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| | Fight Results - Preliminary Round 10 |
| | Fighter | Opponent | Result | Winner | Round |
| | Marvin | Hart | vs | Leon | Spinks | D | None | 15 |
| | Hart loses point in 15th, costing him opportunity for his only victory |
| | Shannon | Briggs | vs | John L. | Sullivan | DQ | Briggs | 3 |
| | Sullivan just can't help himself, keeps going downstairs |
| | Hasim | Rahman | vs | Primo | Carnera | KO | Rahman | 6 |
| | Rahman has an easy time with Da Preem |
| | Ezzard | Charles | vs | James J. | Braddock | D | None | 1 |
| | Braddock cut in 1st, forcing stoppage |
| | James | Corbett | vs | Floyd | Patterson | MD | Patterson | 15 |
| | Patterson down three times early, but outboxes Corbett badly to earn win |
| | Bob | Fitzsimmons | vs | Tommy | Burns | KO | Burns | 5 |
| | Burns outboxed in early rounds, but comes out strong in the fifth, hurting and finishing Ruby Robert |
| | Michael | Spinks | vs | Jack | Sharkey | UD | Sharkey | 13 |
| | Cut over Sharkey's eye forces early stoppage; Sharkey wins technical battle with ease |
| | Jess | Willard | vs | Max | Baer | DQ | Willard | 3 |
| | Willard improves to a shocking 4-6 with 2nd DQ win |
| | George | Foreman | vs | Jack | Johnson | TKO | Johnson | 12 |
| | Foreman up big early, but he wears down; Johnson takes over by the 10th, punishes Foreman until swelling takes its toll |
| | Riddick | Bowe | vs | Gene | Tunney | UD | Tunney | 15 |
| | Tunney dominates early, then holds on for the victory |
| | Joe | Louis | vs | Jim | Jefferies | TKO | Louis | 1 |
| | Louis is awesome, blitzing Big Jim to become only undefeated fighter in prelims |
| | Max | Schmeling | vs | Rocky | Marciano | TKO | Marciano | 13 |
| | Marciano busts up Schmeling, wears him down, and stops him in 13 |
| | Sonny | Liston | vs | Muhammed | Ali | UD | Ali | 15 |
| | Ali puts Liston down twice, controls fight from bell to bell |
| | Larry | Holmes | vs | Evander | Holyfield | TKO | Holmes | 14 |
| | Holmes just jabs, jabs, jabs Holyfield into submission, dominating the cards and stopping the fight on swelling |
| | Lennox | Lewis | vs | Jack | Dempsey | UD | Dempsey | 15 |
| | Lewis up early, but goes down in 10th, 11th, and 12th. Dempsey cruises from there. |
| | Joe | Frazier | vs | Ingemar | Johansen | TKO | Frazier | 3 |
| | Smokin' Joe wraps up a spot in the Tourney with big win |
| | Michael | Moorer | vs | Buster | Douglas | DQ | Douglas | 4 |
| | Moorer makes a fatal mistake, and fouls himself right out of the championship Tourney. Buster wins by DQ for 2nd straight time |
| | Joe | Walcott | vs | Mike | Tyson | UD | Tyson | 15 |
| | Tyson comes up big when he needs to, flooring Walcott twice late --Tyson makes tourney by a single point! |
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