- Professional heavyweight boxer from 1955 to 1961.
- Set a boxing record on January 11, 1960 by scoring 44 consecutive knockout victories; a record which still stands 45 years later.
- On December 1, 1958 in Bingham, Utah, he set a boxing record by knocking out 6 opponents in one night; this record still stands today.
- Scored 29 first round knockout wins.
- He was knocked out by Muhammad Ali at 1:27 of the 2nd round on April 19, 1961 at Freedom Hall in Louisville. He retired from boxing after the fight.
- Was undefeated in his first 47 fights, 44 by knockout.
- Knocked out future actor Tony Burton in 6 rounds in 1959.
- 44 consecutive knockout streak was ended by Bartolo Soni on April 8, 1960 when he was knocked out in 9 rounds.
- In the month of December 1958, he scored an amazing 11 knockout wins in a 26 day period.
- Compiled a boxing record of 47-3-1 with 45 wins by knockout.
- Fought 19-year-old Cassius Clay, a rising heavyweight, who would later change his name to Muhammad Ali. It was the sixth fight of Ali's pro career and - for the first time - he predicted the outcome. In what would become one his career trademarks, Ali declared that he would stop Clark in the second round, which is precisely what happened. Early in the second round at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ali broke Clark's nose with a straight right hand. In the next minute, Clark was knocked down twice before the referee halted the bout. It was Clark's last fight. He finished with a career record of 47-3-1, including 45 knockouts.
- In 1958, Clark made his first imprint on boxing history by knocking out six opponents in one night during a fight card at Bingham, Utah. In those bouts, Clark stopped John Lowd, Del Randall, Dick Pierce, Jack Read, Wayne Ennis and Tom Kidd. Only Ennis got out of the first round, and Clark knocked him out in the second.
- Capped his record-setting streak of 44 straight knockouts on Jan. 11, 1960, when he defeated Kenneth Hayden in the first round at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
- Was a Professional Wrestler.
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