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Walker Smith Jr., más conocido como « Sugar Ray Robinson » ( Ailey, Georgia, 3 de mayo de 1921- Culver City, California, 12 de abril de 1989), fue un boxeador profesional estadounidense. Estuvo activo en las décadas de 1940 y 1950, y combatió en los pesos medios y wélter. Fue incorporado al Salón Internacional de la Fama del Boxeo en 1990.
14 de feb. de 2021 · The beating Sugar Ray Robinson dished out in rounds 12 and 13 of his sixth meeting with Jake LaMotta is the stuff of myth, and while director Martin Scorsese’s interpretation of that beating in Raging Bull was graphic and melodramatic, it accurately captured the essence of Robinson’s final drive toward his second world championship as well as LaMotta’s determination not to give his rival ...
After his attempt to enrol at a boxing tournament at the age of 15 was thrashed down due to age restriction of 18 years, he borrowed a birth certificate from his friend Ray Robinson. Obtaining his AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) membership card, he started off by participating in his first fight in which he was complimented to be as sweet as sugar, which eventually led to his name, Sugar Ray ...
1 de may. de 2020 · Sugar Ray Robinson, the greatest fighter of all time, might’ve thrown his greatest punch on this date 63 years ago at Chicago Stadium. Robinson would turn 36 two days after May 1, 1957, meaning he was well past his prime when he climbed through the ropes to face middleweight champ Gene Fullmer in a rematch of their first fight four months earlier.
6 de oct. de 2017 · Downes never won another title, but he would secure a legacy-defining victory over a 41-year-old Robinson in 1962. “I didn’t beat Sugar Ray, I beat his ghost,” said Downes, who won a 10-round decision. He also beat future middleweight titleholder Joey Giardello in 1960. “He was such a great fighter. Great timing; timing’s everything.
16 de oct. de 2021 · Sugar Ray Robinson: Professional Career & Summary. In 1940 at the age of 19 Sugar Ray Robinson turned professional and by 1951 had amassed a professional record of 128–1–2 with 84 knockouts. Indeed from 1943 to 1951 Robinson upheld an incredible 91-fight unbeaten streak, the third-longest in professional boxing history.
In his remarkable career, Sugar Ray Robinson won an astounding 173 bouts out of 200, with 108 of those victories coming by way of knockout. He held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and then moved up to the middleweight division, where he claimed the championship on five separate occasions.
