The last episode featured a fight between Dick Tiger and Don Fullmer, which Variety said was a "slow waltz that must have had viewers thinking they were watching the demise of the Arthur Murray show". One reason for the downturn of televised boxing occurred on Fight of the Week'''s the March 24, 1962 broadcast, when Emile Griffith defeated Benny "The Kid" Paret for the Welterweight Championship at New York's Madison Square Garden.
The last episode featured a fight between Dick Tiger and Don Fullmer, which Variety deemed a slow and uninspiring match that may have led viewers to believe they were watching the end of the Arthur Murray show. The decline in televised boxing was attributed to a specific event on Fight of the Week's March 24, 1962 broadcast, where Emile Griffith defeated Benny "The Kid" Paret for the Welterweight Championship at New York's Madison Square Garden.