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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 was a dominant amateur, but his exact amateur record is not known.
Apr 2, 2014 · Considered one of the greatest boxers of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and by 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world ...
Sugar Ray Robinson, American professional boxer, six times a world champion: once as a welterweight (147 pounds), from 1946 to 1951, and five times as a middleweight (160 pounds), between 1951 and 1960. He is considered by many authorities to have been the best fighter in history.
Oct 5, 2023 · Robinson began his amateur fighting career under this borrowed name - and it stuck. Later, when a lady in the audience at a fight in Watertown, New York said he was "sweet as sugar," the name "Sugar Ray Robinson" was born, and he officially laid the foundation for an illustrious career that would transcend the confines of the boxing ring.
Jan 26, 2023 · Sugar Ray Robinson is regarded by most as pound for pound the greatest boxer ever. At one point he held a remarkable record of 128 and 1. A 6 time world cham...
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.
Jun 27, 2018 · Sugar Ray Robinson [1] 1921–1989 Professional boxer “As Sweet As Sugar” [2] Wins First World Title [3] A Change of Weight Class [4] A Fighter in His Prime [5] Retirement Stopped by Money Problems [6] Sources [7] It is a testament to Sugar Ray Robinson [8]’s greatness as a boxer that when people d
IN A career that spanned three decades, Sugar Ray Robinson embodied the essence of the sweet science. He was a world welterweight champion and held the middleweight title five times.
Sugar Ray Robinson, one of the greatest boxers of all time, had a professional career that spanned over two decades. During that time, Robinson fought in a total of 200 fights, winning 173 of them, losing 19, drawing 6 times and having 2 no-contests.
Muhammad Ali called Sugar Ray "the king, the master, my idol." "Robinson could deliver a knockout blow going backward," boxing historian Bert Sugar said.
