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| | Fight Results - Preliminary Round 5 |
| | Fighter | Opponent | Result | Winner | Round |
| | George | Foreman | vs | Mike | Tyson | TKO | Foreman | 4 |
| | Foreman is as good as you can be. Flattens Tyson in the 1st, batters him until the inevitable stoppage. |
| | Tyson never in the fight |
| | Sonny | Liston | vs | James | Corbett | UD | Liston | 15 |
| | Corbett hurt in 2nd, down in 3rd, hurt again in 5th; survives. Nailes Liston with a perfect punch in 10th, gets |
| | a 9 count, but Liston recovers and cruises to win |
| | Max | Schmeling | vs | Joe | Frazier | UD | Schmeling | 13 |
| | Drazier down in 3rd, 8th, way behind. Both fighter go to war in late rounds. Max down, almost out in 12th. |
| | In 13th, headbutt causes a cut on Frazier, and we go to the cards. Max has wide margin |
| | Jack | Dempsey | vs | Michael | Moorer | KO | Dempsey | 4 |
| | Moorer arrives in horrible shape; Dempsey makes him pay |
| | Larry | Holmes | vs | Buster | Douglas | TKO | Holmes | 7 |
| | Typical Holmes - surgical, efficient, and boring. The jab busts up Buster, forces stoppage on swelling |
| | Joe | Louis | vs | Gene | Tunney | TKO | Louis | 8 |
| | Louis starts well, but a wild right hand floors him in the 4th. Continues to land uppercuts; Tunney swells up |
| | and loses by TKO |
| | Jack | Johnson | vs | Rocky | Marciano | TKO | Marciano | 10 |
| | Rocky turns it into a brawl, busts up Johnson. Crushing right hand sends Johnson down in 10th; swelling |
| | stops it |
| | Muhammed | Ali | vs | Evander | Holyfield | UD | Ali | 15 |
| | Ali drops Holyfield twice in 5th, again in 6th. Holy rallies back to hurt Ali several times, but goes down again |
| | in 12th and 13th |
| | Max | Baer | vs | John L. | Sullivan | DQ | Baer | 3 |
| | Sullivan Dq'd for Rabbit punching! |
| | Floyd | Patterson | vs | Bob | Fitzsimmons | TKO | Fitzsimmons | 7 |
| | Very close fight until Fitz lands huge right hand, dropping Patterson. Moves in for the kill and finishes him. |
| | Primo | Carnera | vs | Michael | Spinks | KO | Spinks | 7 |
| | Primo gets battered yet again; down and out in the 7th |
| | Leon | Spinks | vs | Jack | Sharkey | TKO | Sharkey | 10 |
| | Close fight until 9th. Sharkey drops Spinks and busts him open. Stops him in 10 |
| | Shannon | Briggs | vs | Tommy | Burns | UD | Burns | 15 |
| | Burns controls the action in an uneventful fight |
| | Ingemar | Johansen | vs | Jess | Willard | TKO | Johansen | 5 |
| | Willard down in 4th; Down and out in 5th |
| | Marvin | Hart | vs | Hasim | Rahman | DQ | Rahman | 14 |
| | Hart, well down on all three cards, looks for the easy way out and finds it |
| | Lennox | Lewis | vs | Ezzard | Charles | TKO | Lewis | 12 |
| | Charles down in 1st, rallies back but tires. Down twice in 12th as Lewis closes the show |
| | Jim | Jefferies | vs | James J. | Braddock | TKO | Jefferies | 12 |
| | Braddock very tough early, but tires. Jefferies just keeps working, he never tires. Floors and finishes |
| | Braddock in 12 |
| | Riddick | Bowe | vs | Joe | Walcott | TKO | Bowe | 14 |
| | Bowe shows up fat; Walcott look greart early, Bowe rallies. Bowe down in 12th, but Walcott starts to swell |
| | up bad in 13th - swelling forces stoppage in 14, with Jersey Joe slightly ahead |
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