Cassius Clay vs. Tunney Hunsaker
| Date | October 29, 1960 | |||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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.
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