Gene Fullmer upset Sugar Ray Leonard to win the middleweight championship. Fullmer also knocked out Carmen Basilio and had a great rivalry with Dick Tiger. Gene Fullmer had a rugged that took him all ...
The honor goes to Cuba’s Florentino Fernandez, a boxer famous for his fights with Gene Fullmer and Rubin Carter. The Cuban walked away from boxing in 1972 following a loss to Vernon Macintosh.