Sugar Ray Robinson vs Randy Turpin II
Polo Grounds, New York, New York, USA
160 lbs
Ruby Goldstein
The Middleweight World Championship
A crowd of 61,370 produced a gate of $767,630. Movie rights were $200,000 and theater television rights were $25,000. Robinson's share was 30% (approximately $230,000) and Turpin's share was 25% (approximately $210,000). Robinson opened as a 12-5 betting favorite. The odds were 2-1 the day before the fight. Turpin won rounds eight and nine on all three scorecards and opened a bad gash over Robinson's left eye in the tenth. Robinson dropped Turpin with a right to the jaw in the tenth. After getting up at the count of nine, Turpin was battered along the ropes until the referee stopped the fight.
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