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Cleveland Williams vs Ponce de Leon — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Cleveland Williams

Ponce de Leon

Cleveland Williams (82-13-2) and Ponce de Leon (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Williams

82

Wins62 KO · 76%

13

Losses

2

Draws97 tracked bouts

Leon

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 2–0

Cleveland Williams and Ponce de Leon have met 2 times; Williams leads 2–0.

Cleveland Williams and Ponce de Leon have met 2 times; Williams leads 2–0.
Met1953Mar 41953Mar 24Series
Cleveland WilliamsFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Ponce de LeonFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultPTSKOR22Meetings

The Numbers

Williams 3 · Leon 1 of 4 measurable rows
WilliamsLeon
Record†
82-13-2 (edge)0-3
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
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.9—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 97
97
3

† 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″
Ponce de Leon: No height on file
Reachnot held
Cleveland Williams: 78″
Ponce de Leon: No reach on file
Agenot held
Cleveland Williams: Died aged 66
Ponce de Leon: No date of birth

Cleveland Williams left, Ponce de Leon 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%

Ponce de Leon0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Ponce de Leon: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Leon yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cleveland Williams 97, Ponce de Leon 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Leon better on 1

Williams

Opponent

Leon

  • Cleveland Williams

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 2

    1960

    Loss, TKO 3

    1959

    ListonLeon better

    Ponce de Leon

    Loss, PTS

    1953

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

Ponce de Leon last boxed on Sep 17, 1953 — 26,707 days ago. Leon had lost three straight.LLL

Williams Mar 1953Williams Mar 1953Liston Sep 1953

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cleveland Williams and Ponce de Leon ever fought each other?
Yes. Cleveland Williams and Ponce de Leon have met 2 times and Cleveland Williams leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WMar 24, 1953 · Williams · KO R2

WMar 4, 1953 · Williams · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Leon?
Cleveland Williams is 82-13-2 and Ponce de Leon is 0-3 across the 3 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%

Leon0–30%

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

Williams6275.6%

Leon0

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Leon have any common opponents?
Cleveland Williams and Ponce de Leon share 1 common opponent: Sonny Liston. Ponce de Leon fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Sonny ListonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Leon?
This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Cleveland Williams and 3 bouts tracked for Ponce de Leon. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams97bouts

Leon3bouts

How They Win ↓

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