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 6-5 favorite. There was a crowd of 18,934. The gross gate was $194,696 and the net gate was $166,422. Robinson received 47½ percent of the net gate, plus $60,000 from television and radio. His total purse was $139,050. Fullmer received 12½ percent of the net gate, which was $20,802. He didn’t get any of the television and radio money.