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![20thCentBoxIMM Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1913121421645185024.png) 20th Century Boxing: Icons, Memories & More [@20thCentBoxIMM](/creator/twitter/20thCentBoxIMM) on x XXX followers
Created: 2025-07-21 02:09:20 UTC

Cleveland Williams TKO's Sonny Banks in the 6th round at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas on July 21, 1964.

The Associated Press reports:

"Cleveland Williams, the 4th-ranked heavyweight, pounded young Sonny Banks, XXX 1/2, of Detroit for five rounds Tuesday night and stopped him with a TKO at 2:59 of the 6th round of their scheduled XX round heavyweight fight. Williams, 217, relentlessly stalked the Detroiter and knocked him down once each in the 4th and 5th rounds. A crowd of XXXXX saw the fight card and Williams' 49th knockout. He now has a 60-5-1 record. Banks, who never fought a round as an amateur, now has a record of 18-6."

(Typical X "boxing expert": Who's Cleveland Williams?")

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