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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.
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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.
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8 de abr. de 2024 · Sugar Ray Robinson (born May 3, 1921, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.—died April 12, 1989, Culver City, California) was an 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.
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Sugar Ray Robinson turned pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights. Over his 25-year career, Robinson won the world welterweight and middleweight crowns and was dubbed "pound for pound, the best." By 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times. He finished his career in 1965 with 175 victories.
Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. on May 3, 1921, although the location is a source of debate. Robinson's birth certificate lists his place of birth as Ailey, Georgia, while the boxer stated in his autobiography that he was born in Detroit, Michigan. What is known is that Robinson grew up in Detroit, and he was 11 years old when his mother, tired ...
In a career that spanned 25 years, Robinson amassed 175 wins, 110 knockouts and just 19 losses. Robinson began his career with an astonishing 40 straight victories and was called the "uncrowned champion" by boxing fans on account that the mob, with who Robinson refused to play nice with, denied him the chance to fight for the world welterweight tit...
In his later years, Robinson worked in show business, even doing some television acting. The work greatly helped salvage his finances and was the reason he eventually settled in Southern California with his second wife, Millie. Robinson, who had a son from a previous marriage, helped raise Millie's two children. In his last years Robinson battled A...
3 de may. de 2023 · 03/05/2023. La historia del boxeo está repleta de grandes figuras, pero pocas tienen la talla y el legado de Sugar Ray Robinson. Este pugilista nacido en Detroit en 1921 dejó una huella imborrable en el deporte que amaba, con una carrera marcada por enormes logros y victorias memorables.
Ray Sugar Robinson (Walker Smith Jr.; Detroit, 1921 - Culver City, 1989) Boxeador norteamericano. Adoptó su nombre de guerra cuando utilizó la licencia de boxeo de un amigo, Ray Robinson, para luchar en su primer campeonato de aficionado. En 1946 se proclamó campeón mundial de los welter, al derrotar a Tommy Bell por puntos, en Nueva York.
28 de diciembre 2021 · 18:38 hs. Su fama y éxito lo llevaron a consagrarse como un histórico en el mundo del box. Te decimos cómo fue la carrera de Sugar Ray Robinson, el boxeador que tuvo más de 200 peleas y tiene varias marcas que parecen difícil de superar.
