Muhammad Ali (The Greatest) defends his WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles against Cleveland Williams (Big Cat). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
WBA | WBC | TheRing |
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HV w1 | HV w1 d6 | HV w1 d6 |
This fight between Muhammad Ali and Cleveland Williams took place on at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas.
At 191 cm, Muhammad Ali is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Cleveland Williams is 188 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Williams has longer reach of 203 cm, which is 5 cms longer than Ali's 198 cm. Williams also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Ali.
Ali is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 26-0 (21 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 4 days ago against Karl Mildenberger, which he won via 12th round TKO.
Williams comes in with a record of 65-5-1 (51 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 17 days ago against Tod Herring, which he won via 3rd round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Ali will be 24 years and 9 months old. Williams will be 33 years and 4 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 73-27 in favor of Muhammad Ali. Here is the prediction for Ali vs Williams.
Muhammad Ali defeated Cleveland Williams via 3rd round TKO. Williams' 9 fight win streak comes to an end, and Ali advances his win streak to 27. Ali is now 27-0, and Williams 65-6-1.