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Muhammad Ali 218 lbs beat Floyd Patterson 188 lbs by RTD at 3:00 in round 7 of 12 Date: 1972-09-20 Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA NABF Heavyweight Title (4th defense by Ali) The unofficial AP scorecard - through 7 completed rounds - read 5-2 for Ali. Ali opened a cut above Patterson's left eye in the sixth round. Patterson's left eye was swollen shut by the end of the seventh round, and the fight was stopped. “Patterson is a great, great fighter. I thought he'd be nothing, but he surprised me. I didn't knock him out. I didn't get him on a TKO. All I did was close his eye.“ - Muhammad Ali after the fight
