Cleveland Williams Tribute

I have complete footage of Williams-Terrell II

 

great fighter

 

Nice video tommy, he had a great short left hand!

 

One of the fastest sluggers of all time.

 

Nice tribute, music went well.

 

Hello Combat (and everyone), check out this clip from a preview to the Frank Bruno-Jumbo Cummings lol fight -

watch and listen from about the 6:55 mark to about the 7:36 mark - there's an opponent and also a sparring partner - one describes Bruno's power as very comparable to George Foremans and the other says its up there with the likes of Earnie Shavers and BIG CAT CLEVELAND WILLIAMS

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SBmyx3jpWo[/ame]

 

decent fighter, not great.

 

More impressive is Bruno's comb afterward!

 

Wonder how the "Big Cat" would rank with the heavyweights from late 1970's and early 1980's
The 'Black' Gerry Cooney I would presume.

Very dangersous, until he got hit on the 'proverbial' (?) chin.

Cleveland Williams vs. Earnie Shavers.
Now that fight I would have paid 10X over the ticket price to see that bout.

 

Cleveland Williams, as memory serves, KO'd Terrell and just about nobody else of note.

He wasn't that good a puncher or finisher. Ko'ing a bunch of .500 fighters doesn't mean much to me but too many postmodern scribes get all jizzdrunk on his physique and ignore his record and performances.

A B-level fighter.

 

Seamus,

You bring up a good point.
The 'Big Cat' was knocked out by 175 lb. Bob Satterfield, early in his career.

But on match-ups, he may had the right goods to KO Floyd Patterson in 1958.

 

That's a certain possibility, certainly it possibly is.

 

i heard the commentator mention williams physique being like a young max baer and i couldn't agree more.i've always thought they were built in a similar way, both having broad angular ' punchers ' shoulders

 

he was a hell of a banger thats for sure.which proves the state of listons chin