Thursday 27 January 2011

Muhammad Ali vs Cleveland Williams

One of Ali's greatest fights. We see here his speed, his fast jab, his footwork, and his upper body evasiveness. But most of all we see, for the first time, his explosive punching power, with both hands.

In round 1 he is all evasive and speedy.

In round 2 he is explosive, putting Williams down 3 times.

In round 3 Ali wins by TKO.

This is Ali's 7th title defence since he won the belt from Liston almost 3 years befoe.

Ali is in his prime and absolute best here, in November 1966 aged 24



Ali had two more successful title defences before being stripped of the belt in April 1967.