Cassius Clay vs. Don Warner

Cassius Clay vs. Don Warner
Date	February 28, 1962
Venue	Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida
Tale of the tape
Boxer
Boxer	Cassius Clay
Nickname	"The Louisville Lip"
Hometown	Louisville, Kentucky
Pre-fight record	11–0 (8 KO)
Age	20 years, 1 month
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Style	Orthodox
Recognition	1960 Olympic light heavyweight Gold Medalist
Result
	Clay defeated Warner by 4th round TKO

Cassius Clay vs. Don Warner was a professional boxing match contested on February 28, 1962.^[1]

Background

Clay fought a ten-round boxing match with Don Warner in Miami Beach.

Clay won the fight through a technical knockout after the referee stopped the fight in the fourth round.^[2]^[3]

Warner would later serve as a sparring partner for Joe Frazier.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Confirmed bouts:^[8]

^ "Cassius Clay vs. Don Warner". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "Cassius Clay KO's Warner". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 1 March 1962. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "Cassius Clay Stops Warner in 4 Rounds". Star-News. 1 March 1962. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 38.
^ Felix Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 46.
^ "In This Corner … The Official Heavyweight Champ". The New York Times. 15 November 1970. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Michael Ezra (2009). Muhammad Ali:The Making of an Icon. Temple University Press. p. 35.
^ "BoxRec - event".

Preceded by vs. Sonny Banks	Cassius Clay's bouts 28 February 1962	Succeeded by vs. George Logan
Preceded by vs. Orie Paschall	Don Warner's bouts 28 February 1962	Succeeded by vs. Orie Paschall

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