On November 14, 1966, Muhammad Ali (26-0, 21 KOs), the heavyweight WBC and The Ring champion, defends his titles against fellow American challenger, Cleveland Williams (65-5-1, 51 KOs).
Muhammad Ali is coming in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a 12th round TKO victory over Karl Mildenberger, 2 months and 4 days ago. Cleveland Williams is on a 9-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Tod Herring, 4 months and 17 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Muhammad Ali at 99-1 winning odds. Cleveland Williams really doesn't have much to present against Ali.
Muhammad Ali made easy work of Cleveland Williams, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Ali improves his record to 27-0 (22 KOs), while Williams adds a loss to his record at 65-6-1.