Muhammad Ali vs. LaMar Clark

Muhammad Ali 192 lbs beat LaMar Clark 181 lbs by KO at 1:27 in round 2 of 8

• Date: 1961-04-19
• Location: Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
• Referee: Don Asbury

• This was the first fight in which Clay predicted the KO round.
• Clay put Clark down twice in the first round and once in the second.

Quotes

• "Clark has one thing in mind and that is to knock the other guy out. I just hope and pray he doesn't hit the ring post with a wild swing. And as for the referee, he'd better be ready to duck at all times." - Marv Jenson, Clark's manager, before the fight
• "When I'm through with him, he'll need a groundhog to deliver his mail." - Cassius Clay before the fight
• "My first prediction was against LaMar Clark. I just had the feeling that he must fall. I said he would fall in two and he did." - Cassius Clay