What is Muhammad Ali's boxing record?

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay, is widely regarded as the The Greatest Boxer of all time. Born in 1942, a young Ali entered professional boxing at just 18 years of age and soon went on to become the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. He fought in a total of a 61 professional bouts, winning a whopping 56 of those, with 37 being knockouts.

In a career spanning over 2 decades, Muhammad Ali lost just 5 matches -

1) vs Joe Frazier (1971)

2) vs Ken Norton (1973)

3) vs Leon Spinks (1978)

4) vs Larry Holmes (1980)

5) vs Trevor Berbick (1981)

An interesting fact about his losses is that he defeated them all in their re-matches, except Larry Holmes.

What makes Muhammad Ali even greater is the fact that towards the end of his career, he was plagued by the onset of Parkinson's. Declared unfit for the fights, Ali still went ahead and fought with all valour. He died in 2016 after a prolonged stint with Parkinson's.

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RainingStars

John Seiple...How do you figure there are 12 choices, instead of just 4? After all, the question did ask "What is Muhammad Ali's boxing Record", right? A boxing 🥊 record would include, number of Fights, (61) number of Wins (56...with 37 KO's) and number of Losses. (5) So, I think that there are still just 4 choices, not 12. Sheesh! 😒

lls

...off by 1

catmom

Muhammad Ali was also the 1st rapper too.

catmom

For Mike Reidy -- I TOTALLY & ABSOLUTELY agree with you. Muhammad Ali was the GREATEST pugilist ever. He was the only one I ever watched on T.V. He had the courage of his convictions in/out of the ring, swart, funny & handsome too. He was Iconic. I admired him a great deal. There will never be another one like him. He also did a lot for his Religion too. He was also very charismatic. He will be missed greatly. R.I.P. Muhammad Ali. His daughter, Laila Ali was a good fighter too as well as his grandson.

Mike Reidy

The greatest boxer in history bar none!

billyboy915

John Seiple, I don't understand your confusion. Why are you complicating things?

William Laughlin

Sandy Carter, The answer says, "An interesting fact about his losses is that he defeated them all in their re-matches, except Larry Holmes. That implies he fought a rematch against Berbick and won, but that is not true. The answer is in error.