Cassius Clay vs. Jim Robinson

Boxing competition

Date

February 2, 1961

Venue

Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida

Tale of the tape

Boxer	Cassius Clay	Jim Robinson
Nickname		Sweet Jimmy
Hometown	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Pre-fight record	3-0	4-4
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	194 lb (88 kg)	177 lb (80 kg)
Style	Orthodox	Orthodox

Result

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]

References

^ "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.

Muhammad Ali

Fights

Media

Docu films and series	Whicker's World (1967 episode) a.k.a. Cassius Clay (1970) Facing Ali (2009) When Ali Came to Ireland (2012) The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013) I Am Ali (2014) Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century (2019 episode) What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019) Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021) Muhammad Ali (2021 series)