Cassius Clay vs. Lamar Clark

Boxing competition

Date

April 19, 1961

Venue

Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky

Tale of the tape

Boxer	Cassius Clay	Lamar Clark
Hometown	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.	Cedar City, Utah, U.S.
Pre-fight record	5-0	43-2
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg)	181 lb (82 kg)
Style	Orthodox	Orthodox

Result

Clay won by KO in 2nd round (1:27)

Cassius Clay (soon Muhammad Ali) fought an eight-round boxing match with LaMar Clark in Louisville on April 19, 1961. Clark had entered the ring with a formidable reputation of knocking out 45 of his previous opponents. However, Clay broke Clark's nose in the fight and won the bout through a knockout in the second round following which Clark retired from boxing.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 38.
^ Felix Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 58.
^ "Utah boxing great Clark dies at age 72". The Salt Lake Tribune. 8 November 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "Headed For A Fall". Lewiston Evening Journal. 20 April 1961. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Michael Ezra (2009). Muhammad Ali:The Making of an Icon. Temple University Press. pp. 31.
^ Jose Torres (2009). Sting like a bee: The Muhammad Ali story. TBS The Book Service Ltd. p. 104.

Muhammad Ali

Fights

Media

Docu films and series	Whicker's World (1967 episode) a.k.a. Cassius Clay (1970) Facing Ali (2009) When Ali Came to Ireland (2012) The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013) I Am Ali (2014) Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century (2019 episode) What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019) Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021) Muhammad Ali (2021 series)