Jay Fullmer

Gene, Don, and Jay Fullmer rose to the upper ranks of professional boxing in the late 1950s. Gene became the world middleweight champion in 1957. Over the next six years he would defend, lose and regain the title. He and Sugar Ray Robinson faced off …

He went to a doctor, who told him that if he kept boxing, he'd very likely lose his eyesight. And while it broke his heart not to attempt to follow in his older brother Gene's famous footsteps by winning a world championship, Jay found his own way to…

"An eye injury cut short uncle Jay's boxing career, so his biggest legacy will be his work with kids as a trainer, official and referee," said his nephew Larry Fullmer. "It was touching to see a lot of those people he worked with go through the…

Kade Fullmer is survived by his mother, Nedra; brothers: Larry (Claudia), Brad (Marcie), Troy (Janet) and Hud (Brenda); and dozens of nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, including his uncles Jay Fullmer former world boxing champion Gene Fullmer…