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Cleveland Williams (82-13-2) and Dave Bailey (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Cleveland Williams vs Dave Bailey — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Cleveland Williams

82–13–2

98 tracked bouts

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Dave Bailey

Tracked record

0–6

6 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Cleveland Williams leads 1–0

The Numbers

82-13-2 (edge)
Record
0-6

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

85.6% (edge)
Win %
0%
62 (edge)
Wins by knockout
0
75.61%
KO rate
76%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

9
Times stopped
5 (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year
0.7

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

98
Bouts tracked
6

Tale of the Tape

6′2″ (188 cm)
Height
78″ (198 cm)
Reach
93
Age
93
Heavyweight
Division
United States
Nationality
United States

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Cleveland Williams · 82 wins

KO/TKO
62
Decision
19
Other
1

Dave Bailey · 0 wins

No tracked wins yet.

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (98 and 6 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Cleveland Williams

    LUD · Nov 1971

    George Chuvalo

    Dave Bailey

    LKO R3 · Jun 1965
  • Cleveland Williams

    LTKO R2 · Mar 1960LTKO R3 · Apr 1959

    Sonny Liston

    Dave Bailey

    LKO R1 · Mar 1967

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Cleveland Williams

WWWLL

W3 streak · last fought Oct 28, 1973

Dave Bailey

LLLLL

L6 streak · last fought Dec 7, 1971

Common Questions

Have Cleveland Williams and Dave Bailey ever fought each other?
Yes. Cleveland Williams and Dave Bailey met once on October 23, 1962, and Cleveland Williams won by KO in round 5.
Who has the better record, Cleveland Williams or Dave Bailey?
Cleveland Williams is 82-13-2 and Dave Bailey is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Cleveland Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Cleveland Williams or Dave Bailey?
Cleveland Williams has 62 knockout wins and Dave Bailey has 0. Cleveland Williams has more.
Do Cleveland Williams and Dave Bailey have any common opponents?
Cleveland Williams and Dave Bailey share 2 common opponents: George Chuvalo and Sonny Liston. Dave Bailey fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cleveland Williams and Dave Bailey?
This comparison is drawn from 98 bouts tracked for Cleveland Williams and 6 bouts tracked for Dave Bailey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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