Hunsaker	Louisville, USA	W 6
+ Dec. 27	Herb Siler	Miami Beach, USA	KO 4

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 17	Tony Esperti	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 3
+ Feb. 7	Jimmy Robinson	Miami Beach, USA	KO 1
+ Feb. 21	Donnie Fleeman	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 7
+ Apr. 19	LaMar Clark	Louisville, USA	KO 2
+ June 26	Duke Sabedong	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
+ July 22	Alonzo Johnson	Louisville, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 7	Alex Miteff	Louisville, USA	TKO 6
+ Nov. 29	Willi Besmanoff	Louisville, USA	TKO 7

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 10	Sonny Banks	New York, USA	TKO 4
+ Mar. 28	Don Warner	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 4
+ Apr. 23	George Logan	Los Angeles, USA	TKO 4
+ May 19	Billy Daniels	New York, USA	TKO 7
+ July 20	Alejandro Lavorante	Los Angeles, USA	KO 5
+ Nov. 15	Archie Moore	Los Angeles, USA	TKO 4

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 24	Charlie Powell	Pittsburgh, USA	KO 3
+ Mar. 13	Doug Jones	New York, USA	W 10
+ June 18	Henry Cooper	Wembley, Great Britain	cTKO 5

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 25	Sonny Liston	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 7
(Won World Heavyweight Title)

1965
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 25	Sonny Liston	Lewiston, USA	KO 1
(Retained WBC Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 22	Floyd Patterson	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 12
(Retained WBC Heavyweight Title)

1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 29	George Chuvalo	Toronto, Canada	W 15
(Retained WBC Heavyweight Title)
+ May 21	Henry Cooper	Highbury, Great Britain	cTKO 6
(Retained WBC Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 6	Brian London	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 3
(Retained WBC Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 10	Karl Mildenberger	Frankfurt, Germany	TKO 12
(Retained WBC Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 14	Cleveland Williams	Houston, USA	TKO 3
(Retained WBC Heavyweight Title)

1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 6	Ernie Terrell	Houston, USA	W 15
(Retained WBC and won WBA Heavyweight Titles)
+ Mar. 22	Zora Folley	New York, USA	KO 7
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)


1968-1969 Inactive

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 26	Jerry Quarry	Atlanta, USA	cTKO 3
+ Dec. 7	Oscar Bonavena	New York, USA	TKO 15
(Won vacant NABF Heavyweight Title)

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 8	Joe Frazier	New York, USA	L 15
(For World Heavyweight Title)
+ July 26	Jimmy Ellis	Houston, USA	TKO 12
(Regained vacant NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 17	Buster Mathis	Houston, USA	W 12
(Retained NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 26	Juergen Blin	Zurich, Switzerland	KO 7

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 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, USA	TKO 7
(Retained NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ July 19	Alvin Lewis	Dublin, Ireland	TKO 11
+ Sept. 20	Floyd Patterson	New York, USA	TKO 7
(Retained NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 21	Bob Foster	Stateline, USA	KO 8
(Retained NABF Heavyweight Title)

1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 14	Joe Bugner	Las Vegas, USA	W 12
- Mar. 31	Ken Norton	San Diego, USA	L 12
(Lost NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 10	Ken Norton	Inglewood, USA	W 12
(Regained NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 20	Rudi Lubbers	Jakarta, Indonesia	W 12

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 28	Joe Frazier	New York, USA	W 12
(Retained NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 30	George Foreman	Kinshasa, Zaire	KO 8
(Regained World Heavyweight Title)

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 24	Chuck Wepner	Richfield, USA	TKO 15
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ May 16	Ron Lyle	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 11
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ June 30	Joe Bugner	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	W 15
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 1	Joe Frazier	Quezon City, Philippines	TKO 14
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 20	Jean-pierre Coopman	Hato Rey, Puerto Rico	TKO 5
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 30	Jimmy Young	Landover, USA	W 15
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ May 24	Richard Dunn	Munich, Germany	TKO 5
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 28	Ken Norton	Bronx, USA	W 15
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 16	Alfredo Evangelista	Landover, USA	W 15
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 29	Earnie Shavers	New York, USA	W 15
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1978
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 15	Leon Spinks	Las Vegas, USA	L 15
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)
^ June 20	Pyotr Zayev	Moscow, Soviet Union	Exh 3
^ June 20	Evgeny Gorstkov	Moscow, Soviet Union	Exh 3
^ June 20	Igor Vysotsky	Moscow, Soviet Union	Exh 3
+ Sept. 15	Leon Spinks	New Orleans, USA	W 15
(Regained WBA Heavyweight Title)


1979 Inactive

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Oct. 2	Larry Holmes	Las Vegas, USA	TKO by 10
(For WBC Heavyweight Title)

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Dec. 11	Trevor Berbick	Nassau, Bahamas	L 10

Summary