Gene Fullmer Losses

Gene Fullmer had six losses in his professional boxing career of 56 fights — three of them in world-title fights and three in non-title fights. Two of these losses came via way of KO. Here is the complete list of Fullmer's losses in reverse chronological order:
  • 1.

    Gene Fullmer loses to Dick Tiger in their 3rd fight

    On August 10, 1963, Gene Fullmer and Dick Tiger met again in an immediate rematch.

    Fullmer came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 27% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 18 days. Tiger was on a 0-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 18 days.

    Gene Fullmer refused to continue the fight in the 7th round, and Dick Tiger is crowned the new WBA and The Ring middleweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed middleweight world champion. Tiger improves his record to 47-14-3 (22 KOs), while Fullmer adds a loss to his record at 47-6-3.

  • 2.

    Gene Fullmer loses to Dick Tiger in their 1st fight

    On October 23, 1962, the 31-year-old WBA middleweight world champion, Gene Fullmer (47-4-2, 15 KOs), faced a 33-year-old Nigerian boxer Dick Tiger (45-14-2, 21 KOs), in a title defense fight.

    Fullmer came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 14 days. Tiger was on a 7-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 23 days.

    Dick Tiger defeated Gene Fullmer via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. Tiger improves his record to 46-14-2, while Fullmer adds a loss to his record at 47-5-2.

  • 3.

    Gene Fullmer loses to Sugar Ray Robinson in their 2nd fight

    On May 1, 1957, Gene Fullmer and Sugar Ray Robinson met again in a rematch.

    Fullmer came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 13 days. Robinson was on a -1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 29 days.

    In the rematch, Sugar Ray Robinson stopped the champion via KO in the 5th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new The Ring middleweight champion. Robinson improves his record to 140-5-2 (92 KOs), while Fullmer adds a loss to his record at 32-4.

  • 4.

    Gene Fullmer loses to Eduardo Lausse

    On November 25, 1955, a 24-year-old Gene Fullmer (24-2, 10 KOs) and Eduardo Lausse met in the ring.

    Fullmer came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 38% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of .

    Gene Fullmer lost to Eduardo Lausse via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 24-3.

  • 5.

    Gene Fullmer loses to Bobby Boyd

    On November 25, 1955, a 24-year-old Gene Fullmer (24-1, 10 KOs) and Bobby Boyd met in the ring.

    Fullmer came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 13 days.

    Gene Fullmer lost to Bobby Boyd via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 24-2.

  • 6.

    Gene Fullmer loses to Gil Turner in their 1st fight

    On April 4, 1955, a 23-year-old Gene Fullmer (21-0, 10 KOs) and Gil Turner met in the ring.

    Fullmer came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 14 days.

    Gene Fullmer lost to Gil Turner via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 21-1.

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