Il Duce wrote:Saturday Night - September 13, 1969
Selland Arena - Fresno, California
(Capacity; 10,000) - Attendance; 1800
#8 WBA - Mac Foster ~ 19-0-0 {19 KO's) ~ Age; 27 years, 3 months ~ Height; 6' 2" ~ Weight; 216 lbs.
vs.
'NR' - Cleveland Williams ~ 71-8-1 {55 KO's} ~ Age; 36 years, 3 months ~ Height; 6' 3" ~ Weight; 219 lbs.
Mac Foster, the 'power-punching' West-Coast Heavyweight is looking to stay busy, while waiting for a bout with
former Heavyweight Champion - Sonny Liston, whom he has called out. The boxing pundits are still not quite
sure on Mac Foster, as his record is loaded with KO's over 'washed up fighters' or 'Class-C trial-horses'.
The word out there is that he can 'punch',,,,,,,, but can he 'fight'.
The 'Big Cat', is coming off of a 'brutal' {KO Loss, May 1969} to Al Jones, and an earlier {November 1968}
10-Round Decision Loss to Bob Cleroux. On paper, this bout makes no sense for Cleveland's continuing career,
but the 'fight purse' of $7500 is too hard to pass up at this stage of his career.
General Overview;
Mac Foster has to win, and has to be impressive over a 'pretty much' worn out former Heavyweight Contender.
A bout with Sonny Liston is in the works, possibly for December 1969, or early 1970.
The 'Big Cat' is in a 'no lose situation'. An 'upset win', and Cleveland could be right back in the Heavyweight picture
despite his recent set-backs.
The Fight;
There was none. Mac Foster bombarded the 'Big Cat' with 'lefts-and-rights' from the start of the 'opening bell'.
After battering the older Williams in both the 1st and 2nd Rounds, Mac slowed the pace in Round 3, and
cruised as not to burn himself out. Cleveland was able to mount a minor offense, and did land a few decent
punches that forced Foster to hold briefly.
But the Fresno Heavyweight 'picked-up-the-pace' mid-way thru Round 4, and rattled Cleveland with hard
left hooks and right hands.
In Round 5, there was little doubt of the outcome, as Foster smashed the 'Big Cat' with a hail-storm of
lefts and rights, driving him to the canvas for a '9-Count'. After rising, Cleveland was met with a barrage
of punches, as Foster was 'hitting-him-at-will', forcing Referee - Mario Ducchini to call a halt to the one-sided
beating at 1:35 of Round 5.
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