One of the side features of a Sugar Ray Robinson championship bout was the magnetic force with which it pulled in the cream of Negro America -- writers, political ward leaders, musicians ...

Feb. 14, 1951 - In his first 123 fights, Robinson had lost only once, to Jake LaMotta, eight years ago. While Robinson won their four other bouts, they hadn't fought in more than five years when ...

He held both the welterweight and middleweight championship belts. There's never been another boxer like Sugar Ray Robinson. Robinson is the subject of a new biography by Wil Haygood called Sweet ...

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 ...

However, there’s one boxer that not many people know who’s arguably the best pound-for-pound boxer ever: Sugar Ray Robinson (174-19-6). Robinson was well-versed in the boxing world ...

They said, he just won, they counted to 10," said former middleweight champion Gene Fullmer about Sugar Ray Robinson on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. "Pound for pound, the best." ...

Sugar Ray Robinson, generally acknowledged as the greatest boxer in history, the man for whom the expression “pound for pound the best” was created, died yesterday morning of natural causes at ...

“I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times ... back Diamondbacks complete NLDS conquest of Dodgers, advance to NLCS Phoenix Suns Big 3 set to play in third preseason game at Portland Pac ...

“Sugar Ray Robinson”: Subtitled “The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion,” this riveting new HBO documentary (9 p.m.) tells the story of the champion many believe to be the best ...

Wil Haygood talks to Steve Inskeep about the life and career of Sugar Ray Robinson, including his many fights against rival boxer Jake LaMotta.... Sugar Ray Robinson: Fighting Toward Transcendence ...