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| | Fight Results - Preliminary Round 8 |
| | Fighter | Opponent | Result | Winner | Round |
| | Ezzard | Charles | vs | Joe | Walcott | KO | Walcott | 14 |
| | Fight dead even through 13 rounds; Walcott blasts away and stops Charles in 14th of must-win fight |
| | Mike | Tyson | vs | James J. | Braddock | UD | Tyson | 12 |
| | In desperate need of a win, Tyson earns one in a shortened fight, as a headbutt brings us to the cards early |
| | Michael | Spinks | vs | Hasim | Rahman | TKO | Spinks | 13 |
| | Spinks dominant early; gets knocked down out of nowhere in 4th, again in 5th; rallies back to floor Rahman |
| | in the 6th and 12th before stopping him on cuts; outlands Rahman 210-92 |
| | Michael | Moorer | vs | Max | Baer | D | None | 15 |
| | Moorer badly out of shape again; manages to eke out a draw. |
| | Buster | Douglas | vs | Ingemar | Johansen | UD | Johansen | 14 |
| | Johansen cut on headbutt in 14th; Close fight, but Ingemar outlasts Buster |
| | Joe | Frazier | vs | Jess | Willard | KO | Frazier | 2 |
| | Willard no match for the big left hook of Frazier |
| | Jack | Johnson | vs | James | Corbett | D | None | 15 |
| | Another Draw! Tough, competitive boxing match. Rematch on the way. |
| | Max | Schmeling | vs | Tommy | Burns | KO | Schmeling | 13 |
| | Schmeling consistent; wears down Burns and finishes him late |
| | Sonny | Liston | vs | Floyd | Patterson | TKO | Liston | 1 |
| | Liston blows out Patterson in 1 |
| | George | Foreman | vs | Gene | Tunney | UD | Foreman | 7 |
| | Cut over Tunney's eye forces early stoppage; Tuney outscores Foreman in 5 rounds, but judges don't see it that way! |
| | Jim | Jefferies | vs | Muhammed | Ali | UD | Ali | 15 |
| | Another great fight, but Ali has a bit to much for Jefferies this time |
| | Lennox | Lewis | vs | Evander | Holyfield | KO | Holyfield | 1 |
| | Shocking KO win as Holyfield crushes Lewis with perfect right hand! |
| | Marvin | Hart | vs | John L. | Sullivan | KO | Sullivan | 5 |
| | Down on all three cards, Sullivan comes up with a big punch, finally wins a fight |
| | Riddick | Bowe | vs | Primo | Carnera | KO | Bowe | 5 |
| | Carnera down 6 times, including 4 times in final round |
| | Joe | Louis | vs | Shannon | Briggs | KO | Louis | 5 |
| | Louis dominant, wins easily |
| | Jack | Dempsey | vs | Leon | Spinks | TKO | Dempsey | 3 |
| | Dempsey steamrolls the overmatched Leon |
| | Larry | Holmes | vs | Jack | Sharkey | UD | Holmes | 15 |
| | Good technical boxing match; back and forth fight until Sharkey goes down in 13th. |
| | Rocky | Marciano | vs | Bob | Fitzsimmons | KO | Marciano | 1 |
| | Marciano lands huge right hand, goes home early |
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