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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.
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30 de abr. de 2024 · On December 20, 1946, he won the welterweight championship by defeating Tommy Bell on a 15-round decision. Robinson resigned this title on winning the middleweight championship by a 13-round knockout of LaMotta on February 14, 1951.
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16 de nov. de 2009 · On September 12, 1951, former middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Randy Turpin to win back the belt in front of 61,370 spectators at the Polo Grounds in New York City....
2 de abr. de 2014 · Famous Athletes. Sugar Ray Robinson. 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...
27 de jun. de 2018 · April 12, 1989. Boxer "Sugar Ray" Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. in Detroit to Marie and Walker Smith. He moved with his mother in 1933 to Harlem, where he attended DeWitt Clinton High School. Representing the Salem Athletic Club, he began boxing, using the identification card of a Ray Robinson.
Robinson won the vacant World Welterweight Championship in his 76th professional fight, defeating Tommy Bell by a 15-round unanimous decision on December 20, 1950. Robinson would defend the title five times before relinquishing it to fight as a middleweight.
The glory of Sugar Ray Robinson will be told succinctly in The 1959 Ring Record Book, which will list his five winnings of the middleweight championship and note that he is the only man...
