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| | Fight Results - Preliminary Round 6 |
| | Fighter | Opponent | Result | Winner | Round |
| | Lennox | Lewis | vs | Tommy | Burns | TKO | Lewis | 8 |
| | Burns drops Lewis in the 2nd, but Lennox picks himself up and takes Burns apart. |
| | George | Foreman | vs | Ezzard | Charles | UD | Foreman | 15 |
| | Charles outpunches Big George, but goes down 3 times, loses decision by wide margin |
| | Riddick | Bowe | vs | Bob | Fitzsimmons | KO | Bowe | 10 |
| | Fitz is game in this terrific brawl, but Bowe is just too big and strong. Bowe busted up, Fitz down in 7, down |
| | and out in 10. |
| | Jim | Jefferies | vs | Jack | Sharkey | KO | Jefferies | 14 |
| | Sharkey tough earluy, but wears down. Tireless Jefferies keeps coming until he scores the KO |
| | Max | Schmeling | vs | Hasim | Rahman | KO | Schmeling | 5 |
| | Rahman never competitive; easy KO for Mad Max |
| | Sonny | Liston | vs | James J. | Braddock | UD | Liston | 15 |
| | Tough fight; Braddock gives it his all, but Liston is simply too much for him |
| | Joe | Louis | vs | Joe | Walcott | UD | Louis | 15 |
| | Louis too much for Jersey Joe; Walcott down in 13th and 15th |
| | Jack | Dempsey | vs | Max | Baer | TKO | Dempsey | 5 |
| | Dempsey simply dominates |
| | Larry | Holmes | vs | Mike | Tyson | TKO | Holmes | 3 |
| | Holmes' jab causes serious swelling; Tyson continues to disappoint |
| | Muhammed | Ali | vs | Ingemar | Johansen | UD | Ali | 15 |
| | Toonder and Lightening! Ali dropped in the 2nd, again in the 6th and 7th. But Ingemar dropped 3 times as |
| | well; game but not talented enough. |
| | Rocky | Marciano | vs | James | Corbett | TKO | Marciano | 13 |
| | Marciano simply too much for Corbett |
| | Jack | Johnson | vs | Joe | Frazier | MD | Johnson | 15 |
| | Great back and forth fight; Johnson builds early lead; Frazier rallies in the middle rounds; Johnson wins final |
| | three rounds to pull it out. |
| | Evander | Holyfield | vs | Michael | Moorer | TKO | Holyfield | 5 |
| | Moorer finally shows up in shape, but loses on cuts. Holyfield looks great |
| | Gene | Tunney | vs | Buster | Douglas | UD | Tunney | 15 |
| | Douglas down twice; Tunney brilliant |
| | Michael | Spinks | vs | Marvin | Hart | UD | Spinks | 15 |
| | Spinks dominant; outboxes Hart with ease. |
| | Floyd | Patterson | vs | Shannon | Briggs | KO | Patterson | 3 |
| | Patterson catches Briggs with a huge right hand and closes the show early |
| | Leon | Spinks | vs | Primo | Carnera | UD | Spinks | 10 |
| | Cut in 10th forces stoppage; Leon well ahead on cards in boring fight. |
| | John L. | Sullivan | vs | Jess | Willard | DQ | Willard | 5 |
| | Sullivan Dq'ed AGAIN! Can't keep his punches up. |
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