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Tuesday 25, May 1965
Central Maine Civic Center, Lewiston, Maine, USA
Promoter: Sam Michael, Robert Nilon
Heavy: Sonny Liston 215¼ 35-2-0 LKO 1/15 Muhammad Ali 206 20-0-0
World Boxing Council World Heavy Title
Attendance: 2, 434
Heavy: Rahman Ali 186 2-0-0 WKO 2/10 Buster Reed 174½ debut
Time: 0:58 Reed’s very 1st fight (had never fought as Amateur or Professional)
Amos Lincoln 31-7-1 WKO 1/10 Abe Davis 5-21-1
Mel Turnbow 203 5-1-0 WPTS 6/6 Cody Jones 209 12-6-2
Heavy Mike Bruce 192½ 3-0-0 WPTS 6/6 Abe Brown 206½ 0-1-0
Light heavy Jimmy Ellis 176 15-5-0 WTKO 1/? Joe Blackwood 175 66-23-9