Sept. 11, 1964 - Dick Tiger (left), the former middleweight champion, hammered out a unanimous 10-round decision in Cleveland tonight over Don Fullmer in the last of the series of nationally televised fights.
Fullmer, the brother of the ex-middleweight champion, Gene, circled Tiger, but the Nigerian fighter scored heavily throughout the 10 rounds on left hooks to the head.
Tiger, continuing his comeback, carried the fight from the outset and constantly pressed the attack against the frantically back-pedaling Fullmer. At one point, Tiger, tired of the chase, simply dropped his arms and shrugged his shoulders in frustration.
Tiger, who had won the 160-pound crown from Gene Fullmer in 1962, brought blood from Fullmer’s nose in the eighth with a hard left.
Tiger weighed 164¾ pounds to Fullmer’s 162¾. A crowd of only 1,796 paid $5,314 at Cleveland Arena.
There were no knockdowns, but Tiger forced Fullmer halfway through the ropes in the sixth round, and Fullmer slipped to the canvas in the ninth and 10th rounds.
The bout ended the 20-year continuity of televised boxing that started with the second Willie Pep-Chalky Wright title match at Madison Square Garden on Sept. 29, 1944.
Tiger’s victory earned him a bout with Joey Archer of New York at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 16.
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