All boxersMuhammad Ali
“The Greatest”
Boxing · Deceased56-5-0RECORD
37WINS BY KO / TKO
19WINS BY DECISION
61PRO FIGHTS
Profile
| Full name | Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Greatest |
| Date of birth | 17 Jan 1942 |
| Died | 3 Jun 2016 |
| Nationality | American |
| Birthplace | Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| Based in | Not added yet |
| Weight classes | Heavyweight |
| Trainers | Angelo Dundee, Fred Stoner, Archie Moore |
| Height | 191 cm (6′3″) |
| Reach | 198 cm (78″) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Years active | 1960–1981 |
| Status | Deceased |
| Pro debut | 29 Oct 1960 |
| Last fight | Loss vs Trevor Berbick, 11 Dec 1981 |
Details on this page were compiled from public information on 8 Oct 2026 (the record is as of that date).
Titles and honours
- 1960 Olympic gold medal, light heavyweight
- World heavyweight champion (first reign 1964–1967 and later 1974–1978)
- Three-time lineal heavyweight champion
- NABF heavyweight champion
Background
Won six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles and two national Golden Gloves titles as an amateur, and finished with a reported amateur record of 100–8 before winning Olympic gold in Rome in 1960.
Fight history
61 professional fights. Newest first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Trevor Berbick | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 11 Dec 1981 | Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas | ||
| Loss | Larry Holmes | TKO (corner retirement) | 10 | 3:00 | 2 Oct 1980 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, USA | For WBC and vacant Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Leon Spinks | Decision (unanimous) | 15 | 15 Sep 1978 | Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Won WBA and Ring heavyweight titles | |
| Loss | Leon Spinks | Decision (split) | 15 | 15 Feb 1978 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, USA | Lost WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles | |
| Win | Earnie Shavers | Decision (unanimous) | 15 | 29 Sep 1977 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA | Retained WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles | |
| Win | Alfredo Evangelista | Decision (unanimous) | 15 | 16 May 1977 | Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, USA | Retained WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles | |
| Win | Ken Norton | Decision (unanimous) | 15 | 28 Sep 1976 | Yankee Stadium, New York City, USA | Retained WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles | |
| Win | Richard Dunn | TKO | 5 | 2:05 | 24 May 1976 | Olympiahalle, Munich, West Germany | Retained WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Jimmy Young | Decision (unanimous) | 15 | 30 Apr 1976 | Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, USA | Retained WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles | |
| Win | Jean-Pierre Coopman | KO | 5 | 2:46 | 20 Feb 1976 | Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico | Retained WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Joe Frazier | TKO (corner retirement) | 14 | 3:00 | 1 Oct 1975 | Philippine Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines | Retained WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Joe Bugner | Decision (unanimous) | 15 | 1 Jul 1975 | Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Retained WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles | |
| Win | Ron Lyle | TKO | 11 | 1:08 | 16 May 1975 | Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada, USA | Retained WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Chuck Wepner | TKO | 15 | 2:41 | 24 Mar 1975 | Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, USA | Retained WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | George Foreman | KO | 8 | 2:58 | 30 Oct 1974 | Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa, Zaire | Won WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Joe Frazier | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 28 Jan 1974 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA | Retained NABF heavyweight title | |
| Win | Rudie Lubbers | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 20 Oct 1973 | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
| Win | Ken Norton | Decision (split) | 12 | 10 Sep 1973 | The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA | Won NABF heavyweight title | |
| Loss | Ken Norton | Decision (split) | 12 | 31 Mar 1973 | Sports Arena, San Diego, California, USA | Lost NABF heavyweight title | |
| Win | Joe Bugner | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 14 Feb 1973 | Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada, USA | ||
| Win | Bob Foster | KO | 8 | 0:40 | 21 Nov 1972 | Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada, USA | Retained NABF heavyweight title |
| Win | Floyd Patterson | TKO (corner retirement) | 7 | 3:00 | 20 Sep 1972 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA | Retained NABF heavyweight title |
| Win | Alvin Lewis | TKO | 11 | 1:15 | 19 Jul 1972 | Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Win | Jerry Quarry | TKO | 7 | 0:19 | 27 Jun 1972 | Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada, USA | Retained NABF heavyweight title |
| Win | George Chuvalo | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 1 May 1972 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada | Retained NABF heavyweight title | |
| Win | Mac Foster | Decision (unanimous) | 15 | 1 Apr 1972 | Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Win | Jürgen Blin | KO | 7 | 2:12 | 26 Dec 1971 | Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland | |
| Win | Buster Mathis | Decision (unanimous) | 12 | 17 Nov 1971 | Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA | Retained NABF heavyweight title | |
| Win | Jimmy Ellis | TKO | 12 | 2:10 | 26 Jul 1971 | Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA | Won vacant NABF heavyweight title |
| Loss | Joe Frazier | Decision (unanimous) | 15 | 8 Mar 1971 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA | For WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight titles | |
| Win | Oscar Bonavena | TKO | 15 | 2:03 | 7 Dec 1970 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA | Won vacant NABF heavyweight title |
| Win | Jerry Quarry | TKO (corner retirement) | 3 | 3:00 | 26 Oct 1970 | Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | |
| Win | Zora Folley | KO | 7 | 1:48 | 22 Mar 1967 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA | Retained WBA, WBC, NYSAC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Ernie Terrell | Decision (unanimous) | 15 | 6 Feb 1967 | Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA | Won WBA heavyweight title; retained WBC, NYSAC and Ring titles | |
| Win | Cleveland Williams | TKO | 3 | 1:08 | 14 Nov 1966 | Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA | Retained WBC, NYSAC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Karl Mildenberger | TKO | 12 | 1:30 | 10 Sep 1966 | Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany | Retained WBC, NYSAC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Brian London | KO | 3 | 1:40 | 6 Aug 1966 | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England | Retained WBC, NYSAC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Henry Cooper | TKO | 6 | 1:38 | 21 May 1966 | Arsenal Stadium, London, England | Retained WBC, NYSAC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | George Chuvalo | Decision (unanimous) | 15 | 29 Mar 1966 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada | Retained WBC, NYSAC and Ring heavyweight titles | |
| Win | Floyd Patterson | TKO | 12 | 2:18 | 22 Nov 1965 | Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada, USA | Retained WBC, NYSAC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Sonny Liston | KO | 1 | 2:12 | 25 May 1965 | Civic Center, Lewiston, Maine, USA | Retained WBC, NYSAC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Sonny Liston | TKO (corner retirement) | 6 | 3:00 | 25 Feb 1964 | Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA | Won WBA, WBC, NYSAC and Ring heavyweight titles |
| Win | Henry Cooper | TKO | 5 | 2:15 | 18 Jun 1963 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | |
| Win | Doug Jones | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 13 Mar 1963 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA | ||
| Win | Charlie Powell | KO | 3 | 2:04 | 24 Jan 1963 | Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Win | Archie Moore | TKO | 4 | 1:35 | 15 Nov 1962 | Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| Win | Alejandro Lavorante | KO | 5 | 1:48 | 20 Jul 1962 | Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| Win | Billy Daniels | TKO | 7 | 2:21 | 19 May 1962 | St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, USA | |
| Win | George Logan | TKO | 4 | 1:34 | 23 Apr 1962 | Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| Win | Don Warner | TKO | 4 | 0:34 | 28 Feb 1962 | Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA | |
| Win | Sonny Banks | TKO | 4 | 0:26 | 10 Feb 1962 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA | |
| Win | Willi Besmanoff | TKO | 7 | 1:55 | 29 Nov 1961 | Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, USA | |
| Win | Alex Miteff | TKO | 6 | 1:45 | 7 Oct 1961 | Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, USA | |
| Win | Alonzo Johnson | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 22 Jul 1961 | Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, USA | ||
| Win | Duke Sabedong | Decision (unanimous) | 10 | 26 Jun 1961 | Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada, USA | ||
| Win | LaMar Clark | KO | 2 | 1:27 | 19 Apr 1961 | Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, USA | |
| Win | Donnie Fleeman | TKO (corner retirement) | 6 | 21 Feb 1961 | Municipal Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA | ||
| Win | Jim Robinson | KO | 1 | 1:34 | 7 Feb 1961 | Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA | |
| Win | Tony Esperti | TKO | 3 | 1:30 | 17 Jan 1961 | Municipal Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA | |
| Win | Herb Siler | TKO | 4 | 1:00 | 27 Dec 1960 | Municipal Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA | |
| Win | Tunney Hunsaker | Decision (unanimous) | 6 | 29 Oct 1960 | Louisville, Kentucky, USA | Professional debut |