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Cleveland Williams vs Ernie Cab — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Cleveland Williams

Ernie Cab

Cleveland Williams (82-13-2) and Ernie Cab (0-4 across 4 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.

Williams

82

Wins62 KO · 76%

13

Losses

2

Draws97 tracked bouts

Cab

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Williams leads 1–0

Cleveland Williams and Ernie Cab have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.

Cleveland Williams and Ernie Cab have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.
Met1959May 26Series
Cleveland WilliamsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Ernie CabFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Williams 4 · Cab 1 of 5 measurable rows
WilliamsCab
Record†
82-13-2 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 62
62 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75.61%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
76%—
Times stopped‡max 8
8
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.9
3.9 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 97
97
4

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Cleveland Williams: 6′2″
Ernie Cab: No height on file
Reachnot held
Cleveland Williams: 78″
Ernie Cab: No reach on file
Agenot held
Cleveland Williams: Died aged 66
Ernie Cab: No date of birth

Cleveland Williams left, Ernie Cab right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cleveland Williams82 wins · from 97 tracked bouts

Cleveland Williams: 82 tracked wins — 62 by KO/TKO (76%), 19 on the cards (23%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 97 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

62 by KO/TKO 76%19 on the cards 23%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

Ernie Cab0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Ernie Cab: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cab yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cleveland Williams 97, Ernie Cab 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Williams better on 1 · Cab better on 1

Williams

Opponent

Cab

  • Cleveland Williams

    1–1 against

    Loss, SD

    1963

    Win, TKO 7

    1962

    TerrellWilliams better

    Ernie Cab

    0–2 against

    Loss, RTD 3

    1961

    Loss, TKO 8

    1961

  • Cleveland Williams

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 2

    1960

    Loss, TKO 3

    1959

    ListonCab better

    Ernie Cab

    Loss, RTD 7

    1958

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Cleveland Williams has won three straight since losses to Jack O'Halloran and George Chuvalo. Williams last boxed on Oct 28, 1973.LLWWW

O'Halloran Sep 1971Chuvalo Nov 1971Daniels May 1972Mashburn Jul 1972Davila Oct 19733.9 tracked bouts per year

Ernie Cab last boxed on Dec 4, 1961 — 23,697 days ago. Cab had lost four straight.LLLL

Liston Nov 1958Williams May 1959Terrell Feb 1961Terrell Dec 19611.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cleveland Williams and Ernie Cab ever fought each other?
Yes. Cleveland Williams and Ernie Cab met once on May 26, 1959, and Cleveland Williams won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

WMay 26, 1959 · Williams · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Cab?
Cleveland Williams is 82-13-2 and Ernie Cab is 0-4 across the 4 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.
Records · win %

Williams82–13–285.6%

Cab0–40%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Cab?
Cleveland Williams has 62 knockout wins and Ernie Cab has 0. Cleveland Williams has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams6275.6%

Cab0

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Cab have any common opponents?
Cleveland Williams and Ernie Cab share 2 common opponents: Ernie Terrell and Sonny Liston. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Ernie Terrell1–1L

Sonny ListonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Cab?
This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Cleveland Williams and 4 bouts tracked for Ernie Cab. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams97bouts

Cab4bouts

How They Win ↓

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