Cassius Clay vs. Tunney Hunsaker

Boxing competition

Date

October 29, 1960

Venue

Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky

Tale of the tape

Boxer	Cassius Clay	Tunney Hunsaker
Hometown	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.	Fayetteville, West Virginia, U.S.
Pre-fight record	0-0	15-9-1
Weight	192 lb (87 kg)	186 lb (84 kg)
Style	Orthodox	Orthodox

Result

Clay won in 6 rounds by unanimous decision

In his professional debut, 1960 Olympic light heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) fought Tunney Hunsaker in a six-round match on October 29, 1960. Clay won the bout through a unanimous decision on points.

Hunsaker was a part-time boxer who was for many years a respected police officer in Fayetteville, West Virginia. He also helped to train young fighters, and he and Ali were friends for many years afterwards. In a 1980 Sports Illustrated article, Hunsaker said he didn't agree with Ali's refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, but that he still respected him greatly as a fighter and as a man.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Muhammad Ali vs. Tunney Hunsaker: The first fight of the Greatest". ESPN. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ Stephen Brunt (2002). Facing Ali. The Lyons Press. pp. 15–6, 18–22.
^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali:His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 31.
^ "The archive: Cassius Clay". Herald Scotland. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

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)