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.
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.
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.
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 an loss to his record at 24-3.
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 an loss to his record at 24-2.
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 an loss to his record at 21-1.