Cassius Clay (soon Muhammad Ali) fought Jim Robinson in a boxing match at Miami Beach Convention Center on February 7, 1961. Clay won the fight through a technical knockout when the referee stopped the fight in the first round. Robinson was a last minute replacement for another fighter who was supposed to fight Clay on the night of the fight; this was Robinson's second professional boxing match.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Date | February 2, 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Clay won by KO in 1st round (1:34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 37.
- ^ Felix Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 54.
- ^ "Where have you gone, Mr. Robinson?". boston.com News. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Michael Ezra (2009). Muhammad Ali:The Making of an Icon. Temple University Press. pp. 29–30.
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