Gene Fullmer
"The Utah Cyclone"
- Born
- 1931
- Died
- 2015
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1951–1963
A rugged middleweight who fought Sugar Ray Robinson four times.
Titles & Honours
- World Middleweight Champion (1957, 1959–1962)
Career Timeline
1951–1963- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Glen Peck · W KO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Jackie LaBua · UD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Sugar Ray Robinson
W UD · Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Title history
Title reign begins
World Middleweight Champion (1957, 1959–1962). Year from profile title history; exact title-winning bout not identified.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Carmen Basilio · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Carmen Basilio
W TKO · Cow Palace, Daly City, California, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Dick Tiger · L RTD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-06-09 | W | Glen Peck | KO | 1 | George Nelson Fieldhouse , Logan, Utah , U.S. |
| 1951-06-16 | W | Andy Jackson | KO | 1 | West Jordan, Utah , U.S. |
| 1951-06-23 | W | Gary Carr | KO | 3 | Midvale, Utah , U.S. |
| 1951-07-02 | W | Eddie Duffy | KO | 1 | Vernal, Utah , U.S. |
| 1951-07-09 | W | Eddie Duffy | KO | 2 | Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City, Utah , U.S. |
| 1951-07-16 | W | Lamar Peterson | KO | 1 | West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1951-08-01 | W | Carlos Martinez | TKO | 1 | Cow Palace , Daly City, California , U.S. |
| 1951-08-24 | W | Sam Healy | KO | 1 | Hurricane, Utah , U.S. |
| 1951-08-25 | W | Buddy Sloan | KO | 2 | Hurricane, Utah, U.S. |
| 1951-09-07 | W | Charley Cato | KO | 4 | West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1951-09-14 | W | Sam Healy | TKO | 4 | Uintah High School Gym, Vernal, Utah, U.S. |
| 1951-09-25 | W | Garth Panther | MD | 10 | Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 1951-10-03 | W | Gary Hanley | KO | 1 | West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1951-10-10 | W | Rudy Zadell | PTS | 6 | Forbes Field , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| 1951-10-17 | W | Baby Ray | KO | 1 | Vernal, Utah, U.S. |
| 1952-08-08 | W | Mickey Rhodes | KO | 6 | Ogden Stadium , Ogden, Utah , U.S. |
| 1952-09-20 | W | Armando Cotero | UD | 6 | Legion Stadium , Hollywood, California , U.S. |
| 1954-02-06 | W | Kid Leon | KO | 1 | West Jordan Junior High, West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1954-04-26 | W | Charley Cato | KO | 1 | Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 1954-05-17 | W | Andy Anderson | RTD | 7 | Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 1954-06-05 | W | Rio Rico | TKO | 1 | Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 1954-07-12 | W | Govan Small | PTS | 10 | West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1954-07-29 | W | Reno Abellira | UD | 10 | Arena, West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1954-08-16 | W | Dick Wolfe | KO | 4 | West Jordan Park, West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1954-11-08 | W | Jackie LaBua | UD | 10 | Eastern Parkway Arena , New York City, New York , U.S. |
| 1954-11-15 | W | Peter Müller | UD | 10 | Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1955-01-31 | W | Marcel Assire | UD | 10 | Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1955-02-14 | W | Paul Pender | UD | 10 | Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1955-03-21 | W | Govan Small | UD | 10 | Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 1955-04-04 | L | Gil Turner | UD | 10 | Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1955-06-20 | W | Gil Turner | PTS | 10 | West Jordan Park, West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1955-07-26 | W | Del Flanagan | UD | 10 | Civic Center , Butte, Montana , U.S. |
| 1955-09-12 | W | Al Andrews | UD | 10 | Ogden Stadium, Ogden, Utah, U.S. |
| 1955-09-28 | L | Bobby Boyd | UD | 10 | Chicago Stadium , Chicago, Illinois , U.S. |
| 1955-11-25 | L | Eduardo Lausse | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1956-01-04 | W | Rocky Castellani | SD | 10 | Cleveland Arena , Cleveland, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1956-02-17 | W | Gil Turner | SD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1956-04-20 | W | Ralph 'Tiger' Jones | UD | 10 | Public Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1956-05-25 | W | Charles Humez | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1956-09-22 | W | Moses Ward | KO | 3 | Arena, West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1957-01-02 | W | Sugar Ray Robinson | UD | 15 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1957-01-28 | W | Wilf Greaves | UD | 10 | Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 1957-02-18 | W | Wilf Greaves | UD | 10 | City Auditorium, Denver, Colorado , U.S. |
| 1957-05-01 | L | Sugar Ray Robinson | KO | 5 | Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1957-06-07 | W | Ralph 'Tiger' Jones | UD | 10 | Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1957-09-04 | W | Chico Vejar | UD | 10 | Arena, West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1957-11-15 | W | Neal Rivers | MD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1958-03-03 | W | Milo Savage | UD | 10 | Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 1958-07-07 | W | Jim Hegerle | UD | 10 | Arena, West Jordan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1958-09-11 | W | Ellsworth Webb | UD | 10 | Derks Field , Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 1958-11-10 | W | Joe Miceli | KO | 2 | Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 1959-01-09 | W | Milo Savage | UD | 10 | Freeman Coliseum , San Antonio, Texas , U.S. |
| 1959-02-20 | W | Wilf Greaves | MD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1959-08-28 | W | Carmen Basilio | TKO | 14 | Cow Palace, Daly City, California, U.S. |
| 1959-12-04 | W | Ellsworth Webb | UD | 15 | George Nelson Field House, Logan, Utah, U.S. |
| 1960-04-20 | D | Joey Giardello | SD | 15 | Montana St. College Fieldhouse, Bozeman, Montana , U.S. |
| 1960-06-29 | W | Carmen Basilio | TKO | 12 | Derks Field, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| 1960-12-03 | D | Sugar Ray Robinson | SD | 15 | Sports Arena , Los Angeles, California , U.S. |
| 1961-03-04 | W | Sugar Ray Robinson | UD | 15 | Convention Center , Las Vegas, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1961-08-05 | W | Florentino Fernández | SD | 15 | Ogden Stadium, Ogden, Utah, U.S. |
| 1961-12-09 | W | Benny Paret | KO | 10 | Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1962-10-23 | L | Dick Tiger | UD | 15 | Candlestick Park , San Francisco, California , U.S. |
| 1963-02-23 | D | Dick Tiger | SD | 15 | Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1963-08-10 | L | Dick Tiger | RTD | 7 | Liberty Stadium , Ibadan , Nigeria |
Showing 64 of 64 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-11. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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