Record details

Total bouts: 92

Won: 78

(58 inside the limit)

Lost: 13

(8 inside the limit)

Draw: 1

No Contest: 0

No Decision: 0

See below for details

Cleveland WILLIAMS

"Big Cat"

Heavyweight

Male

(Cleveland T. Williams)
USA, Houston, Texas
Born: June 30, 1933, Griffin, Georgia, USA
(some sources report: June 6, 1933)
Died: September 11, 1999, Houston, Texas, USA
(some sources report: September 3, 1999)
Height: 6ft 3in, mt 1,90
Weight: 202-209-212-219-221 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record


1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 11	Lee Hunt	Tampa, United States	KO 3

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 15	Ray Banks	New Orleans, United States	TKO 1
+ Feb. 26	Rudolph Wood	Tampa, United States	KO 2
+ Feb. 29	Roosevelt Holmes	New Orleans, United States	W 6
+ Mar. 28	Ray Banks	New Orleans, United States	KO 1
+ Apr. 15	Johnny Fowler	Tampa, United States	KO 5
+ May 28	Ray Brown	Miami Beach, United States	KO 3
+ June 10	Paul Favrot	Tampa, United States	KO 4
+ June 17	Harry Turner	Tampa, United States	KO 1
+ June 24	Eddie Joe Williams	Daytona Beach, United States	KO 1
+ July 8	Jimmy Felton	Miami Beach, United States	KO 3
+ July 22	Lee Raymond	Miami Beach, United States	TKO 5
+ July 25	Sam Harold	Macon, United States	KO 4
+ Aug. 12	Candy McDaniels	Miami Beach, United States	KO 2
+ Sept. 2	Baby Booze	Tampa, United States	KO 1
+ Sept. 12	Roosevelt Holmes	New Orleans, United States	KO 1
+ Sept. 16	Art Henri	Miami Beach, United States	TKO 8
+ Sept. 23	Joe McFadden	Philadelphia, United States	KO 6
+ Oct. 3	Johnny Hollins	New Orleans, United States	KO 1
+ Nov. 25	Claude Rolfe	Tampa, United States	KO 9
+ Dec. 8	Graveyard Walters	Daytona Beach, United States	KO 2

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 13	Abie Gibson	Tampa, United States	KO 1
+ Mar. 4	Ponce de Leon	Miami, United States	W 8
+ Mar. 12	Terry O'Connor	Minneapolis, United States	KO 3
+ Mar. 24	Ponce de Leon	Tampa, United States	KO 2
+ May 12	Omelio Agramonte	Tampa, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 2	Keene Simmons	Tampa, United States	W 10
- Sept. 24	Sylvester Jones	New York, United States	L 4
+ Oct. 20	Bo Willis	Miami Beach, United States	KO 2
+ Oct. 21	Claude Rolfe	Charlotte, United States	KO 3

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 9	Jimmy Walls	Tampa, United States	TKO 1
+ June 8	Sylvester Jones	Tampa, United States	KO 7
- June 22	Bob Satterfield	Miami Beach, United States	KO by 3


1955 Inactive

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 6	Johnny Hollins	Austin, United States	KO 3

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 11	Johnny Mason	Houston, United States	KO 1
+ July 15	J.D. Marshall	Tyler, United States	KO 2
+ July 23	Clifford Gray	Houston, United States	KO 1
+ Sept. 17	Bob Albright	Houston, United States	KO 7
+ Oct. 15	John Holman	Houston, United States	KO 7
+ Dec. 3	Frankie Daniels	Miami Beach, United States	W 10

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 4	Gene White	Houston, United States	TKO 1
+ Mar. 25	Dick Richardson	Kensington, Great Britain	WDQ 4
+ June 3	Frankie Daniels	Houston, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 9	Howie Turner	Houston, United States	W 10

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 13	Ollie Wilson	Houston, United States	KO 3
- Apr. 15	Sonny Liston	Miami Beach, United States	TKO by 3
+ May 26	Ernie Cab	Houston, United States	KO 3
+ Oct. 14	Curley Lee	Houston, United States	KO 10

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 21	Sonny Liston	Houston, United States	TKO by 2
+ Oct. 24	Ben Marshall	Dallas, United States	KO 2
+ Nov. 1	George Moore	Houston, United States	KO 4
+ Dec. 7	Johnny Hayden	Miami Beach, United States	KO 2

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 7	Wayne Bethea	Houston, United States	W 10
+ May 16	Alex Miteff	Houston, United States	TKO 5
+ Dec. 19	James Wiley	Houston, United States	KO 1

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 3	Ernie Terrell	Houston, United States	TKO 7
+ May 15	Alonzo Johnson	Houston, United States	KO 1
= July 10	Eddie Machen	Houston, United States	Draw 10
+ Oct. 23	Dave Bailey	Houston, United States	KO 5

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 9	Billy Daniels	Miami Beach, United States	W 10
+ Apr. 2	Young Jack Johnson	Houston, United States	TKO 10
- Apr. 13	Ernie Terrell	Philadelphia, United States	L 10
+ Aug. 13	Kirk Barrow	Houston, United States	KO 3
+ Oct. 8	Roger Rischer	Houston, United States	KO 3

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 7	Tommy Fields	Houston, United States	W 10
+ July 21	Sonny Banks	Houston, United States	KO 6
+ Sept. 30	Billy Daniels	Houston, United States	W 10


1965 Inactive

1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 8	Ben Black	Houston, United States	KO 1
+ Mar. 22	Mel Turnbow	Houston, United States	W 10
+ Apr. 19	Sonny Moore	Houston, United States	W 10
+ June 28	Tod Herring	Houston, United States	TKO 3
- Nov. 14	Muhammad Ali	Houston, United States	TKO by 3
(For WBC Heavyweight Title)


1967 Inactive

1968
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 21	Roy Crear	Houston, United States	KO 1
+ June 11	Mike Bruce	Houston, United States	KO 1
+ June 25	Leslie Borden	Houston, United States	KO 1
+ Aug. 6	Jean-Claude Roy	Houston, United States	W 10
+ Oct. 7	Moses Harrell	Tampa, United States	TKO 7
- Nov. 21	Bob Cleroux	Montreal, Canada	L 10

1969
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 18	Charley Polite	Houston, United States	W 10
- May 20	Al Jones	Miami Beach, United States	TKO by 8
- Sept. 13	Mac Foster	Fresno, United States	TKO by 5
- Nov. 18	Mac Foster	Houston, United States	KO by 3
+ Dec. 9	Leroy Caldwell	Orlando, United States	TKO 10

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 14	Eddie Brooks	Milwaukee, United States	KO 1
+ May 26	Roberto Davila	Milwaukee, United States	W 10
- Oct. 21	Alvin Lewis	Detroit, United States	TKO by 4

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 28	Ted Gullick	Cleveland, United States	W 10
- Sept. 21	Jack O'Halloran	Houston, United States	L 10
- Nov. 17	George Chuvalo	Houston, United States	L 10

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 11	Terry Daniels	Dallas, United States	W 12
(Won vacant Texas State Heavyweight Title)
+ July 11	Bob Mashburn	Denver, United States	KO 2
+ Oct. 28	Roberto Davila	Denver, United States	W 10