Gene Fullmer (47-6-3, 15) was born in West Jordan, Utah, U.S. on July 21, 1931. At the age of 20 years on August 25, 1951, he made his professional boxing debut against Buddy Sloan, winning the fight via 2nd-round KO.
Fullmer's last fight was a middleweight world-title fight against Dick Tiger for Tiger's WBA and The Ring titles on August 10, 1963. He lost the fight via 7th-round retirement. He was on a 1-fight losing streak by his last fight.
Some of Gene Fullmer's best fights have been against Sugar Ray Robinson, Carmen Basilio, Joey Giardello, Benny Paret and Dick Tiger.
Fullmer has 6 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
56  | Aug 10, 1963 32 years 47-6-3 (15) | 33 years, 11 months 46-14-3 (21) | MD | 7 | RTD | LOSS For WBA, The Ring |
55 | Feb 23, 1963 31 years, 7 months 47-5-3 (15) | 33 years, 6 months 46-14-2 (21) | MD | 15 | PTS | DRAW For WBA |
54 | Oct 23, 1962 31 years, 3 months 47-5-2 (15) | 33 years, 2 months 45-14-2 (21) | MD | 15 | UD | LOSS Lost WBA |
53  | Dec 9, 1961 30 years, 4 months 47-4-2 (15) | 24 years, 8 months 35-10-3 (11) | MD | 10 | KO | WIN |
52 | Aug 5, 1961 30 years 46-4-2 (14) | Florentino Fernández | MD | 15 | SD | WIN |
51  | Mar 4, 1961 29 years, 7 months 45-4-2 (14) | 39 years, 10 months 143-8-3 (94) | MD | 15 | UD | WIN |
50 | Dec 3, 1960 29 years, 4 months 44-4-2 (14) | 39 years, 7 months 143-8-2 (94) | MD | 15 | PTS | DRAW |
49  | Jun 29, 1960 28 years, 11 months 44-4-1 (14) | 33 years, 2 months 54-14-7 (27) | MD | 12 | RTD | WIN |
48  | Apr 20, 1960 28 years, 8 months 43-4-1 (13) | 29 years, 9 months 81-18-6 (29) | MD | 15 | PTS | DRAW |
47 | Dec 4, 1959 28 years, 4 months 43-4 (13) | Spider Webb | MD | 15 | UD | WIN |
46 | Aug 28, 1959 28 years, 1 months 42-4 (13) | 32 years, 4 months 54-13-7 (27) | MD | 14 | TKO | WIN |
45 | Feb 20, 1959 27 years, 6 months 41-4 (12) | Wilf Greaves | 10 | MD | WIN | |
44 | Jan 9, 1959 27 years, 5 months 40-4 (12) | Milo Savage | 10 | UD | WIN | |
43 | Nov 10, 1958 27 years, 3 months 39-4 (12) | Joe Miceli | 2 | KO | WIN | |
42 | Sep 11, 1958 27 years, 1 months 38-4 (11) | Spider Webb | 10 | UD | WIN | |
41 | Jul 7, 1958 26 years, 11 months 37-4 (11) | Jim Hegerle | 10 | UD | WIN | |
40 | Mar 3, 1958 26 years, 7 months 36-4 (11) | Milo Savage | 10 | UD | WIN | |
39 | Nov 15, 1957 26 years, 3 months 35-4 (11) | Neal Rivers | 10 | MD | WIN | |
38 | Sep 4, 1957 26 years, 1 months 34-4 (11) | Chico Vejar | 10 | UD | WIN | |
37 | Jun 7, 1957 25 years, 10 months 33-4 (11) | Ralph Jones | 10 | UD | WIN | |
36 | May 1, 1957 25 years, 9 months 32-4 (11) | 35 years, 11 months 139-5-2 (91) | MD | 5 | KO | LOSS Lost The Ring |
35 | Feb 18, 1957 25 years, 6 months 32-3 (11) | Ernie Durando | 10 | UD | WIN | |
34 | Jan 28, 1957 25 years, 6 months 31-3 (11) | Wilf Greaves | 10 | UD | WIN | |
33 | Jan 2, 1957 25 years, 5 months 30-3 (11) | 35 years, 7 months 139-4-2 (91) | MD | 15 | UD | WIN Won The Ring |
32 | Sep 22, 1956 25 years, 2 months 29-3 (11) | Moses Ward | 3 | KO | WIN | |
31 | May 25, 1956 24 years, 10 months 28-3 (10) | Charles Humez | 10 | UD | WIN | |
30 | Apr 20, 1956 24 years, 8 months 27-3 (10) | Ralph Jones | 10 | UD | WIN | |
29 | Feb 17, 1956 24 years, 6 months 26-3 (10) | Gil Turner | 10 | SD | WIN | |
28 | Jan 4, 1956 24 years, 5 months 25-3 (10) | Rocky Castellani | 10 | SD | WIN | |
27 | Nov 25, 1955 24 years, 4 months 24-3 (10) | Eduardo Lausse | 10 | UD | LOSS | |
26 | Nov 25, 1955 24 years, 4 months 24-2 (10) | Bobby Boyd | 10 | UD | LOSS | |
25 | Sep 12, 1955 24 years, 1 months 24-1 (10) | Al Andrews | 10 | UD | WIN | |
24 | Jul 26, 1955 24 years 23-1 (10) | Del Flanagan | 10 | UD | WIN | |
23 | Jun 20, 1955 23 years, 10 months 22-1 (10) | Gil Turner | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
22 | Apr 4, 1955 23 years, 8 months 21-1 (10) | Gil Turner | 10 | UD | LOSS | |
21 | Mar 21, 1955 23 years, 8 months 21-0 (10) | Govan Small | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
20 | Feb 14, 1955 23 years, 6 months 20-0 (10) | Paul Pender | 10 | UD | WIN | |
19 | Jan 31, 1955 23 years, 6 months 19-0 (10) | Marcel Assire | 10 | UD | WIN | |
18 | Nov 15, 1954 23 years, 3 months 18-0 (10) | Peter Mueller | 10 | UD | WIN | |
17 | Nov 15, 1954 23 years, 3 months 17-0 (10) | Jackie LaBua | 10 | UD | WIN | |
16 | Aug 16, 1954 23 years 16-0 (10) | Dick Wolfe | 4 | KO | WIN | |
15 | Jul 29, 1954 23 years 15-0 (9) | Reno Abellira | 10 | UD | WIN | |
14 | Jul 12, 1954 22 years, 11 months 14-0 (9) | Govan Small | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
13 | Jul 12, 1954 22 years, 11 months 13-0 (9) | Rio Rico | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
12 | May 17, 1954 22 years, 9 months 12-0 (9) | Andy Anderson | 7 | RTD | WIN | |
11 | Apr 26, 1954 22 years, 9 months 11-0 (8) | Charley Cato | 1 | KO | WIN | |
10 | Feb 6, 1954 22 years, 6 months 10-0 (7) | Kid Leon | 1 | KO | WIN | |
9 | Sep 20, 1952 21 years, 1 months 9-0 (6) | Armando Cotero | 6 | UD | WIN | |
8 | Aug 8, 1952 21 years 8-0 (6) | Mickey Rhodes | 6 | KO | WIN | |
7 | Oct 17, 1951 20 years, 2 months 7-0 (5) | Baby Ray | 1 | KO | WIN | |
6 | Oct 10, 1951 20 years, 2 months 6-0 (4) | Rudy Zadell | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
5 | Oct 3, 1951 20 years, 2 months 5-0 (4) | Gary Hanley | 1 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Sep 25, 1951 20 years, 2 months 4-0 (3) | Garth Panter | 10 | MD | WIN | |
3 | Sep 14, 1951 20 years, 1 months 3-0 (3) | Sam Healy | 4 | KO | WIN | |
2 | Sep 7, 1951 20 years, 1 months 2-0 (2) | Charley Cato | 4 | KO | WIN | |
1 | Aug 25, 1951 20 years, 1 months 1-0 (1) | Buddy Sloan | 2 | KO | WIN |
