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Gene Fullmer

55 6 3
24 KOs 2 KOs
division middle
status inactive
bouts 64
rounds 508
KOs 43.64%
career 1951-1963
debut 1951-06-16

ID# 009707
birth name Lawrence Gene Fullmer
sex male
alias Cyclone
nationality USA
stance orthodox
height 5′ 8″   /   173cm
reach 69″   /   175cm
residence West Jordan, Utah, USA
birth place West Jordan, Utah, USA
followers
20

Box-pro 64 bouts

datew-l-dlast 6result
1963-08-10 Dick Tiger 46 14 3
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
L-RTD
3:00    ref: Jack Hart

Fullmer's manager Merv Jensen asked to have the bout stopped after the seventh.
1963-02-23 Dick Tiger 46 14 2
Convention Center, Las Vegas
D-SD
ref: Vern Bybee 69-69   Pat Diskin 67-71   John Romero 70-68

1962-10-23 Dick Tiger 45 14 2
Candlestick Park, San Francisco
L-UD
ref: Frankie Carter 1-10   Vern Bybee 5-7   Jack Downey 5-9

1961-12-09 Benny Kid Paret 35 10 3
Convention Center, Las Vegas
W-KO
2:30    ref: Harold Krause 42-39   John Romero 42-39   Bill Stremmell 43-34

Paret down three times in 10th
1961-08-05 Florentino
Fernandez		 30 2 0
Ogden Stadium, Ogden
W-SD
ref: Ken Shulsen 145-142   Norman Jorgensen 148-140   Del Markham 143-145

Fullmer fractured his elbow during the fight
1961-03-04 Ray Robinson 144 8 3
Convention Center, Las Vegas
W-UD
ref: Frankie Carter 70-66   Jack Tighe 70-67   David Zenoff 70-64

1960-12-03 Ray Robinson 144 8 2
Sports Arena, Los Angeles
D-SD
ref: Tommy Hart 4-11   Lee Grossman 9-5   George Latka 8-8

1960-06-29 Carmen Basilio 54 14 7
Derks Field, Salt Lake City
W-TKO
ref: Pete Giacoma 108-102   Del Markham 108-102   Bob Yocom 109-101

1960-04-20 Joey Giardello 80 18 6
Montana St. College Fieldhouse, Bozeman
D-SD
ref: Harry Kessler 142-144   Jay Evans 145-142   Billy McFarland 145-145

1959-12-04 Spider Webb 33 4 0
George Nelson Field House, Logan
W-UD
ref: Ken Shulsen 147-141   Del Markham 148-138   Boyd Mattinson 150-132

1959-08-28 Carmen Basilio 54 13 7
Cow Palace, Daly City
W-TKO
0:39    ref: Jack Downey 128-119   Fred Bottaro 129-121   Jack Silver 125-121

1959-02-20 Wilf Greaves 27 9 1
Madison Square Garden, New York
W-MD
ref: Harry Kessler 5-4   Nick Gamboli 5-5   Jack Gordon 6-4
Fullmer sustained a broken jaw keeping him out of the ring for six months.
1959-01-09 Milo Savage 42 43 9
Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio
W-UD
ref: Leonard Zuniga 98-95   Jack Avalon 100-91   Charles Grace 98-94
1958-11-10 Joe Miceli 58 33 8
Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City
W-KO
0:38    ref: Ken Shulsen
Miceli was down twice in the 1st, and once again for the count on a right hand in the 2nd
1958-09-11 Spider Webb 29 3 0
Derks Field, Salt Lake City
W-UD
ref: Harry Kessler 96-94   Vern Bybee 97-95   Frankie Carter 97-93
1958-07-07 Jim Hegerle 28 10 2
Arena, West Jordan
W-UD
ref: Ken Shulsen 49-41   Del Markham 50-39   Bob Yocom 50-40
1958-03-03 Milo Savage 42 39 9
Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City
W-UD
ref: Ken Shulsen 49-44   Del Markham 50-41   Bob Yocom 49-42
1957-11-15 Neal Rivers 36 5 2
Madison Square Garden, New York
W-MD
ref: Mark Conn 6-4   Artie Aidala 6-3   Bill Recht 4-4
1957-09-04 Chico Vejar 74 11 2
Arena, West Jordan
W-UD
ref: Ken Shulsen 49-42   Del Markham 47-41   Bob Yocom 50-38
Vejar was down in the 3rd
1957-06-07 Ralph Jones 44 17 4
Chicago Stadium, Chicago
W-UD
ref: Joey White 49-46   Frank Clark 49-44   Howard Walsh 48-43
1957-05-01 Ray Robinson 140 5 2
Chicago Stadium, Chicago
L-KO
1:27    ref: Frank Sikora   Frank Clark   Jim McManus

1957-02-18 Ernie Durando 46 22 4
City Auditorium, Denver
W-UD
ref: Ray Keech 50-45   Joe Sauer 50-41   Jack Ullmer 50-42
1957-01-28 Wilf Greaves 11 4 1
Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City
W-UD
ref: Ken Shulsen 9-0   Del Markham 6-3   Bob Yocom 8-1
1957-01-02 Ray Robinson 140 4 2
Madison Square Garden, New York
W-UD
ref: Ruby Goldstein 8-5   Harold Barnes 9-6   Frank Forbes 10-5

1956-09-22 Moses Ward 22 15 2
Arena, West Jordan
W-KO
1956-05-25 Charles Humez 83 5 1
Madison Square Garden, New York
W-UD
ref: Mark Conn 7-3   Artie Aidala 7-2   Leo Birnbaum 6-4
1956-04-20 Ralph Jones 39 15 3
Public Hall, Cleveland
W-UD
ref: Lou Parker 97-94   Charley Bill 96-95   George Sherman 97-89
1956-02-17 Gil Turner 50 10 1
Madison Square Garden, New York
W-SD
ref: Petey Della 5-3   Harold Barnes 3-6   Leo Birnbaum 6-5
Birnbaum scored the bout 5-5 in rounds, but scored 6-5 for Fullmer in the supplemental scoring.
1956-01-04 Rocky Castellani 65 9 6
Arena, Cleveland
W-SD
ref: Lou Palmer 97-94   Charley Bill 92-95   Herb Williams 96-92
1955-11-25 Eduardo Lausse 63 6 1
Madison Square Garden, New York
L-UD
ref: Mark Conn 3-7   Joe Agnello 3-7   Bert Grant 3-6
Fullmer was down in the 8th.
1955-09-28 Bobby Boyd 34 6 2
Chicago Stadium, Chicago
L-UD
ref: Tony Zale 96-97   Lou Caparelli 94-96   Harold Marovitz 94-97

1955-09-12 Al Andrews 35 13 2
Ogden Stadium, Ogden
W-UD
ref: Ken Shulsen 8-0   Del Markham 8-0   Bob Yocom 8-1
1955-07-26 Del Flanagan 73 9 2
Civic Center, Butte
W-UD
ref: Jim Braddock 98-91   Ray Cote 98-95   Emmett McCormick 100-95
1955-06-20 Gil Turner 48 7 1
West Jordan Park, West Jordan
W-PTS
ref: Jim Braddock 5-3
The location of this fight is sometimes incorrectly given as Salt Lake City.
1955-04-04 Gil Turner 47 7 0
Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn
L-UD
ref: Mark Conn 2-8   Bert Grant 3-7   Arthur Schwartz 3-6
1955-03-21 Govan Small 9 5 4
Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City
W-UD
ref: 10-0    10-0    9-0
1955-02-14 Paul Pender 25 4 2
Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn
W-UD
ref: Ray Miller 6-4   Bert Grant 7-3   Bill Recht 5-3
1955-01-31 Marcel Assire 21 4 5
Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn
W-UD
ref: Al Berl 9-0¼   Charlie Rosen 8-1   Americo Schiavone 10-0¼
1954-11-15 Peter Mueller 63 8 11
Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn
W-UD
ref: Petey Scalzo 8-1   Jerry Carnegie 8-1   Americo Schiavone 6-4
1954-11-08 Jackie LaBua 23 5 0
Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn
W-UD
ref: George Walsh 8-1   Joe Agnello 7-2   Bert Grant 8-2
1954-08-16 Dick Wolfe 50 26 30
West Jordan Park, West Jordan
W-KO
1:27    
Wolfe was down twice in the 4th round.
1954-07-29 Reno Abellira 16 2 0
Arena, West Jordan
W-UD
1954-07-12 Govan Small 8 3 4
West Jordan
W-PTS
1954-06-05 Rio Rico 6 7 1
Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City
W-TKO
1954-05-17 Andy Anderson 22 19 7
Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City
W-RTD
Anderson's corner would not let him continue after the 7th round. Anderson suffered a bad cut in the 7th round.
1954-04-26 Charley Cato 34 35 8
Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City
W-KO
1:43    
Cato down twice for eight-counts before the knockout blow.
1954-02-06 Kid Leon 25 19 8
West Jordan Junior High, West Jordan
W-KO
1952-09-20 Armando Cotero 7 8 0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood
W-UD
1952-08-08 Mickey Rhodes 12 6 2
Ogden Stadium, Ogden
W-KO
1951-10-17 Baby Ray debut
Vernal
W-KO
1951-10-10 Rudy Zadell 19 38 3
Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
W-PTS
1951-10-03 Gary Hanley debut
West Jordan
W-KO
1951-09-25 Garth Panter 28 5 1
Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City
W-MD
1951-09-14 Sam Healy 1 11 1
Uintah High School Gym, Vernal
W-TKO
Healy down four times before the bout was stopped.
1951-09-07 Charley Cato 31 27 8
West Jordan
W-KO
1951-08-25 Buddy Sloan 18 20 4
Hurricane
W-KO
1951-08-24 Sam Healy 1 10 1
Hurricane
W-KO
1951-08-01 Carlos Martinez 5 2 4
Cow Palace, Daly City
W-TKO
1951-07-16 Lamar Peterson debut
West Jordan
W-KO
1951-07-09 Eddie Duffy 0 1 0
Fairgrounds Coliseum, Salt Lake City
W-KO
1951-07-02 Eddie Duffy debut
Vernal
W-KO
1951-06-23 Gary Carr debut
Midvale
W-KO
1951-06-16 Andy Jackson debut
West Jordan
W-KO
1951-06-09 Glen Peck 0 3 2
George Nelson Field House, Logan
W-KO
1:52    
Peck went down three times in the round.
Fullmer's pro debut, per Deseret News
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