Pin on Fights


Sugar Ray / Music For Cougars 〜復活の常夏番長〜 ソニー・ミュージックジャパンインターナショナル 格安価格

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.


Mike Tyson explains legend of Sugar Ray Robinson the man Muhammad Ali

Biography. Although this charismatic boxer was born Walker Smith Jr., he is best remembered as "Sugar" Ray Robinson. Born on May 3, 1921 in Ailey, Georgia, his parents moved the family to New York when Sugar Ray was a teenager to escape the prevalent prejudice in the South. It was there, in a Harlem gym, that he was first introduced to boxing.


"Sugar" Ray Robinson (19211989)

Sugar Ray Robinson. Actor: Candy. Born Walker Smith, Jr., he borrowed the name of a fighter named Ray Robinson to box as an amateur so his mother wouldn't find out. Undefeated as an amateur boxer, 85-0, with 69 knockouts, 42 of them in the first round. Turned pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights. Lost his first fight by decision to Jake LaMotta.


NEW HAVEN 200 Sugar Ray Robinson picks up pair of wins in Elm City

Schedule. Champions. Divisional Rankings. P4P. Historic Bouts. Tickets. Profiles. Jake LaMotta was Sugar Ray Robinson's bloody Valentine 65 years ago in a savage world middleweight title fight.


Sugar Ray Robinson Biography Life of American Boxer

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.


Sugar Ray Robinson Storied Lives

Sugar Ray Robinson


sugar ray robinson Google Search Walker Smith, Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989) was one of the first African American athletes who became well-known outside the boxing arena. He was the world welterweight champion from 1946 to 1951, won the middleweight title five times between 1951 and 1960, and has been universally acclaimed as one of the greatest boxers in the history of the sport..


Sugar Ray Robinson..Someone once said there was a comparison

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 67.


From Sugar Ray Robinson to Marcel Cerdan, Lou Pompey knew them all

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. Contents. 1 Amateur Achievements; 2 Awards & Recognition;


Pin on Fights

Featherweight. 1940 New York. Lightweight. 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. [1] He is often regarded as the greatest boxer of all time, pound-for-pound.


Sugar Ray Robinson Biography Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements

Sugar Ray Robinson. Actor: Candy. Born Walker Smith, Jr., he borrowed the name of a fighter named Ray Robinson to box as an amateur so his mother wouldn't find out. Undefeated as an amateur boxer, 85-0, with 69 knockouts, 42 of them in the first round. Turned pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights. Lost his first fight by decision to Jake LaMotta.


Was Oscar de la Hoya more man than Sugar Ray Robinson?

Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr., May 3, 1921 - April 12, 1989) was an American boxer. He won the welterweight and middleweight world championships. Many boxing historians rank Robinson as the best boxer who ever lived. Early life. Robinson was born.


Sugar Ray Robinson Portrait by Afro Newspaper/gado

Jake La Motta and Sugar Ray Robinson at the weigh-in for their final fight, in February 1951. Photograph: AP. Boxers weighed in on the day of the fight back then, normally at noon. Anticipating.


Detroit should remember Sugar Ray Robinson at old Brewster Center

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 knockouts.


Sugar Ray Robinson

Jake LaMotta. Giacobbe " Jake " LaMotta (July 10, 1922 - September 19, 2017) was an American professional boxer who was world middleweight champion between 1949 and 1951. Nicknamed " The Bronx Bull " or " Raging Bull " for his technique of constant stalking, brawling and inside fighting, he developed a reputation for being a "bully"; he was.


Sugar Ray Robinson, Boxer posters & prints by Associated Newspapers

Witness the devastating power of one of boxing's all-time greats in "Top 10 Sugar Ray Robinson Knockouts." Step into the ring with the legendary Sugar Ray Ro.