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| | Fight Results - Preliminary Round 7 |
| | Fighter | Opponent | Result | Winner | Round |
| | Shannon | Briggs | vs | Marvin | Hart | KO | Briggs | 11 |
| | Briggs finally gets a win, knocking Hart flat |
| | Ingemar | Johansen | vs | Floyd | Patterson | SD | Johansen | 15 |
| | Classic battle! Johansen down in second; rallies back to dominate middle rounds, flooring Patterson twice in sixth; Patterson rallies back to take final 2 rounds - scores 141-140, 140-142, 142-139 |
| | Joe | Walcott | vs | James J. | Braddock | td | None | 1 |
| | Braddock cut on headbutt in 1st |
| | Michael | Spinks | vs | Hasim | Rahman | td | None | 3 |
| | Spinks cut in 3rd; second straight TD on the card |
| | Max | Baer | vs | Leon | Spinks | KO | Baer | 6 |
| | Even fight until 6th, when Baer lands huge right hand to end it in a hurry |
| | James | Corbett | vs | Jess | Willard | KO | Willard | 10 |
| | Willard pulls a shocking upset; controls the fight, floors Corbett twice in 10th to stop him |
| | Michael | Moorer | vs | Bob | Fitzsimmons | KO | Fitzsimmons | 5 |
| | Moorer continues slide; Down on all three cards, Fitzsimmons comes up huge in 5th, flooring Moorer 3 times en route to KO |
| | Buster | Douglas | vs | Jack | Sharkey | KO | Sharkey | 11 |
| | Douglas dominant for most of fight, but Sharkey scores KD in 8th, 9th, and then the coup de grace in round 11 |
| | Joe | Frazier | vs | Tommy | Burns | TKO | Frazier | 9 |
| | Frazier controls the fight from the opening bell; scores easy TKO |
| | Mike | Tyson | vs | Ezzard | Charles | UD | Charles | 15 |
| | Charles too slick for Tyson; Iron Mike drops third straight |
| | Max | Schmeling | vs | Jack | Dempsey | TKO | Dempsey | 5 |
| | Dempsey awesome; floors Scmeling in 3rd, 4th. Schmeling's right eye swollen shut by the 5th |
| | Riddick | Bowe | vs | Jack | Johnson | KO | Bowe | 2 |
| | Johnson too slick early, easily outboxing Bowe. Late in the second, Johnson walks into a straight right and crumbles |
| | George | Foreman | vs | Gene | Tunney | D | None | 15 |
| | Tremndous fight. Tunney dances and jabs around Foreman, wearing him down, while Foreman lands the big punches. Foreman down in 12th, but Tunney is too conservative in closing rounds and has to settle for a draw |
| | Lennox | Lewis | vs | Evander | Holyfield | D | None | 15 |
| | Holyfield strong early, but tires. Lewis down in 8th; Holyfield down and in trouble in 12, turns it around with stunning late KD. Lewis wins final three rounds to eke out majority draw. Rematch forthcoming |
| | Larry | Holmes | vs | Sonny | Liston | MD | Liston | 15 |
| | Liston walks into a punch and goes down in 4th; Holmes down in 6th. Holmes nearly finished in 7th but rallies back to hurt Liston - Round of the year! Fight even after 12 - Liston slips by with strong finish |
| | Jim | Jefferies | vs | Muhammed | Ali | D | None | 15 |
| | 5th draw of the night!!!!! Ali, down on 2 of 3 cards, has great 15th round to pull even and force a majority draw. Jefferies once again keeps coming for the full 15. |
| | Joe | Louis | vs | Rocky | Marciano | TKO | Louis | 9 |
| | Marciano can't get into rhythm; Louis punishes him with speedy punches; Marciano's right eye swells shut, forcing stoppage in the 9th. |
| | Primo | Carnera | vs | John L. | Sullivan | FORFEIT | Carnera | 1 |
| | Carnera awarded forfeit due to suspension of Sullivan |
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