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Jun 27, 2018 · Sugar Ray Robinson. Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989) was one of the first African American athletes who became well-known outside the boxing arena.
May 13, 2005 · Sugar Ray Robinson's boxing career is unparallelled. He fought professionally for a generation, from 1940 to 1965. In his first 128 bouts he lost only once, and amassed an astounding 84...
Feb 27, 2024 · Sugar Ray Robinson Gallery. Sugar Ray Robinson is considered by many boxing historians and enthusiasts to be the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time. Robinson is frequently ranked among the top three boxers ever in both the welterweight and middleweight classes.
Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989), better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is often regarded as the greatest boxer of all time, pound-for-pound.
Robinson combined an athlete's grace and excellent power and was nearly unbeatable in his prime. He is considered by many to be the best fighter in history, pound-for-pound. He earned the nickname "Sugar" Ray when a newspaper reporter described him as "sweet as sugar." Among the fellow Hall of Famers Robinson beat are Henry Armstrong, Kid ...
Apr 13, 1989 · Sugar Ray Robinson, the five-time world middleweight champion who was considered by many boxing experts to have been the best fighter in history, died yesterday in Culver City, Calif. He was...
Oct 16, 2021 · Sugar Ray Robinson was a world champion at Welterweight and a five time world champion at Middleweight. An absolute must watch highlights reel of many notable moments in Robinson’s career complete with expert analysis and commentary can be viewed here: Sugar Ray Robinson – The Greatest.
