its feels so good to see ali so young

He only won the olympics the year before and this is a ten rounder. Little did the world know what a superstar and legend this young man would turn out to be. 💥🥊

@davidkj4015

Жыл бұрын

I bet everyone in their seats couldn’t fathom the fact that they were watching Muhammad Ali

@pgs2179

11 ай бұрын

YES, LIKE THE GOAT FOR EXAMPLE

@ManuelSantos-pk9ry

8 ай бұрын

​@@davidkj40150b😊😅

Ali young Lion💪💪❤❤❤❤❤He had fights with strong Ones always..👏👏👏

Alonzo Johnson is my grandfather!!! Very Proud!!!!

@thespy7795

7 жыл бұрын

I think he's the same Alonzo Johnson that went up against George Foreman in Canada in 1975.

@carlgilkes8775

6 жыл бұрын

The Spy he wouldn't know as Alonzo isn't his grandfather. Everyone has been saying its his grandfather on this thread as if it's some kinda joke. Alonzo is my Great-uncle.

@redtukeguy8968

5 жыл бұрын

Alonzo Johnson is my sister.

@makaveli1122

5 жыл бұрын

@@carlgilkes8775 bruh he is being serious I know him irl

@barroningram7286

5 жыл бұрын

LAPesos and he was pretty good too,he had never lost until he ran into the greatis of all times and still went the distance

Thanks so much for posting this!!

He was 7-0 and 192 pounds and was still growing he was 6'2 in this fight. 7 fights in just under a year of boxing, crazy how now it'd be maybe 4-0 in a year

This was Ali's debut over national television. the strength-sapping heat got to them both. Years later Angelo Dundee remembered: "When he was still a kid, he was fighting Alonzo Johnson. The commissioner insisted he get there at 7:30. The fight was at 10:00. Ali gets there takes off his clothes, starts dancing. Then he starts drawing up on the blackboard. Then, he loosened up. For two and half hours. He burned out all his energy." parts of La Mar Clark's fight and his debut against Tunney Hunsaker exist but this is his earlierst full fight. very thankful for this.

Wow Alonzo Johnson is excellent boxer. Just went against the Greatest

The crowd here are witnessing the beginning of greatness

the best boxer in the world R I P

I think this Clay guy shows promise. If he drops his arms more and starts dancing, he could be a contender.

@anthonystewart5215

3 жыл бұрын

don't forget the shuffling of his feet now that could be a crowd pleaser

@selenapresly1491

3 жыл бұрын

Thats muhammad ali lol

@Zaid26127

3 жыл бұрын

@@selenapresly1491 they know love 😂

@bepolazaneo3341

3 жыл бұрын

@@studentofsweetscience6922 you don't know shit about boxing lol

@bepolazaneo3341

3 жыл бұрын

@@studentofsweetscience6922 take a breath bro 😁😂 as i know first fight for Ali over 200 pounds was vs Moore, and that was his 13,14 or 15 pro fight...ali is greatest cause of all package,outside and inside ring..if we will watch only boxing skills and power top 10 definitely,maybe top 5 but not top one .and yes i love him, considering him GOAT in boxing and his fights are amazing..also i know if fight against foreman went otherway he wouldn't be recognize by many as he is recognized now..fuk football bro lol jk..played football,tennis till my 20, last 12 years i am in boxing and Ali's ability to kick from many angles,his footwork and by me his iron chin( what many don't talk about it ) make him for me Goat as i said..

Don Dunphy was a phenomenal boxing announcer. So glad to hear his voice again!

@chrispaul7849

Жыл бұрын

woody allen used him in an early movie, hilarious scene.... this isnt the scene but it is in same movie, BANANAS with Howard Cosell too kzread.info/dash/bejne/l3x1lZOGYt3NnLQ.html

@richardgreen49

8 ай бұрын

His son is pretty good too and looks like daddy.

Don Dunfy, the greatest boxing announcer of all times! You notice how he doesn't talk incessantly like today's announcers do? The silence is welcome, just the sounds of the crowd and the fight! And he's by himself! imagine that HBO and SHOWTIME!! We miss you Don Dunfy!

@shaheer151

5 жыл бұрын

to seattwa : If he is so great why doesn't he mention that Johnson is hitting Clay below the belt and everytime they clinch he gets in a shot to the back of Clay's head.....which is illegal....i also wonder why the referee doesn't stop it

@cocotimbo

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaheer151 That's true but if you notice, in those years fights referees would always allow fighters hit on the back of the opponents head. Maybe none of the fighters who had retired a decade before were punch drunk and therefore they let rabbit punches go...

@jackegan4193

3 жыл бұрын

Great fight .

@scotttyson8661

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it Dunphy

The spirit of Mohammad Ali is that of above

The Champ was and is the Greatest of all times. RIP

@unclesam1125

9 ай бұрын

My hero 😊

We look for inspiration in these corrupt times and always Ali will stand tall. God Bless Ali

@southerneruk

3 жыл бұрын

How can you say he stood tall, his fight against cooper, clay corner had to cheat to keep clay on line for the world tital fight, after cooper gave him a left hook and put his lights out right on the bell, so they slit his gloves to play for time and also used smelling salts to help bring clay round

@babulah8447

3 жыл бұрын

@@southerneruk You are a reminder of a basic truth in life, "you can't fix stupid."

@southerneruk

3 жыл бұрын

@@babulah8447 I agree they were stupid, they left a black mark on Ali boxing career that will always be there

@babulah8447

3 жыл бұрын

@@southerneruk I see reading and comprehension is not your strong suit either. Not surprised.

@southerneruk

3 жыл бұрын

@@babulah8447 And I see your lack of understanding English, English, is not your strong suit also.

VERRY GOOD VIDEO AND CLEAR.THANK YOU.

Clay best trainer was Dundee! Clay was born to fight in the ring - it was not about his religion! Clay was gifted with his hands and feet!

@TJ-kk5zf

10 ай бұрын

and Richard Feynman was born to do quantum physics...

@therealemmerson262

9 ай бұрын

Islam actually says not to fight people just fyi

@NO-kg8qd

29 күн бұрын

@@therealemmerson262عدم قتال مسلم له مسلم لكن الكافر تستطيع القتال معه وتستطيع قتال مسلم فقط لدفاع عن نفسك

You know, I reckon this Cassius Clay fella might do alright in the future. Just one man's opinion. (P.S. I don't like calling him clay as it's not his name and Muhammad Ali is the greatest of all time and beyond deserving all the respect in the world)

For me these ali, who is the most pretty, beautiful fighter i ever seen!!

I really miss these old programs of yesteryear when a fight was a fight...

Asrel1990, you should be proud. Whether or not any, none or all of these falls to the mat were indeed knockdowns (Clay/Ali as Floyd Patterson said, only man perhaps or so to fight him as both incarnations, I think, that "Ali rubbed you out. He stood just outside your reach, then he hit you about 14,000 times...he didn't knock you out, he rubbed you out"), your Grandfather went the distance with a very young, 19-20 year old Ali, then still Cassius Clay. Represent your Patriarch! Peace.

Ahhhh I remember when TVs had that vertical hold knob!! We came a long way in televisions!

El legendario Cassius clay, 60 años de esa pelea, con su estiló peculiar y único con muchas elegancias, futuro campeón mundial, y un extraordinario ser humano y un hombre con gran sensibilidad social con su razas los negros, viva Ali , por siempre, un guerreros y valiente hombre,

@ajb7615

10 ай бұрын

Gracias for your wonderful comments about Ali! I grew up watching him and saw most of his fights. It makes me happy to hear people acknowledge his greatness even today! ❤😊

Alonzo is my wife's Grandfather who is 81 now still in shape with a flat stomach and rides a Harley

@cassiusuchiha5371

7 жыл бұрын

Dj stoney ice On your other comment you said he's 82 but on this comment turns out he's 81

@musaaljiti827

5 жыл бұрын

@John Molloy .

@chanchan-cn8we

3 жыл бұрын

A young healthy aged man.

@regidon793

3 жыл бұрын

cool story bro

@theonlyloco223

3 жыл бұрын

He is my dads dads brother Melvin Johnson

Reminds me of the old days...adjust the rabbit ears ..tweak the knob , with the pliers... and when all else fails get out the aluminum foil...

Johnson looks to have been a very good boxer in his own right.

wish the film was a better quality..but.still enjoy it thanks.

@onlyjoetee

7 жыл бұрын

Matt Kyle quality?this is 1961 bruh no HD we are lucky to have ANY film at all...

He was cat-quick at this point. Whenever I see videos of cats throwing combinations, especially those with paws that look like boxing gloves, I'm reminded of Ali.

Allohuma sholi 'ala muhammad... I love muhammad ali...

@garymorris1856

3 жыл бұрын

I do not like draft dodgers.

Mohammad ali legendary in tha world love U My Muslim brother

Cassius Clays boxing style and technique is similar to that of Muhammad Ali

Nice to see these early fights. At the time, because he was fulfilling many of his predictions, I assumed many of them were powder puffs. Not the case at all. Many were tough customers.

rip from your biggest fan Dylan best boxer ever

Ali was a 'cruiserweight' back then had that division existed.

I wonder if those at ringside realized they were watching one of the greatest fighters of all time? He’s still growing : only 192 lbs.. Barely a heavyweight yet.

@azrinahariffin8887

Жыл бұрын

Y

@monsieur2593

Жыл бұрын

The greatest fighter

@nawawikobil4795

Жыл бұрын

​@@azrinahariffin8887 and I no 38:54 he no o in ll❤😊😊

That is hand speed. Holy shhhh.

Just an observance, but Ali seemed to have his most trouble with smaller, lighter weight boxers, but yet dominated larger punchers throughout his career.

@geraldfriend256

3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Young would be an example

@sanD-xq8nb

3 жыл бұрын

Not much. Muhammad Ali defeated Zora Folley in an easy fight.

L'époque l'image de la télé noir et blanc qui bouge dans tout les sens était magnifique.

We needed this young Clay to fight Spinks in 1978

@alicold1119

3 жыл бұрын

Call him Muhammad Ali for the sake of respect please

rip from your biggest fan Dylan best boxer ever and always will be

I was afraid the fight would be over before the pic cleared itself

i was fortunate wnough ri be born in tgid sea

Johnson's strategy was to tie him up and don't get hit with combinations

Ali the best ever.

Il grandissimo Ali, non ha mai combattuto contro un vero boxer,infatti questo Alonzo, doveva essere squalificato, per i colpi bassi, e tanti colpi sferrati vigliaccamente alla nuca.Ali è una colonna portante della noble art, solo che ormai non ci sono veri pugili.

True story Alonzo Johnson is my great uncle I didn’t know until I met his brother AARON Johnson (my grandfather) in Chicago for the first time last year my grandfather Aaron is 93 now his house was filled with pictures of Alonzo on the walls

Clay is the best and more

This is the same Alonzo Johnson that "fought" George Foreman as part of that 5 vs 1 in Toronto, Canada 1975.

Amazing to watch a young Ali move like a lightweight. I wonder if ill ever see that again. Today's heavyweights to big and methodological.

@spank2424

5 жыл бұрын

Not in this life time he was faster than a speeding bullet back then!

@MoveTowardsTheLight

4 жыл бұрын

Believe the future may give us some that come close, but bigs aren’t supposed to move like this. Ali was truly a freak of nature.

@steavenmisher9988

3 жыл бұрын

Heavyweights back then too.

M.Ali has added unique value in boxing

That’s pretty slick at 0:16:13 where Clay hits his opponent and the opponent goes down and the referee starts counting but it’s talked out of it by the fighter! Pretty slick I say

White shoes ali sure look flashy in 1961

Ali/Clay is fighting in his hometown of Louisville, and the Louisville crowd has the audacity to boo him at the end of the bout. Apalling. Granted, this wasnt the most exciting fight - the heat clearly having an effect on both men. But the crowd should have applauded the fact that Ali, just 8 fights into his pro career, was already able to defeat a quality fighter like Alonzo Johnson.

Alonzo Johnson is My grandson. Im very proud

WHOA!! That's the Mike Tyson's Punchout theme!!

they actually played this on espn classics with half of the video missing? 😊 I was born in 73 and lived in the country....we didn't get cable tv til 82 I think it was. so I remember channel 10 was the only channel that was clear for the most part but you could bet using rabbit ears that a fight, a big game, or your favorite show would roll with interference soon as you started watching. 😊😊 that's THE ONLY THING I DONT MISS ABOUT THE GOOD OLE DAYS. float like a butterfly.....

Alonzo Johnson is my great uncle. He and my wife go camping, and ride horses.

Good match. I had to whack my laptop screen couple of times, though, to restore the picture.

He was really really good even at 19...

@Taharkah

3 жыл бұрын

No Kidding Stainless Steel... 😊

@victorianomartinez7283

Жыл бұрын

Ami siempre me a gustado el boxeo, y ahora con más razón, porqué me hace recordar mis viejos tiempo

Very good

Adjust lower volume rabit ears please to see champ of all the time.🥰🥰🥰

Alonzo is my uncle's dad's friends best bud from way back

rip ali

Alonzo Johnson rode his Harley to my house just the other day with the Hell's Angels and physically held my thumps up for this video.

ALI IS AWESOME SHOWMAN + GREAT BOXER. KK

@keithkuhn9365

9 жыл бұрын

HE REALLY WAS . KEITH KUHN

This must be shown on a 1956 Philco with poor vertical hold.

من الماتشات الجميلة لكلاي❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

48-47 don't know what fight he was watching

@samahmad9836

3 жыл бұрын

i was thinking the same thing, and what about the ref not calling a knockdown all three times smh

Can someone adjust the '' rabbit ears '' a bit please?,.lol

@lunatihisacoolguy.godbless9063

7 жыл бұрын

ponchai allen ja ja ja.

@redtukeguy8968

5 жыл бұрын

I'm just impressed this survived to get onto the internet.

@garylobo348

3 жыл бұрын

No Shit. They had better cameras in 1915 in the Jack Johnson era. But they still managed to capture Clay's greatness before his 20th birthday. The speed was incredible.

@manuelsaucedoavecilla1955

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunatihisacoolguy.godbless9063 o

@ismajlhoxha2236

2 жыл бұрын

@@lunatihisacoolguy.godbless9063 nnvxdiow590

Cassius clay, the best.

@lmivha3275

3 жыл бұрын

Muhhamed Ali, the greatest.

@goldwolf0606

3 жыл бұрын

What’s my name!!!

Whoever made this video, didn't know how to operate it...i still tried to watch it...😳

That was a young Alonzo Johnson, before he was involved in the 5 man exhibition match against George Foreman in the 70's.

Good information/ history

Actually, Johnson isn't doing bad here. After all, he's up against the guy who's just about to become "the greatest of all time." He's really standning up to Clay and even manages to shake and tire Clay from around midway through the fight and on - and that's after being knocked down twice! His fwiftness, technique and stamina is impressive. What he might needed to work on, based on his height, would be som upper body/biceps workout to be able to land hard blows like Foreman and Frazier. But he still fights very well. Who knows. If he hadn't had to face an obstacle like Ali, he'd might have become one of the greatest himself.

He's a great man for sure! Great technician too.

@ramonguerra7167

3 жыл бұрын

Fue y sera el mas grande gracias Muhamad por lo que le entregaste al boxeo Mundial...

a reminder of how bad the reception was back in the day. you had to know how to play w your antenna.

How do you adjust the tracking on a smartphone like the ol VHS players?😋

Wow, I didn't know that Carmon Bicillo was ever in Clay's corner. CLAY HAD ONE GREAT TEAMOF BOXING INSTRUCTORS...WOW

@netarcheruto

2 жыл бұрын

correction , they clearly said angelo dundee had worked in carmen basilio's corner a few times. Never said he was in Muhammed's(clay) corner. U must b related 2mike tyson lol

Muhamed Ali najbolji

Ali still hadn't finished filling out yet. They did a good job bringing him up. He's in there with a guy who looks like a light heavy too. Still not quite ready for the big dudes like Liston and Cleveland Williams.

RIP

I kept trying to adjust the vertical hold button.

Este alonso bem qualificado muito bom Ali teve dificuldades com ele.

geweldig

I am loving a complete re-watching of old Ali fights after I learned that Ali and James Brown both claimed they got their flamboyant persona from Gorgeous George the wrestler. I never heard of this guy, and I just realize that I need to re-watch some old JB videos too! lol - what a fun piece of trivia! PS - it's not Clay "aka" Ali vs Johnson 1961... it's Clay "LKA" (later known as) Ali vs Johnson 1961, because in 1961, clay was just clay. Get it right the first time, like Clay did when he became Ali and the GG of boxing!!! Note that the name change kicked in at age 22, in 1964, after he took the title.

@monsieur2593

Жыл бұрын

Wrong. He is Muhammad Ali. The second he called himself Muhammad Ali, it means that's the name you use when you refer to him. If you call him clay, you refer to him with a name who don't refer to him anymore. So you must call him Muhammad Ali. Nobody in his entourage will call him Clay. If her mother call him Muhammad Ali, you call him like that too. Cassius Clay doesn't refer to him anymore. The name refers to a person, and the person is the same after or before the name change, so you use his name for the same person, which is Muhammad Ali

RIP Ali....!!!

Haven't found not even once Ali going to the body...

Friday night fights sponsored by galette. Use watch them with my dad. The poor reception was common in those days. Drove my dad nuts!

Those looked like knockdowns to me on all three occasions. When you get hit and your glove hits the canvass, thats a knockdown.

Ahhh the days of the vertical hold knob.

This was recorded from TV July 28, 2008. I saw the blurb underneath the video that said "McCann left the game after a collision with Victorino". Googled it. Before HD, I used a disc recording machine called a Go-Video (I loved it, though it was buggy). This uploader probably used something similar. Now I need to find out how to do it with HD TV. Any ideas on how to make disks from a DVR for home use?

Young Ali - a work in progress

@alaza61

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly...by 1966 he was unbelievable.

@onlyjoetee

7 жыл бұрын

wm young he was unbelievable here at 19..

@alaza61

7 жыл бұрын

onlyjoetee​ Never denied that. I said as a grown ass man....he was unbelievable...almost unstoppable.

@jasonwyatt881

7 жыл бұрын

wm young allmost Unstoppable he was Unstoppable

@alaza61

7 жыл бұрын

Jason Wyatt No you want to argue? If we can both agree that he was awesome at that time in his career...let's not have a discussion at all.

Ali was just walking in the park, beating another chump lol

awesome fight

Alonzo Johnson is my wifes grandfather at 82 years old today with a six pack and still rides a Harley

@bobharris77

8 жыл бұрын

+Dj stoney ice Strange, the announcer said he had 20 wins and 7 losses but he finished his career at 22 and 19, with no draws. Did something happen to him?

@davidthompson8227

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Harris WATCH MY MATE: GO TO: ALI SHUFFLE BY DEV. He's like you, he loves Ali. Pass it on please, if you like it, or leave a comment. Thanks.

@carmengarcialavado3227

7 жыл бұрын

David Thompson porno

@cassiusuchiha5371

7 жыл бұрын

Dj stoney ice Are you lying?

@syedagil3572

6 жыл бұрын

Cassius Duggal 2

I remember this fight, everyone was on their i-phones ; twitter blew up when the decision came in and Floyd Mayweather was still undefeated

@eduardomartinezlara874

3 жыл бұрын

21sq

Being the son of a television repairman by trade, we had an aerial antenna and all of the other gadgets to give us a very clear, uninterrupted picture. This interference is driving me nuts!

How are people gonna sit there sweating fanning themselves and boo when the guys fighting start acting tired? lol People have always been ridiculous

G.O.A.T