On December 9, 1961, Gene Fullmer (46-4-2, 14 KOs) and Benny Paret (35-10-3, 11 KOs) meet in the ring in a 15-round middleweight bout.
Gene Fullmer is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 26% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Florentino Fernández, 4 months and 4 days ago. Benny Paret is on a 1-fight win streak with a 22% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision win over Emile Griffith, 2 months and 9 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 97.5-2.5 in favor of Gene Fullmer. Benny Paret won't be able to do much against Fullmer.
Gene Fullmer stopped Benny Paret via KO in the 10th round. Fullmer improves his record to 47-4-2 (15 KOs), while Paret adds a loss to his record at 35-11-3.