1962 ~ Cassius Clay goes from #10 Ranking to #2 ~ "What the F***"

[Bill Paxtom]

1962

Cassius Clay leap frogged from the #10 Ranking to #2.

It pays to have good friends in high places, as well as having a connected Management Team.

Let's take a look see.

January 1962 Ratings

*** Floyd Patterson
#1 . Sonny Liston
#2 . Eddie Machen
#3 . Zora Folley
#4 . Alejandro Lavorante
#5 . Robert Cleroux
#6 . Ingemar Johansson
#7 . Cleveland Williams
#8 . Henry Cooper
#9 . George Logan
#10 Cassius Clay

As of January 1962, Cassius Clay {Age; 20 years, 0 months} had compiled a record of 10-0-0 {7 KO's}.

The youngster's meteoric rise was a combination of talent, publicity, smart management and loquacious behavior.

After turning Professional on October 29, 1960 ~ it took Cassius only 14-Months to reach the #10 Heavyweight
ranking.

Cassius had his best wins over his last '2' opponents.
* October 7, 1971 ......... TKO 6 ~ Alex Miteff
* November 29, 1971 .... TKO 7 ~ Willi Besmanoff

Before those '2' wins, Cassius had a near disaster against 'light-hitting' Alonzo Johnson. Cassius was lucky to escape
with a controversial 'Majority' 10-Round Decision over Alonzo on July 27th in a Nationally Televised bout.