Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones
Date | March 13, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clay won in 10 rounds by unanimous decision |
Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones was a professional boxing match contested on March 13, 1963. Clay won on points in what would prove to be one of the closest fights of his early professional career. The fight was named 1963’s Fight of the Year by The Ring.[1]
Background
This was a ten-round heavyweight title elimination bout at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Clay and Jones held the second and third spots in the top ten rankings respectively. Former champion Floyd Patterson held the number one rank, and was preparing for a rematch with Sonny Liston.
Clay was given 3-1 odds of defeating Jones, and confidently predicted he would score a knockout victory in the fourth round.
The fight
The fight a hard fought match, the more experienced Jones fought courageously against his larger opponent, taking everything thrown at him while countering effectively, greatly effecting Clay’s timing. Neither man was knocked down, despite Clay attempting to knock his opponent out particularly in the third and fourth rounds. Upon failing to make his prediction, Clay was booed at the end of the fourth round. The final rounds picked up in speed and intensity, with Clay ultimately prevailing in a series of fierce exchanges, and went on to win the bout on points through a close but unanimous decision.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Viewership and revenue
The fight was Madison Square Garden's first boxing sellout in 13 years,[8] grossing a live gate of $304,943 ($3,034,846 inflation adjusted). The fight purses were $90,000 ($895,696 inflation adjusted) for Clay and $75,000 for Jones.[9]
The fight had a closed-circuit theatre television broadcast, which drew 150,000 pay-per-view buys,[10] including 9,000 in Texas[11] and 1,500 at Syria Mosque.[12] The fight grossed $500,000 ($4,976,087 inflation adjusted) in closed-circuit television revenue. In addition, the fight also had a pay-per-view home television broadcast in Toronto and Hartford, Connecticut.[8] The fight's combined live gate and closed-circuit revenue was $804,943 ($8,010,933 inflation adjusted).
Undercard
Confirmed bouts:[13]
References
- ^ "Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 51–3.
- ^ Felix Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. pp. 68–76.
- ^ "Muhammad Ali: The Dream". Time. 22 March 1963. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ "A Comeuppance for the Cocksure Cassius". Sports Illustrated. 25 March 1963. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ Michael Ezra (2009). Muhammad Ali:The Making of an Icon. Temple University Press. pp. 52–4.
- ^ a b "Clay-Jones Fight First Garden Sellout in 13 Yrs". Traverse City Record-Eagle. March 13, 1963.
- ^ "Narrow Win Over Jones Jars Poetry Out Of Clay". Tucson Daily Citizen. March 14, 1963.
- ^ "Invitation To Murder: Cassius May Get A Crack At Liston This Summer". The Courier-Journal. March 14, 1963.
- ^ "Cassius Clay Outpoints Doug Jones For Decision: Clay Still Wants Liston in Six Months For Title". Brownwood Bulletin. March 14, 1963.
- ^ "Fight Telecast On at Mosque (Cassius Clay Ticket Ad)". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 13, 1963.
- ^ "BoxRec - event".
Preceded by | Cassius Clay's bouts 13 March 1963 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by vs. Zora Folley | Doug Jones's bouts 13 March 1963 | Succeeded by vs. Billy Daniels |
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Previous: Joey Giardello W 10 Henry Hank II | The Ring Fight of the Year 1963 | Succeeded by |
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- Clay vs. Johnson
- Clay vs. Miteff
- Clay vs. Besmanoff
- Clay vs. Banks
- Clay vs. Warner
- Clay vs. Logan
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- Clay vs. Lavorante
- Clay vs. Moore
- Clay vs. Powell
- Clay vs. Jones
- Clay vs. Cooper
- Liston vs. Clay
- Ali vs. Liston II
- Ali vs. Patterson
- Ali vs. Chuvalo
- Ali vs. Cooper II
- Ali vs. London
- Ali vs. Mildenberger
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- Ali vs. Quarry
- Ali vs. Bonavena
- Fight of the Century (Frazier vs. Ali I)
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- Ali vs. B. Foster
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- Ali vs. Norton
- Norton vs. Ali II
- Ali vs. Lubbers
- Ali vs. Frazier II
- The Rumble in the Jungle (Foreman vs. Ali)
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- Thrilla in Manila (Ali vs. Frazier III)
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- Ali vs. Norton III
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Docu films and series |
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- Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film)
- I Am the Greatest (1963 album)
- The Super Fight (1970 film)
- "Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)" (1974 song)
- The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay (1976 album)
- The Greatest (1977 film)
- I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali (1977 animated series)
- Superman vs. Muhammad Ali (1978 comic book)
- Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing (1992 video game)
- Foes of Ali (1995 video game)
- When We Were Kings (1996 film)
- King of the World (2000 TV film)
- Ali: An American Hero (2000 TV film)
- "Muhammad Ali" (2001 song)
- Ali (2001 film)
- "The World's Greatest" (2002 song)
- One Night in Miami (2013 play)
- Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013 TV film)
- Approaching Ali (2013 opera)
- One Night in Miami... (2020 film)
associates
- Chuck Bodak (trainer, cutman)
- Angelo Dundee (cornerman)
- Drew Bundini Brown (trainer, cornerman)
- Ferdie Pacheco (personal physician, cornerman)
- Joe E. Martin (first trainer)
- Archie Moore (trainer)
- George Dillman (instructor)
- Jabir Herbert Muhammad (manager)
- Luis Sarria (trainer, cutman, masseur)
- Joe Frazier (opponent, friend)
- Richard Durham (autobiography co-writer)
- The Greatest: My Own Story (1975 autobiography)
- The Fight (1975)
- Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times (1991 biography)
- The Tao of Muhammad Ali (1997)
- King of the World (1998 biography)
- Facing Ali (2002)
- Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years (2002 biography)
- The Soul of a Butterfly (2004 autobiography)
- Twelve Rounds to Glory (2007 biography)
- Ali: A Life (2018 biography)
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