Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams - Revision history

Artur128 at 10:21, 23 March 2026

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	\| WBA \|\| NR \|\| 30.04.1966 \|\| 02.05.1966		\| WBA \|\| NR \|\| 30.04.1966 \|\| 02.05.1966
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	\| Ring \|\| 10 \|\| ~~~30~~.05.1966 \|\| 31.05.1966		\| Ring \|\| 10 \|\| 31.05.1966 \|\| 31.05.1966
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	! colspan="4"\| 1+ Mth. Old		! colspan="4"\| 1+ Mth. Old
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	\| WBA \|\| 7 \|\| 30.06.1966 \|\| 01.07.1966		\| WBA \|\| 7 \|\| 30.06.1966 \|\| 30.06.1966
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	\| Ring \|\| 8 \|\| 30.06.1966 \|\| 30.06.1966		\| Ring \|\| 8 \|\| 30.06.1966 \|\| 30.06.1966
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	! colspan="4"\| 2+ Mth. Old		! colspan="4"\| 2+ Mth. Old
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	\| WBA \|\| 7 \|\| 30.06.1966 \|\| 01.07.1966		\| WBA \|\| 7 \|\| 30.06.1966 \|\| 30.06.1966
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	\| Ring \|\| 8 \|\| 30.06.1966 \|\| 30.06.1966		\| Ring \|\| 8 \|\| 30.06.1966 \|\| 30.06.1966

Artur128 at 21:37, 16 November 2025

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	*[http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2606152 "Greatest Knockouts: Ali vs. Williams" by Bert Randolph Sugar, ''ESPN.com'', September 28, 2006]		*[http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2606152 "Greatest Knockouts: Ali vs. Williams" by Bert Randolph Sugar, ''ESPN.com'', September 28, 2006]
	*[http://www.fightsaga.com/Fights/item/818-Ali-vs-Williams Fight Saga - Muhammad Ali TKO 3 Cleveland Williams]		*[http://www.fightsaga.com/Fights/item/818-Ali-vs-Williams Fight Saga - Muhammad Ali TKO 3 Cleveland Williams]

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			{{Fight Succession Box\|
			before=[[Muhammad Ali vs. Karl Mildenberger\|Ali vs. Mildenberger]]\|
			title=[[WBC Heavyweight Title Fights\|WBC Heavyweight Title Fight]]<br># 9\|
			after=[[Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell\|Ali vs. Terrell]]\|
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			{{end box}}

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	\| Ring \|\| 10 \|\| 20.05.1966 \|\| 31.05.1966		\| Ring \|\| 10 \|\| ~30.05.1966 \|\| 31.05.1966
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Artur128 at 15:54, 15 November 2025

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	\| WBA \|\| NR \|\| 30.04.1966 \|\| 02.05.1966		\| WBA \|\| NR \|\| 30.04.1966 \|\| 02.05.1966
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	\| Ring \|\| 10 \|\| ~~~30~~.05.1966 \|\| 31.05.1966		\| Ring \|\| 10 \|\| 20.05.1966 \|\| 31.05.1966
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	*Contracts signed on September 15.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/1148767183/]		*Contracts signed on September 15.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/1148767183/]

	===~~Rankings~~ Movemenents===		===Ranking Movemenents===
	*The same day The Times printed Angelo Dundee's claim that Williams could take both Ernie Terrell and Doug Jones "on the same night", The Ring Magazine elevated him from No. 10 to No. 8 in its monthly rankings.		*The same day The Times printed Angelo Dundee's claim that Williams could take both Ernie Terrell and Doug Jones "on the same night", The Ring Magazine elevated him from No. 10 to No. 8 in its monthly rankings.
	*On September 13, Ring Magazine moved Williams from eighth to fourth, where he remained until the day of the fight.		*On September 13, Ring Magazine moved Williams from eighth to fourth, where he remained until the day of the fight.

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	===Rankings Movemenents===		===Rankings Movemenents===
	*The same day The Times printed Angelo Dundee's ~~statement~~ that Williams could take both Ernie Terrell and Doug Jones "on the same night", The Ring Magazine elevated him from No. 10 to No. 8 in its monthly rankings.		*The same day The Times printed Angelo Dundee's claim that Williams could take both Ernie Terrell and Doug Jones "on the same night", The Ring Magazine elevated him from No. 10 to No. 8 in its monthly rankings.
	*On September 13, Ring Magazine moved Williams from eighth to fourth, where he remained until the day of the fight.		*On September 13, Ring Magazine moved Williams from eighth to fourth, where he remained until the day of the fight.
	*Williams also started ascending in the WBA rankings: on July 1 he entered the rankings at No. 7.		*Williams also started ascending in the WBA rankings: on July 1 he entered the rankings at No. 7.

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	*Williams was first seriously suggested as Ali's next challenger by The Times editor Bill McIntyre on June 28: "Williams has been bouncing punches off pushover types ... for a long time but he's been standing still because the better heavyweights hesitate at being led to slaughter. Cleveland looks like a mean man inside the ring, which is why they call him the Big Cat, and can hit like a sledgehammer which explains why he's flattened fifty foes".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211692474/]		*Williams was first seriously suggested as Ali's next challenger by The Times editor Bill McIntyre on June 28: "Williams has been bouncing punches off pushover types ... for a long time but he's been standing still because the better heavyweights hesitate at being led to slaughter. Cleveland looks like a mean man inside the ring, which is why they call him the Big Cat, and can hit like a sledgehammer which explains why he's flattened fifty foes".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211692474/]
	*That day, Williams stopped [[Tod Herring]] in the 3rd round on the undercard of the Terrell-Jones fight; Herring was 26-5 with 19 KOs, coming off of two losses to [[Floyd Patterson]] (4th-round TKO) and [[Elmer Rush]] (3rd-round TKO) and hadn't won a fight since January 1965.		*That day, Williams stopped [[Tod Herring]] in the 3rd round on the undercard of the Terrell-Jones fight; Herring was 26-5 with 19 KOs, coming off of two losses to [[Floyd Patterson]] (4th-round TKO) and [[Elmer Rush]] (3rd-round TKO) and hadn't won a fight since January 1965.
	*Two days later, Ali's coach [[Angelo Dundee]] added fuel to the fire in an interview with Bill McIntyre for The Times following WBA champion [[Ernie Terrell]]'s title defense against [[Doug Jones]], in which he claimed that "Cleveland Williams could take both of them on the same night".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211718085/]		*Two days later, Ali's coach [[Angelo Dundee]] added fuel to the fire in an interview with Bill McIntyre for The Times following WBA champion [[Ernie Terrell]]'s title defense against [[Doug Jones]], in which he claimed that "Cleveland Williams could take both of them on the same night". McIntyre agreed with Dundee.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211718085/]
	*Terrell was also in negotiations with Williams, looking to avenge his only knockout loss of his professional career.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/791828593/][https://www.newspapers.com/image/1133715210/]		*Terrell was also in negotiations with Williams, looking to avenge his only knockout loss of his professional career.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/791828593/][https://www.newspapers.com/image/1133715210/]
	*On July 27, Robert Lipsyte of The New York Times wrote an article in which he emphasized Williams as the only viable challenger to Ali: "A few minutes before the Terrell-Jones fight, ... Cleveland Williams knocked out Tod Herring, that Houston Happening. Herring is just a brawler but Williams' thundering triumph served notice that the 33-year old former top contender had recovered from a near-fatal gunshot would. After Williams and Terrell, the ranks thin... One very strong possibility at the moment is Williams... Williams has the box-office appeal, especially in Houston, and a vigorous publicity campaign would convince the Clay-weary country that the big cat isn't just another tabby".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/302076901/]		*On July 27, Robert Lipsyte of The New York Times wrote an article in which he emphasized Williams as the only viable challenger to Ali: "A few minutes before the Terrell-Jones fight, ... Cleveland Williams knocked out Tod Herring, that Houston Happening. Herring is just a brawler but Williams' thundering triumph served notice that the 33-year old former top contender had recovered from a near-fatal gunshot would. After Williams and Terrell, the ranks thin... One very strong possibility at the moment is Williams... Williams has the box-office appeal, especially in Houston, and a vigorous publicity campaign would convince the Clay-weary country that the big cat isn't just another tabby".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/302076901/]

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	===Timeline===		===Timeline===
	*Williams was first seriously suggested as Ali's next challenger by The Times on June 28: "Williams has been bouncing punches off pushover types ... for a long time but he's been standing still because the better heavyweights hesitate at being led to slaughter. Cleveland looks like a mean man inside the ring, which is why they call him the Big Cat, and can hit like a sledgehammer which explains why he's flattened fifty foes".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211692474/]		*Williams was first seriously suggested as Ali's next challenger by The Times editor Bill McIntyre on June 28: "Williams has been bouncing punches off pushover types ... for a long time but he's been standing still because the better heavyweights hesitate at being led to slaughter. Cleveland looks like a mean man inside the ring, which is why they call him the Big Cat, and can hit like a sledgehammer which explains why he's flattened fifty foes".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211692474/]
	*That day, Williams stopped [[Tod Herring]] in the 3rd round on the undercard of the Terrell-Jones fight; Herring was 26-5 with 19 KOs, coming off of two losses to [[Floyd Patterson]] (4th-round TKO) and [[Elmer Rush]] (3rd-round TKO) and hadn't won a fight since January 1965.		*That day, Williams stopped [[Tod Herring]] in the 3rd round on the undercard of the Terrell-Jones fight; Herring was 26-5 with 19 KOs, coming off of two losses to [[Floyd Patterson]] (4th-round TKO) and [[Elmer Rush]] (3rd-round TKO) and hadn't won a fight since January 1965.
	*Two days later, Ali's coach [[Angelo Dundee]] added fuel to the fire in an interview to The Times following WBA champion [[Ernie Terrell]]'s title defense against [[Doug Jones]], in which he claimed that "Cleveland Williams could take both of them on the same night".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211718085/]		*Two days later, Ali's coach [[Angelo Dundee]] added fuel to the fire in an interview with Bill McIntyre for The Times following WBA champion [[Ernie Terrell]]'s title defense against [[Doug Jones]], in which he claimed that "Cleveland Williams could take both of them on the same night".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211718085/]
	*Terrell was also in negotiations with Williams, looking to avenge his only knockout loss of his professional career.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/791828593/][https://www.newspapers.com/image/1133715210/]		*Terrell was also in negotiations with Williams, looking to avenge his only knockout loss of his professional career.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/791828593/][https://www.newspapers.com/image/1133715210/]
	*On July 27, Robert Lipsyte of The New York Times wrote an article in which he emphasized Williams as the only viable challenger to Ali: "A few minutes before the Terrell-Jones fight, ... Cleveland Williams knocked out Tod Herring, that Houston Happening. Herring is just a brawler but Williams' thundering triumph served notice that the 33-year old former top contender had recovered from a near-fatal gunshot would. After Williams and Terrell, the ranks thin... One very strong possibility at the moment is Williams... Williams has the box-office appeal, especially in Houston, and a vigorous publicity campaign would convince the Clay-weary country that the big cat isn't just another tabby".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/302076901/]		*On July 27, Robert Lipsyte of The New York Times wrote an article in which he emphasized Williams as the only viable challenger to Ali: "A few minutes before the Terrell-Jones fight, ... Cleveland Williams knocked out Tod Herring, that Houston Happening. Herring is just a brawler but Williams' thundering triumph served notice that the 33-year old former top contender had recovered from a near-fatal gunshot would. After Williams and Terrell, the ranks thin... One very strong possibility at the moment is Williams... Williams has the box-office appeal, especially in Houston, and a vigorous publicity campaign would convince the Clay-weary country that the big cat isn't just another tabby".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/302076901/]

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	*Williams was first seriously suggested as Ali's next challenger by The Times on June 28: "Williams has been bouncing punches off pushover types ... for a long time but he's been standing still because the better heavyweights hesitate at being led to slaughter. Cleveland looks like a mean man inside the ring, which is why they call him the Big Cat, and can hit like a sledgehammer which explains why he's flattened fifty foes".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211692474/]		*Williams was first seriously suggested as Ali's next challenger by The Times on June 28: "Williams has been bouncing punches off pushover types ... for a long time but he's been standing still because the better heavyweights hesitate at being led to slaughter. Cleveland looks like a mean man inside the ring, which is why they call him the Big Cat, and can hit like a sledgehammer which explains why he's flattened fifty foes".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211692474/]
	*That day, Williams stopped [[Tod Herring]] in the 3rd round on the undercard of the Terrell-Jones fight; Herring was 26-5 with 19 KOs, coming off of two losses to [[Floyd Patterson]] (4th-round TKO) and [[Elmer Rush]] (3rd-round TKO) and hadn't won a fight since January 1965.		*That day, Williams stopped [[Tod Herring]] in the 3rd round on the undercard of the Terrell-Jones fight; Herring was 26-5 with 19 KOs, coming off of two losses to [[Floyd Patterson]] (4th-round TKO) and [[Elmer Rush]] (3rd-round TKO) and hadn't won a fight since January 1965.
	*Two days later, ~~The Times published a statement made by~~ Ali's coach [[Angelo Dundee]] following WBA champion [[Ernie Terrell]]'s title defense against [[Doug Jones]], which ~~added fuel to the fire:~~ "Cleveland Williams could take both of them on the same night".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211718085/]		*Two days later, Ali's coach [[Angelo Dundee]] added fuel to the fire in an interview to The Times following WBA champion [[Ernie Terrell]]'s title defense against [[Doug Jones]], in which he claimed that "Cleveland Williams could take both of them on the same night".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/211718085/]
	*Terrell was also in negotiations with Williams, looking to avenge his only knockout loss of his professional career.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/791828593/][https://www.newspapers.com/image/1133715210/]		*Terrell was also in negotiations with Williams, looking to avenge his only knockout loss of his professional career.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/791828593/][https://www.newspapers.com/image/1133715210/]
	*On July 27, Robert Lipsyte of The New York Times wrote an article in which he emphasized Williams as the only viable challenger to Ali: "A few minutes before the Terrell-Jones fight, ... Cleveland Williams knocked out Tod Herring, that Houston Happening. Herring is just a brawler but Williams' thundering triumph served notice that the 33-year old former top contender had recovered from a near-fatal gunshot would. After Williams and Terrell, the ranks thin... One very strong possibility at the moment is Williams... Williams has the box-office appeal, especially in Houston, and a vigorous publicity campaign would convince the Clay-weary country that the big cat isn't just another tabby".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/302076901/]		*On July 27, Robert Lipsyte of The New York Times wrote an article in which he emphasized Williams as the only viable challenger to Ali: "A few minutes before the Terrell-Jones fight, ... Cleveland Williams knocked out Tod Herring, that Houston Happening. Herring is just a brawler but Williams' thundering triumph served notice that the 33-year old former top contender had recovered from a near-fatal gunshot would. After Williams and Terrell, the ranks thin... One very strong possibility at the moment is Williams... Williams has the box-office appeal, especially in Houston, and a vigorous publicity campaign would convince the Clay-weary country that the big cat isn't just another tabby".[https://www.newspapers.com/image/302076901/]