Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-03
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAV By FRANCIS STANN
Death of q Champion

Robinson whose skill and artistry capvated the country and
much of the continent of Europe. This still 1.-THE
and eyecachng as he awaited bell but who had begun
his professional boxing II years And he showed
it as the rounds stretched to eternity
Gene Fullmer Mormon Church elder and weder from
West Jordan Utah. never saw nor will the day he could
have beaten Robinson when good Even Sugar OF
wears ago. admitting that he slowing up could
have taken Fumer with The Utahan may be the
mddeweight champion of the world but his reign not
certain of being lengthy possibly not distinctive
He is club fighter, short-armed young man with
craggy body He has fine courage but
in other respects fauted Fumer can't punch
has he any style or deception
AS the capacity crowd of 1884 nched out of the exits
of Madison Square Garden last night man may have
summed it up pretty good when he said:
II hate real good fighter maybe the best OF his
era get all gored up like Robinson But all get old Full
grant you he took the best shots Sugars got left
crowd was strictly Robinsons'
FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE the fight Gus DAmato,
manager of Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson, was
talking the lobby 81 got to like Robinson he Sad but
you when fighter has his 37th birthday coming
up"
after what your old did to Archie Mooe} man
said, Il should think you'd be Fulmer man..
Its not the situation at ALL" DAmato replied
"Patterson potential much greater than FulmerS My
kid remarkably hands He shifty Fulmer leads
with Robinson anything left ought to take
him out AFTER ALL he hand picked Fuer as his challenger
mainly for this
But most of ALL" Gus on, Patterson punch.
know Archie very we'll studied him for long time
before made the title match for Floyd 1 realized that
Moore could drop opponent with either hand But
weighed oyd speed plus his punch For the last two weeks
of training worked nothing except defense. The
offenSe were certain Of"
looked good training" the said "but in
the ring he looked fat in the mdsecon Or maybe that
because seeing 40 42year-od standing up
to 81 -year-old kid"
I'm just say this much" DAmato retorted Right
the end of training in Chicago almost all the fighters used
the scales They would take shower and step the
scales AS the bar would steady and give the weight
they'd fling nobody could read For some reason
Moore didn't it this day. So read the scales-Archie
was only 172 and change in few days before
he fought Patterson"
WHEN THE FIGHTERS ENTERED the ring Fullmer,
looking starky pale against his black trunks given
desutory reception This sentimenally proRobnson
crowd although it about even money the betting
when the bell rang.
Fumer looked crude as he fenced with the Harlem
dancing master True to all DOPE straight at
Sugar and there had been day and time when that would
have been fatal And it fight perhaps until the
last three rounds.
There such things in Fulmers book combina-
lions of punches There weren Sugars The first
chance he got to work combination Fulmer in the
third Doggedy Gene shook them off and bued the champ
1t was dog, through the sixth round when
both fell at the bell and prang the lower of the ring
neceSSitang fractional delay and other repairs the
affair progressed In the seventh Robinson half knocked
later he counted to Six although Robinson appeared to
be up at two three
Then the old guy back with all guns, although the
power suspect On sheet he took the NINTH
18th and 18th rounds and it anybodys fight
The last three rounds told the story.
Twice in the 18th Fulmer appeared to hurt Ray with
little knowledge and less equipment to finish him. BY this
time RobinSonS left cut and he winked away the
blood best he could In the 4h the eopened
his face debonair and delicate became CORY mask the
final round Rays trunks red than white Every
punch he threw in desperation going long
ball
1T HAD BEEN SUGGESTED subtly that since Robinsons
socaed retirement in June of 952-and the subsequent
his facial features that him gamor
GUS for career dancer-that Sugar wouldn't take
bad head beating.
He took last night. Fullmer is muscle puncher.
That is he hasn't much snap his blows but he mauls and
being Short there times when his head handy
Mostly though he kept hitting Ray with his right and his
head being very impartial about it, With his left hand he
sort of rakes, like trying to anothers
gued-on eyeashes
He must have whacked the old pro- during the nghtng,
with 200 couts the left (oppostey ear,
which Robinson lucky to still have hanging at the end
"Rayll hear bells ringing for two days." rngsider
commented Then there's that left eye up I'll say
this for the guyhe could have down halfway
through it and nobody would have asked money back
And with this crowd and gate ($194,645), plus his go
per cent TV cut another amended I'D think Ray could
afford to have his ear fixed and his eye sewed"
Both OF them guys stranger broke in rudely, ought
to rematch themselves retire 1t heluva fight but
nobody was any good"