Professional boxing fight between Muhammad Ali and Cleveland Williams hold at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas on November 14, 1966. Ali won the battle through a technical knockout in the third round. This was the fight in which Ali made famous the move he called the “Ali shuffle”.
Two years before the fight, Williams was shot in the stomach by a highway patrolman, for supposedly resisting arrest. Bullet moved across his intestines and lodged in his right hip, doing immense damage to his colon and right kidney. He underwent four operations over the next 7 months which resulted in the eventual removal of his right kidney and a loss of 60 pounds, which he later recovered by doing weight-lifting. The bullet left vestigial damage: a partial paralysis of some hip muscles and a severely weakened right hip joint. Despite this incident, Williams returned to the ring in 1966 and won four consecutive fights before facing Ali.
It was seventh World Heavyweight Title defense by Ali. By the time of the Williams fight, Ali had great success with his “stick and move” style: employing a strong left jab, to whittle down his opponents, and a low guard, allowing him to anticipate and dodge incoming punches.
Ali’s 2-year dominance in the heavyweight division made him a 5 to 1 favorite going into this fight. There were 35,460 fans at the Astrodome, which was the largest crowd ever to see an indoor boxing match at that time.The gross gate was $461,290. Ali got 50% of the live gate and 50% of the ancillary rights, including closed circuit TV and radio. Williams got 20% of the live gate and 14% of the ancillary rights.

00:00 – 03:42 – introduction
03:42 – 06:30 – first round
06:30 – 09:24 – second round(three knockdowns)
09:24 – 10:26 – third round(fourth knockdown and T.K.O.)
10:26 – 12:59 – post-fight

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