Sugar Ray Robinson
Professional Boxer, Boxer
1921 – 1989
Who was Sugar Ray Robinson?
Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.
Robinson was 85โ0 as an amateur with 69 of those victories coming by way of knockout, 40 in the first round. He turned professional in 1940 at the age of 19 and by 1951 had a professional record of 128โ1โ2 with 84 knockouts. From 1943 to 1951 Robinson went on a 91 fight unbeaten streak, the third longest in professional boxing history. Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and won the world middleweight title in the latter year. He retired in 1952, only to come back two and a half years later and regain the middleweight title in 1955. He then became the first boxer in history to win a divisional world championship five times, a feat he accomplished by defeating Carmen Basilio in 1958 to regain the middleweight championship. Robinson was named "fighter of the year" twice: first for his performances in 1942, then nine years and over 90 fights later, for his efforts in 1951.
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- Born
- May 3, 1921
Detroit - Also known as
- Walker Smith, Jr.
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Marjorie Joseph
(1938 - 1938) - Edna Mae Holly
(1943 - 1960) - Millie Wiggins Bruce
(1965/05/25 - 1989/04/12)
- Marjorie Joseph
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Manhattan
- Died
- Apr 12, 1989
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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