Cassius Clay vs. Alejandro Lavorante
| Date | July 20, 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Clay defeated Powell by 5th round KO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cassius Clay vs. Alejandro Lavorante was a professional boxing match contested on July 20, 1962.[1][2]
Background
[edit]Clay fought the Argentinian Lavorante in a ten-round match in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on July 20, 1962.[3][4]
The fight
[edit]Clay won the bout by knocking out Lavorante in the fifth round.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Undercard
[edit]Confirmed bouts:[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Muhammad Ali vs. Alejandro Lavorante". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Clay-Lavorante nearly set for July 9 at Sports Arena". Los Angeles Times. 22 May 1962. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Lavorante finds telling flaws in movies of Clay-Daniels bout". Los Angeles Times. 16 July 1962. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 47–8.
- ^ Felix Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 58.
- ^ "Unbeaten Clay stops Lavorante in 5th". Los Angeles Times. 21 July 1962. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Clay Is Man of His Word". The Free-Lance Star. 21 July 1962. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Clay Lives Up To Prediction". The Pittsburgh Press. 21 July 1962. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Michael Ezra (2009). Muhammad Ali:The Making of an Icon. Temple University Press. p. 38.
- ^ "BoxRec - event".
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