Muhammad Ali vs Doug Jones / 1963's Fight of the Year

[@Ukrainer01]

00:00 - Previous Fight 00:08 - Cassius Clay vs Charlie Powell 01:10 - Cassius Clay vs Doug Jones pre-fight 02:27 - Clay vs Jones 1st round 04:40 - Clay vs Jones 2nd round 07:00 - Clay vs Jones 3rd round 08:48 - Clay vs Jones 4th round 10:30 - Clay vs Jones 5th round 12:39 - Clay vs Jones 6th round 15:02 - Clay vs Jones 7th round 16:45 - Clay vs Jones 8th round 18:41 - Clay vs Jones 9th round 20:41 - Clay vs Jones 10th round 22:50 - Cassius Clay vs Doug Jones post-fight

[@4TWENTY5]

Wow, Doug Jones really a worthy opponent, what a great battle

[@thomasbridges7323]

Yeah great history and I didn't know of the match here in Pittsburgh ahhhhh man this is good Doug was the man

[@troyocarroll]

The guy had never been stopped - never - one tough hombre

[@randquadrozzi1280]

Thanks for the video.Never seen this fight.

[@billsiems6514]

I was a sophomore in HS in 1963 and I remember the buildup for this fight and for Clay/Ali. He had burst on to the boxing scene after the 1960 Rome Olympics where he won the gold medal as a light-heavyweight. He worked his way up, his path carefully orchestrated by his career manager, Angelo Dundee. Dundee was to Clay/Ali what Col. Parker was to Elvis. In the buildup to the fight at Madison Square Garden, Johnny Carson, then in his first year hosting the "Tonight Show", then based in NYC, had Clay/Ali on the show. Clay brought the house down! His charisma, good looks, quick wit, his taunting and funny insults of then-champion, Sonny Liston, made for a great show. He and Johnny even fought a fake boxing match with Carson "knocking out Clay". He was already a star! After the fight, which the AP scored 5-4-1 for Jones, and myself, after watching the fight thought that Jones might have won, Carson came on his next show and was very critical of the decision. But the professional boxing gurus knew they had something with Clay, and there was no way he was going to lose before a huge championship fight with Liston. But after seeing this video, I think Clay definitely won a closer than expected fight. To the point, that July, 1963, Clay fought Henry Cooper in the UK. Cooper was known for his left hook, like Frazier later on, but Cooper was taller and leaner. Cooper caught Clay in about the 5th round and put him down into the ropes. Clay got up in time, lasted the round but was still cuckoo a bit at the end of the one-minute rest period between rounds. Dundee took a razor blade, cut Clay's glove, and when the rest period was over, showed the referee the cut glove, which then had to be replaced. That permitted Clay to clear his head with the extra time needed to change gloves. Clay won on TKO 2 rounds later - Cooper was a "cutter". True story! The next February, 1964, Clay fought Liston as 9-1 underdog, and executed probably the biggest "upset" in sports history. He provided a shot in the arm for boxing that was worth billions of dollars for the next 20 years. I loved boxing then. Now, they're a bunch of tomato cans.

[@joseyeastwood]

The future champ was in incredible shape because most fighters wouldn’t have been to withstand the pressure Doug put on Ali, what a great fight.

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

Double Wow! I grew up loving boxing from the 60s on. I don't remember Doug Jones! What a tough SOB! Clay honed his skills and obviously became The Greatest Of All Time! Then was robbed of his best years by 🤔 our own government. However...I rooted against him and was glad when Smokin Joe kicked his butt. Ali's mouth turned me off in thoes years! Double However...when Ali fought Chuck Wepner in 1975 I became a real Ali fan. Wepner never was on the canvas and was ONE tough SOB! Ali beat him bloody! I grew to love Ali for the Great Champion he was. Thanks for the memories Champ! RIP!🏆 🥊🥊 Das 😎 all!

[@craigfinley2507]

@@RollingStoneZzzzz chuck webner knocked him down didn't he, made Ali mad then Ali whipped his ass

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

@@craigfinley2507 As I said Wepner was never down in his boxing career...not Ali. Das 😎 all.

[@llanitedave]

202.5 lb vs 188 lbs *heavyweight* bout. Man, times sure have changed!

[@waimeaguyz9074]

Doug Jones will be known is one of the best that fought Clay. He got Clays respect.

[@WaltShear-mz5ug]

One of the BEST heavy weight fights ever!

[@tomcrosby6332]

Thanks for the post. I never heard of Jones, but he looked good.

[@thelog86]

I never realized that Ali rarely threw a body shot, he occasionally threw a straight jab towards the chest or a little lower, but not an all out body attack like most boxers to help lower their guard

[@thomasbridges7323]

Thanks for this real boxing

[@franklincvitan9777]

I have this fight on DVD Jones won the first round and that was it Ali landed so many combinations in every round easy decision for clay

[@alphonsebannick5842]

Early in his boxing career Ali plan was to go the full distance to gain experience and harden up and durability for his subsequent fights. This fight plan subsequently prepared him for the world title fights against heavy and unorthodox fighters...in his career towards the end of his boxing career. He was the best, poetry in motion and GOAT. His popularity transacted through generations. My 2 and half year old gra rand son even knows his name. RIP

[@craigallmendinger8404]

Jones had excellent defense. He was a very well-rounded fighter.

[@jeffreyedwindeleon5895]

Muhammad Ali is really fun to watch.. 💪😘 rest in paradise d'greatest! 🙌💕🙏

[@LanceDutrizac-p9t]

Clay was such a smart versitil boxer. Could change fight strategy round to round where his opponents could not. Clay's multi tempo attacks & retreats usually pay off. Didn't matter who his opponent (Big George Forman), Clay managed his fights meticulously.

[@willisknapick4405]

When I heard about this fight shortly after the event some were saying Jones should have won and Clay was fortunate to win. I'm not seeing that at all after watching this. Jones fought a good fight but there was a big difference between these two fighters. Clay, Ali, was clearly the better fighter.

[@eddiepearce5307]

Good fight I thought Ali clearly won Jones got great chin Especially considering he weighed 188 Do not see it as a fight of the year though

[@yinkaoyesanya8159]

Which fight was the fight of that year for you?

[@eddiepearce5307]

@@yinkaoyesanya8159 No idea but guess that far back that there were only 20 so fights on TV in a year. So maybe it was fight of year. Still nothing special in comparison to many

[@nivagnoswal]

great upload...i first got interested in boxing during the run-up to the first Liston-Clay fight...i was 10 years old...little did anyone know how impactful Clay (Ali) would turn out to be over the years....

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

In the 5 years since I've watched this fight, watching this time I have changed my opinion. My memory was Jones was countering all night and Clay/Ali may have stole the decision (the crowd's boos also tainted my memory). Watching this time, I think Ali was busier than Jones, and rightly won the decision. It's also interesting that Ali weighed in at 202 pounds. His optimum weight was 212. So what would this fight have looked like had it happened around 1965, at the start of his prime, instead of Jan. '63?

[@rustynail766]

The referee who was one of the judges, scored it 8-1-1 Ali. Exactly correct!!!

[@ronniepace8778]

He definitely won but my goodness what a fighter Doug Jones was.

[@thomasbridges7323]

Good match thanks

[@mikevolante7663]

Great fight.

[@richardcaulker1017]

It's hard to believe that less than one year after this lacklustre performance against the much smaller Jones, Clay took the title from the ko machine Sonny Liston in 6 rounds of awesome brilliance. The improvement is hard to explain.

[@devillehall6171]

No you can see it all here 😮....whats yourbproblem

[@kennethmaeda5698]

Ali had more trouble with lighter quicker fighters then the bigger slower heavy punchers. Like Leon Spinks.

[@thomasbridges7323]

I am going to watch this again

[@RobollieG]

I miss the days when there weren't 27 different sanctioning bodies. It was cool to see the #3 guy go up against the #5 guy, and maybe the winner would go on to fight the Champ.

[@RusselElcock]

Cassius Clay ,had he been around with technology Mohammed Ali would have been the "Greatest"still .He has died as the "Greatest" rip Champ 🏆

[@danielpincus221]

One thing is clear: a boxer has to have a tremendous capacity to withstand pain.

[@troyocarroll]

Well said

[@paulrimmer391]

Amazing fight.

[@Morongobill]

Ali getting tagged by Jones early when he dropped his arms backing away, did that repeat itself in Ali-Frasier 1?

[@craigfinley2507]

@@Morongobill yup

[@justinallport9789]

Always a southpaw's disadvantage"

[@jimcameron4672]

11 years before the great victory over big George, ali had done his time in the fight game

[@panmad6156]

I'm was a good ploy from Ali to predict the round, giving him a real incentive to get the job regardless of whwt the other guy was doing. It worked sometimes.

[@monawarshah9163]

Ali recovery from big shots was incredible

[@ashrafyoussef7957]

Two great fighters indeed.

[@fortythiefs]

They made some good money back in the day. Remember gas was a nickel a gallon

[@EvanBarr-uk3vk]

Ali made 90,000$ in 1963 as a contender .Back then that was big $.

[@frankrice9520]

Ahhh my friend, TODAY that is big money for a contender…

[@anthonyrobinson-ew7hi]

Especially if don king is handling the money😂​@frankrice9520

[@thomasbridges7323]

Wow thanks didn't know that but damn Doug should had gotten paid .a lot top. Hell of a iron man played football too .

[@josearce4436]

What was the price of a car or a decente house?

[@EvanBarr-uk3vk]

@@josearce4436 whats your idea of decent?

[@paulg444]

Doug Jones gave up 15 lbs against Clay !!! ...no doubt about it , when Frazier's team reviewed this film in 1970, thry knew they could beat Ali!

[@willD.A.Vkarter]

Wait..they reviewed a fight from 1963 when he was still developing?...it'd make more sense if they reviewed the chuvalo fight at his peak, and the Bonavena fight when he was still rusty.

[@elihudcarter6577]

@paulg444 Frazier beat Ali because Ali was no longer in his prime.Ali was forced out of boxing for almost 4 years when he was in his prime and he could dance and move and float like a butterfly but when he returned to boxing against Frazier ,Ali could no longer dance and move around the ring and float like a butterfly,his legs were gone.He became a flat footed boxer that was easier to hit by Frazier.Jones did well against Ali because it was a younger Ali ,years before he sat out of boxing for nearly 4 years.This younger version of Ali was not in his prime yet,he was not dancing and moving and floating like a butterfly like he did against the first and rematch fight against Sonny Liston,Ali was so young against Jones that he was just pulling back from Jones and not moving and floating like a butterfly like he did against Liston and was in his prime,nevertheless ,Ali still beat Jones ,Jones threw punches one at a time,meanwhile ,Ali out punched Jones,often hitting Jones 10 times before Jones landed one of his punches.

[@Garry-d3d]

@@elihudcarter6577 Nonsense , Ali was fresh and 29 yrs old when got his license to fight back . He stayed in shape and had no wear and tear for 3 years and 4 months ! Everyone wants to act like Clay was an old man when he won his appeal to get back in the ring .. Nothing could be further from the truth. Ali never had to serve any time behind bars during his appeals and said himself that he was a smarter fighter when he came back with more power ..

[@gmnboss]

She rebuked (disapproved of)him for insinuating she was going to throw hot water on him

[@FrankArce-of7zu]

What does the murder of Sonya Massey have to do with this fight ?!!!....❓❓❓❓❓

[@pukulu]

Clay only clinched on the inside. He was not a complete fighter although he did get stronger as he got older. Throughout his career he held behind the head and was never warned for it by the referee. He looked better in some fights than he did in others. Doug Jones was a bit light for a heavyweight and wasn't a big puncher.

[@IbrahimgaladimaUmar]

You people hit him only for religion faction

[@thomascarroll39]

No such book was written before him becoming champion that I could find. Has anyone else?

[@clarencecolar3371]

Watch the fight

[@philippeceline984]

*Qu'Ali était Beau en descendant du Ring Acclamé de Bravos* ...

[@bigowl71]

Clay was the underdog in this fight 💯✌🏿

[@tommosley2844]

Wrong, Clay was a 3 to 1 favorite.

[@jamaal7]

​@@tommosley2844en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassius_Clay_vs._Doug_Jones#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DClay_was_given_3-1%2Cvictory_in_the_fourth_round.?wprov=sfla1

[@jamesaustin7845]

188lbs????

[@raymind1313]

Was Cleveland Williams the number one contender then?

[@KT-bb1tb]

Ali was Beaten at Least 5 Times......Says it All !

[@bsorryrthatsit7055]

Why he never spoke about his Blackfeet heritage is unknown. "Clay" AKA Ali was related to the Indian bride of a Buffalo soldier. So Was Michael Jordan. Outspoken as a black Muslim, it never even get's mentioned. Maybe the resistance hurt everyone's little feeling's?

[@herbbranham821]

Huh

[@aceball7076]

Looking at this in 2024 I see can see that Doug Jones won this fight.

[@danielhkhk7283]

No.

[@TheWorld-of7dd]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aceball7076]

@@danielhkhk7283 yeah he did.

[@yinkaoyesanya8159]

Doug Jones would have beaten Rocky Marciano 😂

[@troyocarroll]

Looking at this in 2024 I can see that you are full of BS.

[@カリちゃんねる-f4d]

Why Ali didn't use foot works?

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

All being developed...early years... Das 😎 all.

[@oudjegatadj]

Il y a énormément de ressemblance entre la boxe de Doug Jones et celle d'earnie shavers. Earnie shavers avait un droit beaucoup plus puissant mais la boxe est identique et d'ailleurs... On a l'impression de voir exactement la même confrontation entre les deux 14 ans plus tôt. La façon dont ali a vaincu shavers et la même que contre Jones. Et le positionnement du corps et la tactique est identique. Je pense que c'est instinctif. Il faut absolument voir le combat contre earnie shavers pour comprendre

[@medrickdevaney1171]

Jones Was Simply Out-Classed BUT, Not By Much. Could Easily Have Gone Either Way, Right Up Until Muhammad Finished Him Off....

[@gerthie]

Ali won big margin

[@johnmccaffrey5942]

I thought a draw or narrower win for Jones would’ve been a fair result. Ali threw a lot but most not connecting.

[@Cliff589]

like most of his fights

[@anwarshareef172]

Yep a draw

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

CC sure was pretty.

[@jayedwards4787]

5-4-1 by two judges and 8-1-1 by the ref ??

[@Brent-qu3yk]

Doug jones won that fight people were throwing trash in the ring after hearing the decision

[@danielhkhk7283]

People were wrong.

[@haroldeason1841]

What the hell is going on with this so called main event fault

[@JesseFernandez-zj5ki]

Watch ali catching jones,when he getscornered,hanging on for dear life.thats his way of winning almost every fight.

[@CGWILLTHEWELLDRESSEDMAN55]

You're slow

[@reycorpuz3912]

Ali won,,very clear,,no bias decision for that fight.Jones was a very good opponennt.

[@stkhan1945]

..down the wire..this bout

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

FJB!

[@joca6282]

^^ No content troll account. FDJT.

[@craigfinley2507]

Y'all member Doug Jones was messing with Bumpy Johnson girl back then when he was in Alcatraz, he got out not to long after this fight cause Alcatraz closed

[@rovingwarrior3710]

Doug Jones was a close friend of Claude Brown, the author of the best selling book Manchild In the Promised Land in which Mr Brown tells of his life growing up in Harlem as a delinquent youth who turned his life around. Doug Jones is identioned in Mr. Brown's book as Turk. Bumpy Johnson's wife was the unnamed fence in the book that they used to deliver their stolen goods to.

[@johnnyangel200]

I don’t see where Ali won this fight. I watched this fight many times. It was close, but I thought Jones won this fight. 8-1-1 was totally ridiculous.

[@josearce4436]

😂😂😂😂you didnt see this bout!

[@jogglehead]

Your post is totally ridiculous.

[@anthony-ju6qo]

Go to your eye doctor.

[@cortezfernandez7475]

You thought it was close but 8-1-1? Biased?

[@Garry-d3d]

Ali did not have the power to knock out a good fighter but could wear him down and score with pity pat flurries that had no power at all...

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

Like most fighters as training over years comes along fighters got stronger. Ali did put many fighters to sleep over the years. Das 😎 all. 👍🤔

[@troyocarroll]

Ask big George, he'll tell you

[@DanWolfe-n4v]

This fight with Ali I believe was one of about 4 or 5 questionable decisions given to him.This fight was the first.Many at ringside thought it was a draw or Ali had lost.

[@DeanoNunn]

Ali didnt have any questionable decisions aside from norton 3 ali vs doug jones and ali vs shavers where just a case a fighter doing better then what people thought there were going to do ali 💯won the second norton fight 7 to 5 ali vs young was close but young stuck his head out of the ropes so he didn't deserve to win the title

[@joeaverage7743]

Did Doug Jones have an affair Bumpy Johnsons wife?

[@samuelsimmons105]

U don't F with Bumpy!!!💯😎

[@willD.A.Vkarter]

​@samuelsimmons105 ohh yeah..Shaft banged bumpys daughter and bumpy ain't do shit😂😂!

[@marcusrogers9441]

Prime Mike Tyson knocks Clay out. Clay out points in rematch

[@oyelereademola3912]

someone that could not beat Holyfield, Ali is more smarter😊

[@marcusrogers9441]

@oyelereademola3912 PRIME Tyson bro .

[@oyelereademola3912]

@@marcusrogers9441 you've forgotten there's prime Ali also, or only Tyson get prime

[@paulhammack4882]

Ali got his butt whooped several times. He was a media darling had millions back in him and hit a popular political cause. I believe I could name eight boxers who were much better than him

[@timblessing2815]

I have mixed feelings on this issue. I was at ringside for the Jimmy Ellis fight, there thanks to an AP reporter, and saw how easily he slipped punches and, even then, how fast he was. Having said that, I am skeptical. For instance, had both Lewis and he fought, if Lewis had modern training, how that would ended. Similarly, throwing a right lead against Marciano was asking to wake up much later in a different place. I would have loved to have seen him against Jim Jeffries with equal training . . . it might be the Marciano problem all over again. And, of course, there is the question of Jack Johnson--who would have outsmarted who. I don't think Dempsey could have touched him. Tunney, another master strategist . . . that would have been interesting. He did, though. have granite for a chin.

[@jacobbyerson5075]

Please you out your mind who else could be stripped of his title for three years and get the title back who and beat George Foreman to do it

[@timblessing2815]

@@jacobbyerson5075 I well imagine that if Ali and Foreman fought 20 times Ali, despite his ability to take a punch, would have 2 wins.

[@johnsewell6593]

​@@timblessing2815I agree wholeheartedly. The only people more shocked than the crowd at the Foreman Fight were ALI and his cornermen. I agree , it was a lucky win and WAS - THE biggest win ( other than maybe the first Liston fight), of Ali's career. It was the fight that made him a LEGEND.

[@anthonyrobinson-ew7hi]

@paulhammack4882 most of white Americans wanted to see him move

[@anwarshareef172]

A draw

[@ShawnLee-se1zg]

What fight you was looking at

[@ShawnLee-se1zg]

Ali won ever round dude tried but wasn't fighting enough!!!

[@Dumpft666]

🤡

[@robertamoyaw1979]

Wow 😲 Now that i have seen this , i am 100% sure that Iron Mike would have killed Ali in the 1st Round 😂

[@robertamoyaw1979]

And killed Doug Jones in the second 😂

[@wahabbaig9830]

Tyson will laugh at this joke

[@tyroneallsup1072]

What would iron had done with big George in his prime

[@raymind1313]

Remember, one of Ali's great fighting skills was his ability to adapt to who he was fighting.

[@danielhkhk7283]

Tyson already had big problems with Tillis who fought Ali style.

[@airwolf8915]

In those days the audiences of Blacks and whites were segregated.

[@smacksmack5976]

Not everywhere

[@smacksmack5976]

I saw hundreds of fights in nyone were segregated

[@aceball7076]

Yes We see.

[@larryro8872]

No they weren't; That fight was in New York, there was no segregation at this or any of Clay's fights.

[@stutzbearcat5624]

You can't even be serious with this CRAP resolution - i work writing music for videos so i know how they can fix this stuff up!

[@rovingwarrior3710]

So I take it that you can and will upload a bette version of it, and let us know.

[@bwoutchannel6356]

Looked like Doug Jones won.

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

Close but Unanimously...no cigar! Das 😎 all. 👍🤔

[@llanitedave]

No, Jones got some good punches in, but Ali overwhelmed him with volume and speed.

[@ariveitz1941]

Not even close

[@marcmenton8063]

Ali was a bum any of the real boxers from the golden era would have taken ali

[@HaroldHawley]

none of those fighters could have beaten Ali,....other than Archie Moore,Ezzard Charles,Jersey Joe walcott,Sugar Ray Robertson.none knew how to fight,Joe Lewis or Marciano would have been Nothing in Ali's time, any 3rd rate fighter of Ali's time of comparable size would knock them out, boxing has went down hill in the last 20 or so years... size rather then skill seems to be the thing,fat Fury would have lost to a young Ali I don't see the level of skill that was around shortly after Ali took the title. but todays fighters remind me of Two Ton Tony Galento ,or Max Baer,...no talent

[@marcmenton8063]

@@HaroldHawley you clearly do not know much about the boxing game

[@HaroldHawley]

@@marcmenton8063 nobody knows as much about boxing then me....the world has never seen any one that knows as much about everything then I .......IF I decide to know about something then I become the worlds fore most expert...believe me...I'm not to blame for how I was born...I'm just smarter then the rest of you.....yes even then donny trump.....have a good day

[@marcmenton8063]

@@HaroldHawley that’s part of your problem you’re drinking your own kool aide

[@HaroldHawley]

@@marcmenton8063 and it do taste good

[@vivalasvegas2090]

Jones won robbed

[@brianforde7967]

Ali won convincingly

[@JesseFernandez-zj5ki]

When ali is in danger of being knocked out he grabs and catches thats a foul he should have been disquslified, but the bought up ref chooses to ignore it,shameful for boxing indeed,jones would have won had ali not adapted these dirty tactics,surely not the greatest,that was marciano who unlike ali never lost a fight and always fought a clean fight.

[@schonem11]

Bullshit 😂😂

[@saddingtonmangena1241]

But it's very common boxing tactic. Lots of professional boxers employ it. I don't see anything wrong with clinching

[@dbrownporecords]

You left out the Mob ties Rocky had that helped him go undefeated tell the whole story and how the boxers who gave him a good fight how they mysterious died you a Ali hater, Ali the GREATEST of all Times Period

[@donaldsimms2625]

LOL you must be a 100 years old living in a bygone world Rocky is seen as greatest fighter by dinosaurs in the. Present world Sugar Ray Robinson is the greatest fighter Muhammad Ali was the greatest heavy weight fighter Muhammad Ali was loved and respected all over the WORLD not just by dinosaurs like you

[@SameulMartin]

Ali clearly won ths fight jones was good

[@Brent-qu3yk]

Hahaha hahaha what . I use to know Muhammad he told me yeah Doug Jones beat me

[@jagriv5659]

And so Who is in the ring in 2024. Not interested in these people that most probably expired.

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

These were the Glory days of boxing. My ONLY sport! Today boxing has lost its luster. I was there from the 1960s on been to many ringside fights and met ALOT of my favorite Champions. Boxing seems to have taken a back seat today. I miss the glory days of boxing! Das 😎 all! 🏆 🥇 🥊🥊

[@rovingwarrior3710]

Then why were you here?

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

@@rovingwarrior3710 Are you a knife...if so not very sharp! The video was the glory days. Not 2024...Das 😎 all.🥊🥊

[@SuperStonehammer]

Ali was in his prime. Few ever handled him this way. Full color slow motion replays be great. Ali got the shit knocked out of him many times!

[@nightcbs]

Greatest robbery of 1963

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

Ali won...no doubt. Remember this was earlier in his career. The judges were not bious. Unless $$$$ a little grease was applied. I doubt it though. Das 😎 all.

[@Dumpft666]

🤡

[@mmnsurahman5646]

Ali is overated

[@dennishover4803]

HaHa you are funny!

[@sysvalley]

I hope you are not confusing boxing with fighting. Big difference.

[@Cliff589]

true he was

[@dennishover4803]

@@Cliff589 Yea sure pal!

[@Cliff589]

@@dennishover4803 he was