Sugar Ray Robinson vs Gene Fullmer I
2nd January 1957 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA World Middleweight title 2nd defence in his 3rd reign by Robinson Robinson was a 65 favorite. There was a crowd of 18, 934. The gross gate was 194, 696 and the net gate was 166, 422. Robinson received 47 percent of the net gate, plus 60, 000 from television and radio. His total purse was 139, 050. Fullmer received 12 percent of the net gate, which was 20, 802. He didn t get any of the television and radio money.
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