Forget Lloyd Honeyghan’s huge upset win over Don Curry. Forget Ricky Hatton’s enormous win over Kostya Tszyu. Forget Tyson Fury’s upset win over Wladimir Klitschko. … continue
Sugar Ray Robinson has been called many things: The greatest to ever do it. The boxer the very term pound-for-pound best was invented for. A … continue
The one and only Sugar Man, Ray Robinson, had just ended his savage rivalry with Jake LaMotta, in doing so capturing the world middleweight crown, … continue
Without a doubt, the hero of this piece is the one and only, the incomparable, the super-special Sugar Ray Robinson. Yet Robinson’s dance partner, his … continue
There is one hugely important anniversary on the boxing calendar this month, as on March 8, “The Fight Of The Century,” between rival unbeaten heavyweight … continue
Chicago Stadium, February 14, 1951: Sugar Ray Robinson-Jake LaMotta VI, for the middleweight championship of the world. It was 70 years ago today when fierce … continue
Imagine it: two of the absolute best fighters in the world fighting each other, in a rematch, with not so much as a sniff of … continue
In the summer of 1952, Sugar Ray Robinson, the best fighter on the planet, who had ruled as welterweight and middleweight champ, went for more. … continue
Already looked at by many as the finest boxer in the world pound-for-pound, Sugar Ray Robinson set sail for Europe back in November of 1950. … continue
Six brutal fights, fought over nine years, between two of the greatest fighters ever. Today in 1942, two legendary fighters – real legends, not merely … continue