Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37) was born in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. on January 17, 1942. At the age of 18 years on October 29, 1960, he made his professional boxing debut against Tunney Hunsaker, winning the fight via 6-round unanimous decision.
On his 20th career fight at 22 years old, Ali became a heavyweight world champion on February 25, 1964 after defeating Sonny Liston via 6th-round retirement to win the WBA, WBC and The Ring titles.
Ali's last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Trevor Berbick at age 39 on December 11, 1981. He was on a 2-fight losing streak by his last fight.
Some of Muhammad Ali's best fights have been against Joe Frazier, Joe Bugner, Ernie Terrell, Alfredo Evangelista, Jimmy Young, Ken Norton and Sonny Liston. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Muhammad Ali".
Ali has 5 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Muhammad Ali Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
61  | Dec 11, 1981 39 years, 10 months 56-5 (37) | 27 years, 4 months 19-2-1 (17) | 10 | UD | Loss | |
60  | Oct 2, 1980 38 years, 8 months 56-4 (37) | 30 years, 10 months 35-0 (26) | HW | 10 | RTD | Loss For WBC, The Ring Vacant |
59  | Sep 15, 1978 36 years, 7 months 56-3 (37) | 25 years, 2 months 7-0-1 (5) | HW | 15 | UD | Win Won WBA, The Ring |
58 | Feb 15, 1978 36 years 55-3 (37) | 24 years, 7 months 6-0-1 (5) | HW | 15 | SD | Loss Lost WBA, WBC, The Ring |
57  | Sep 29, 1977 35 years, 8 months 55-2 (37) | 33 years 54-5-1 (52) | HW | 15 | UD | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
56  | May 16, 1977 35 years, 3 months 54-2 (37) | 22 years, 5 months 14-1-1 (11) | HW | 15 | UD | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
55  | Sep 28, 1976 34 years, 8 months 53-2 (37) | 33 years, 1 month 37-3 (30) | HW | 15 | UD | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
54  | May 24, 1976 34 years, 4 months 52-2 (37) | 31 years, 4 months 33-9 (16) | HW | 5 | TKO | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
53  | Apr 30, 1976 34 years, 3 months 51-2 (36) | 27 years, 5 months 17-4-2 (5) | HW | 15 | UD | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
52  | Feb 20, 1976 34 years, 1 months 50-2 (36) | 29 years, 7 months 24-3 (14) | HW | 5 | KO | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
51  | Oct 1, 1975 33 years, 8 months 49-2 (35) | 31 years, 8 months 32-2 (27) | HW | 14 | RTD | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
50  | Jun 30, 1975 33 years, 5 months 48-2 (34) | 25 years, 3 months 51-6-1 (31) | HW | 15 | UD | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
49  | May 16, 1975 33 years, 3 months 47-2 (34) | 34 years, 3 months 30-2-1 (21) | HW | 11 | TKO | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
48  | Mar 24, 1975 33 years, 2 months 46-2 (33) | 36 years 31-9-2 (12) | HW | 15 | TKO | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
47  | Oct 30, 1974 32 years, 9 months 45-2 (32) | 25 years, 9 months 40-0 (37) | HW | 8 | KO | Win Won WBA, WBC, The Ring |
46 | Jan 28, 1974 32 years 44-2 (31) | 30 years 30-1 (25) | HW | 12 | UD | Win |
45  | Oct 20, 1973 31 years, 9 months 43-2 (31) | 28 years, 2 months 21-1 (11) | 12 | UD | Win | |
44 | Sep 10, 1973 31 years, 7 months 42-2 (31) | 30 years, 1 month 30-1 (23) | HW | 12 | SD | Win |
43 | Mar 31, 1973 31 years, 2 months 41-2 (31) | 29 years, 7 months 29-1 (23) | HW | 12 | SD | Loss |
42 | Feb 14, 1973 31 years 41-1 (31) | 22 years, 11 months 43-4-1 (27) | 12 | UD | Win | |
41  | Nov 21, 1972 30 years, 10 months 40-1 (31) | 30 years, 6 months 49-5 (42) | HW | 8 | KO | Win |
40  | Sep 20, 1972 30 years, 8 months 39-1 (30) | 37 years, 8 months 55-7-1 (40) | HW | 7 | RTD | Win |
39  | Jul 19, 1972 30 years, 6 months 38-1 (29) | 29 years, 8 months 26-4 (16) | 11 | TKO | Win | |
38  | Jun 27, 1972 30 years, 5 months 37-1 (28) | 27 years, 1 month 43-5-4 (25) | HW | 7 | TKO | Win |
37  | May 1, 1972 30 years, 3 months 36-1 (27) | 34 years, 7 months 66-17-2 (57) | HW | 12 | UD | Win |
36  | Apr 1, 1972 30 years, 2 months 35-1 (27) | 29 years, 9 months 28-1 (28) | 15 | UD | Win | |
35  | Dec 26, 1971 29 years, 11 months 34-1 (27) | 28 years, 8 months 27-9-6 (6) | 7 | KO | Win | |
34  | Nov 17, 1971 29 years, 10 months 33-1 (26) | 28 years, 5 months 29-2 (20) | HW | 12 | UD | Win |
33  | Jul 26, 1971 29 years, 6 months 32-1 (26) | 31 years, 5 months 30-6 (14) | HW | 12 | TKO | Win |
32 | Mar 8, 1971 29 years, 1 months 31-1 (25) | 27 years, 1 month 26-0 (23) | HW | 15 | UD | Loss For WBA, WBC, The Ring Vacant |
31  | Dec 7, 1970 28 years, 10 months 31-0 (25) | 28 years, 2 months 46-6-1 (37) | HW | 15 | TKO | Win |
30 | Oct 26, 1970 28 years, 9 months 30-0 (24) | 25 years, 5 months 37-4-4 (23) | 3 | RTD | Win | |
29  | Mar 22, 1967 25 years, 2 months 29-0 (23) | 35 years, 9 months 74-7-4 (40) | HW | 7 | KO | Win Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
28  | Feb 6, 1967 25 years 28-0 (22) | 27 years, 10 months 39-4 (18) | HW | 15 | UD | Win Won WBA Defended WBC, The Ring |
27  | Nov 14, 1966 24 years, 9 months 27-0 (22) | 33 years, 4 months 65-5-1 (51) | HW | 3 | TKO | Win Defended WBC, The Ring |
26  | Sep 10, 1966 24 years, 7 months 26-0 (21) | 28 years, 9 months 49-2-3 (17) | HW | 12 | TKO | Win Defended WBC, The Ring |
25  | Aug 6, 1966 24 years, 6 months 25-0 (20) | 32 years, 1 month 35-13 (26) | HW | 3 | KO | Win Defended WBC, The Ring |
24  | May 21, 1966 24 years, 4 months 24-0 (19) | 32 years 33-11-1 (23) | HW | 6 | TKO | Win Defended WBC, The Ring |
23 | Mar 29, 1966 24 years, 2 months 23-0 (18) | 28 years, 6 months 34-11-2 (27) | HW | 15 | UD | Win Defended WBC, The Ring |
22 | Nov 22, 1965 23 years, 10 months 22-0 (18) | 30 years, 10 months 43-4 (32) | HW | 12 | TKO | Win Defended WBC, The Ring |
21  | May 25, 1965 23 years, 4 months 21-0 (17) | 33 years 35-2 (25) | HW | 1 | KO | Win Defended WBC, The Ring |
20 | Feb 25, 1964 22 years, 1 months 20-0 (16) | 31 years, 9 months 35-1 (25) | HW | 6 | RTD | Win Won WBA, WBC, The Ring |
19 | Jun 18, 1963 21 years, 5 months 19-0 (15) | 29 years, 1 month 27-8-1 (18) | 5 | TKO | Win | |
18  | Mar 13, 1963 21 years, 1 months 18-0 (14) | 26 years 21-3-1 (13) | 10 | UD | Win | |
17  | Jan 24, 1963 21 years 17-0 (14) | 30 years, 9 months 23-6-3 (15) | 3 | KO | Win | |
16  | Nov 15, 1962 20 years, 9 months 16-0 (13) | 48 years, 11 months 185-22-10 (131) | 4 | TKO | Win | |
15 | Jul 20, 1962 20 years, 6 months 15-0 (12) | Alejandro Lavorante | 5 | KO | Win | |
14 | May 19, 1962 20 years, 4 months 14-0 (11) | Billy Daniels | 7 | TKO | Win | |
13 | Apr 23, 1962 20 years, 3 months 13-0 (10) | George Logan | 4 | TKO | Win | |
12 | Feb 28, 1962 20 years, 1 months 12-0 (9) | Don Warner | 4 | TKO | Win | |
11 | Feb 10, 1962 20 years 11-0 (8) | Sonny Banks | 4 | TKO | Win | |
10 | Nov 29, 1961 19 years, 10 months 10-0 (7) | Willi Besmanoff | 7 | TKO | Win | |
9 | Oct 7, 1961 19 years, 8 months 9-0 (6) | Alex Miteff | 6 | TKO | Win | |
8 | Jul 22, 1961 19 years, 6 months 8-0 (5) | Alonzo Johnson | 10 | UD | Win | |
7 | Jun 26, 1961 19 years, 5 months 7-0 (5) | Duke Sabedong | 10 | UD | Win | |
6 | Apr 19, 1961 19 years, 3 months 6-0 (5) | LaMar Clark | 2 | KO | Win | |
5 | Feb 21, 1961 19 years, 1 months 5-0 (4) | Donnie Fleeman | 6 | RTD | Win | |
4 | Feb 7, 1961 19 years 4-0 (3) | Jim Robinson | 1 | KO | Win | |
3 | Jan 17, 1961 19 years 3-0 (2) | Tony Esperti | 3 | TKO | Win | |
2 | Dec 27, 1960 18 years, 11 months 2-0 (1) | Herb Siler | 4 | TKO | Win | |
1 | Oct 29, 1960 18 years, 9 months 1-0 (0) | Tunney Hunsaker | 6 | UD | Win |
