Don Fullmer (February 21, 1939 – January 28, 2012) was an American professional boxer and a brother of the former world middleweight champion

Gene Fullmer Lawrence Gene Fullmer (July 21, 1931 – April 27, 2015) was an American professional boxer and World Middleweight champion. Professional career Fullmer began his professional career in 1951 and won his first 29 fights, 19 by knockout. His mana ...

. Eight years younger than his more famous brother, Don followed Gene into the gym in West Jordan, Utah, to learn how to box. He fought as an amateur for four years and did not lose in sixty-five fights. Another brother, Jay, was also active in boxing.

Boxing career

Don turned professional in 1957 as a

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and beat some top contenders during his early career, such as Rocky Fumerelle, Rocky Rivero, and Joe DeNucci. However, he also lost to some good fighters, such as former champions

Terry Downes Terry Downes, BEM (9 May 1936 – 6 October 2017) was a British middleweight boxer, occasional film actor, and businessman. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style. At the time of his death, Downes was Brita ...

Dick Tiger Dick Tiger (born Richard Ihetu; August 14, 1929 – December 14, 1971) was a Nigerian-born professional boxer who held the undisputed middleweight and light-heavyweight championships. Tiger emigrated to Liverpool, England to pursue his b ...

José Torres José ("Chegüi") Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican-born American professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the junior middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he ...

and

Emile Griffith Emile Alphonse Griffith (February 3, 1938 – July 23, 2013) was a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who won world titles in three weight divisions. He held the world light middleweight, undisputed welterweight, and middleweight t ...

, as well as

Joey Archer Joey Archer (born February 11, 1938 in New York City, New York) is an American retired boxer. He defeated Sugar Ray Robinson in Robinson's final fight in 1965 (by unanimous decision) and fought Hall of Fame boxers such as Emile Griffith and Dick ...

. In 1964 he beat

Jimmy Ellis Jimmy Ellis may refer to: * Jimmy Ellis (boxer) (1940–2014), American boxer * Jimmy "Orion" Ellis (1945–1998), American singer * Jimmy "Preacher" Ellis (born 1935), American musician * Jimmy Ellis (1938–2012), lead singer of The Trammps * Ji ...

, who later went on to win the

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version of the

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championship. The win against Ellis began a winning streak for Fullmer and he went on to defeat Griffith and Archer in rematches. This streak ended when he lost to

Nino Benvenuti Giovanni "Nino" Benvenuti (born 26 April 1938) is an Italian former professional boxer and actor. He held world titles in two weight classes, having held the undisputed super-welterweight championship from June 1965 to June 1966 and the undispute ...

in Rome in 1966. Benvenuti went on to win the middleweight title, and after Fullmer beat Carl "Bobo" Olson he fought a rematch with Benvenuti for the title in 1968. He knocked the Italian down but lost a fifteen-round unanimous decision. While never a recognized world champion, Fullmer did win a bout billed as for the "World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship" when he defeated Joe Hopkins in 1967. This title was the precursor to the current

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championship. Few in the boxing world recognized the legitimacy of that title. Fullmer retired from the ring in 1973. In his retirement, he worked for the

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Fire Department. Along with his brothers, he ran the Fullmer Brothers boxing gym in West Jordan. The gym provided for kids to work out for free.

Death

Don Fullmer died of

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on January 28, 2012, aged 72. He and his wife, Nedra, had five sons.

Filmography

*'' The Devil's Brigade'' (1968) - The G.I.

Professional boxing record

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Virgil Akins Virgil Akins (March 10, 1928 – January 22, 2011) was an American boxer who won the Welterweight Championship of the World in 1958. Nicknamed ‘Honeybear’, Akins was the first World Champion boxer from St. Louis. Career Akins was born and d ...

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, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Andy Maes , PTS , 6 , 11/09/1958 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Chico Cirini , UD , 6 , 26/07/1958 , align=left,

Arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators ...

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Elmer Carter , PTS , 5 , 07/07/1958 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Cornell Olds , KO , 2 , 04/06/1958 , align=left, West Jordan Park,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Frank Fellsen , PTS , 6 , 19/04/1958 , align=left,

Springville, Utah Springville is a city in Utah County, Utah, Utah County, Utah that is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 35,268 in 2020, according to the United States Census. Springville is a bedroom community for commuters who work ...

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Cornell Olds , PTS , 6 , 05/04/1958 , align=left,

Cedar City, Utah Cedar City is the largest city in Iron County, Utah, United States. It is located south of Salt Lake City, and north of Las Vegas on Interstate 15. It is the home of Southern Utah University, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the Utah Summer Gam ...

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Elmer Carter , PTS , 5 , 03/03/1958 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Billy O'Neill , UD , 6 , 10/02/1958 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Armand Cadol , PTS , 6 , 01/02/1958 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Cornell Olds , TKO , 2 , 28/01/1958 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Johnny Hudson , KO , 1 , 04/09/1957 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Joe Mortenson , TKO , 3 , 02/08/1957 , align=left,

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References

External links

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Fullmer Brothers Boxing website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fullmer, Don 1939 births 2012 deaths Middleweight boxers Boxers from Utah People from West Jordan, Utah Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in Utah American male boxers