On January 2, 1957, Sugar Ray Robinson (139-4-2, 91 KOs), the middleweight The Ring champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Gene Fullmer (29-3, 11 KOs).
Sugar Ray Robinson is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Bob Provizzi, 1 month and 23 days ago. Gene Fullmer is on a 5-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round KO win over Moses Ward, 3 months and 11 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 96.1-3.9 in favor of Sugar Ray Robinson. Gene Fullmer won't be able to do much against Robinson.
Gene Fullmer defeated Sugar Ray Robinson via unanimous decision and wins the The Ring title — in his first world-title fight. Fullmer improves his record to 30-3, while Robinson adds a loss to his record at 139-5-2.