Cassius Clay vs. Tunney Hunsaker

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. This was Ali's first fight as a professional. 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 refusing to be drafted during the Vietnam war, but he still respected him greatly as a fighter and as a man.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

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


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