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Show FULLMER FIGHT SET FOR FEDRUARY February 23 at Las Vegas, Nev., is the date and place set for the world middleweight title rematch between Nigeria's Dick Tiger and Gene Fullmer, the Silver State Snorts Club and Norman Rothschild, Roths-child, co-promoters of the fight, have announced. This will be the first fight for each since Tiger won the world middleweight title from Fullmer in San Francisco on October Octo-ber 23. Under terms of this contract, each fighter will receive 30 per cent of the expected $100,000 TV fund and 30 per cent of the gate receipts. The rematch will be televised tele-vised nationally, but blacked out within 300 miles of Las Vegas. The fight will be for the full world title, inasmuch as New York and the European Federation recognized re-cognized Tiger as the champ when Paul Pender failed to defend his version. |