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"There is no fighter in the history of boxing to do what Ray Robinson has done." Roger Mayweather, the uncle of undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr., revealed over 10 years ago that he ...
In Valatie, where he lived for two decades, Joey Archer wasn’t recognized as the boxer who sent Sugar Ray Robinson into retirement or the man who fought twice for the world middleweight title at ...
Jose "OnFire" Aguirre and Tim "Dogg" Fears knock out the interviews at the ceremony to introduce the Sugar Ray Robinson stamp, only the second fighter in history to have his own stamp. Listen to ...
These days, there is precious little boxing that takes place over the holidays, save for the customary late-year shows in Russia and Japan. For promoters, it’s a financially perilous decision to stage ...
There were chartered flights in the air, heading for the United States, two days before the bout. British dignitaries and sportsmen -- among them the mayor of Turpin's home town -- were en route.
Hailed by Muhammad Ali as "the king, the master, my idol," Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer America had seen since Joe Louis and is considered by many today to be, pound for pound, the best ...
Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Mike Tyson are three of the best boxers in the sport’s history - but all three believe “Sugar” Ray Robinson is the greatest of all time. Like many sports, boxing has ...
Jake LaMotta, the legendary former world middleweight boxing champion whose wild life and times inspired the Oscar-winning movie "Raging Bull," has died at age 95, his family announced Wednesday.
Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 24, 1950: Welterweight boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson is interviewed after arriving by train in Frankfurt for his Christmas night fight against Hans Stretz. At right are ...