Cassius Clay vs. Jim Robinson

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]}

References

1. "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
2. Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. p. 37.
3. Felix Dennis and Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 54.
4. "Where have you gone, Mr. Robinson?". boston.com News. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
5. Michael Ezra (2009). Muhammad Ali:The Making of an Icon. Temple University Press. pp. 29–30.