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) |
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]