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Word: fullmer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nsukka." The odds makers decided that the muscular Igbo tribesman was only half kidding. Last week, as he stepped into the outdoor ring at San Francisco's chilly Candlestick Park, Tiger was a 1-2 favorite to beat one of boxing's most durable champions: Middleweight Gene Fullmer, 31, the brawling, broken-nosed Mormon elder who won his title back in 1959, has successfully defended it seven times since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Clawed by a Tiger | 11/2/1962 | See Source »

...condition to leave the ring. In a rematch last July, Paret regained the championship with an unpopular 15-round decision; at the end, his eyes were swollen shut and blood was streaming from his mouth. Then, stepping out of his class, Paret took on free-swinging Middleweight Champion Gene Fullmer last December...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Magnified by TV | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

Fight of the Week (ABC, 10 p.m. to conclusion). World Middleweight Champion Gene Fullmer defends his title against five-time Titleholder Sugar Ray Robinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Mar. 3, 1961 | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

Fight of the Week (ABC, 10 p.m. to conclusion). N.B.A. Middleweight Champion Gene Fullmer defends against what is left of four-time former Titlist Sugar Ray Robinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Dec. 5, 1960 | 12/5/1960 | See Source »

Fight of the Week (ABC, 10 p.m. to end). Incumbent Gene Fullmer v. Challenger Sugar Ray Robinson for the middleweight championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: CINEMA | 10/10/1960 | See Source »

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