Cassius Clay vs. Willi Besmanoff

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. p. 43.
↑ Felix Dennis and 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. p. 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.

Muhammad Ali

Fights	Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics Clay vs. Hunsaker Clay vs. Siler Clay vs. Esperti Clay vs. Robinson Clay vs. Fleeman Clay vs. Clark Clay vs. Sabedong Clay vs. Johnson Clay vs. Miteff Clay vs. Besmanoff Clay vs. Banks Clay vs. Warner Clay vs. Logan Clay vs. Daniels Clay vs. Lavorante Clay vs. Moore Clay vs. Powell Clay vs. Jones Ali vs. Cooper Ali vs. Liston Ali vs. Patterson Ali vs. Chuvalo Ali vs. London Ali vs. Mildenberger Ali vs. Terrell Ali vs. Williams Ali vs. Folley Ali vs. Quarry Ali vs. Bonavena Fight of the Century (Ali vs. Frazier I) Ali vs. Ellis Ali vs. Mathis Ali vs. Blin Ali vs. M. Foster Ali vs. Lewis Ali vs. B. Foster Ali vs. Bugner Ali vs. Norton Ali vs Lubbers Ali vs. Frazier II The Rumble in the Jungle (Ali vs. Foreman) Ali vs. Wepner Ali vs. Lyle Thrilla in Manila (Ali vs. Frazier III) Ali vs. Coopman Ali vs. Young Ali vs. Dunn Ali vs. Evangelista Ali vs. Shavers Ali vs. Spinks Ali vs. Holmes Drama in Bahama (Ali vs. Berbick)

Media	Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film) a.k.a. Cassius Clay (film) "Black Superman" (song) I Am the Greatest (album) The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay (album) I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali (animated series) Superman vs. Muhammad Ali (comic book) The Greatest (film) Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing (video game) Foes of Ali (video game) When We Were Kings (film) King of the World (TV film) Ali: An American Hero (TV film) "Muhammad Ali" (song) Ali (film) "The World's Greatest" (song) Facing Ali (film) When Ali Came to Ireland (documentary) The Trials of Muhammad Ali (documentary) Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (TV film) I Am Ali (documentary)

People	Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (father) Odessa Grady Clay (mother) Rahman Ali (brother) Khalilah Ali (wife) Veronica Porché Ali (wife) Laila Ali (daughter) Chuck Bodak (trainer and cutman) Angelo Dundee (cornerman) Drew Bundini Brown (trainer and cornerman) Ferdie Pacheco (personal physician and cornerman) Joe E. Martin (first trainer) Archie Moore (trainer) George Dillman (instructor) Jabir Herbert Muhammad (manager)

Books	The Greatest: My Own Story (1975 autobiography) The Fight (1975) Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times (1991 biography) King of the World (1998 biography) Facing Ali (2002) Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years (2003 biography) The Soul of a Butterfly (2004 autobiography) Twelve Rounds to Glory (2007 biography)

Other	Rope-a-dope Ali Mall Clay v. United States Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki Muhammad Ali Center Malcolm X Muhammad Ali in India Muhammad Ali in China

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