Cassius Clay vs. Tunney Hunsaker
Date | October 29, 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clay won in 6 rounds by unanimous decision |
Cassius Clay vs. Tunney Hunsaker was a professional boxing match contested on October 29, 1960.[1][2]
Background
In his professional debut, 1960 Olympic light heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay fought Tunney Hunsaker in a six-round match.
The fight
Clay won the bout through a unanimous decision on points.[3]
Aftermath
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.[4][5][6]
Undercard
Confirmed bouts:[7]
References
- ^ "Muhammad Ali vs. Tunney Hunsaker". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "BoxRec - event".
Debut | Cassius Clay's bouts 29 October 1960 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by vs. Tom McNeeley | Tunney Hunsaker's bouts 29 October 1960 | Succeeded by vs. Alejandro Lavorante |
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- Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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- Clay vs. Johnson
- Clay vs. Miteff
- Clay vs. Besmanoff
- Clay vs. Banks
- Clay vs. Warner
- Clay vs. Logan
- Clay vs. Daniels
- Clay vs. Lavorante
- Moore vs. Clay
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- Ali vs. Bonavena
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- Norton vs. Ali II
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associates
- Chuck Bodak (trainer, cutman)
- Angelo Dundee (cornerman)
- Drew Bundini Brown (trainer, cornerman)
- Ferdie Pacheco (personal physician, cornerman)
- Joe E. Martin (first trainer)
- Archie Moore (trainer)
- George Dillman (instructor)
- Jabir Herbert Muhammad (manager)
- Luis Sarria (trainer, cutman, masseur)
- Joe Frazier (opponent, friend)
- Richard Durham (autobiography co-writer)
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