Sugar Ray Robinson’s lofty place in boxing lore was as cemented as the chin of his former six-time rival, Jake La Motta. Robinson, for whom … continue
Barry McGuigan, writing in his regular boxing column for The Mirror, makes his case for Marvelous Marvin Hagler being not only the greatest middleweight ever, … continue
It’s been said many times how Sugar Ray Robinson could do it all; he could fight going backward, he fight coming forward, Sugar could land … continue
Referred to by many boxing historians as the finest boxer ever, pound-for-pound, Sugar Ray Robinson achieved oh, so much during his astonishing ring career. Fighting … continue
The greatest of the greats can often go on for far too long, attempting to do what came so effortlessly to them once. Classic case … continue
Testimony to the vast number of pro fights the legendary, incomparable “Sugar” Ray Robinson had, is the fact that, when looking up Robinson’s record on … continue
It’s no myth, instead a true story, that Paul McCartney, arguably the finest songwriter of the 20th century, dreamed one of his finest compositions: ‘Yesterday’ … continue
It was 67 years ago this month that the immortal Sugar Ray Robinson, then the middleweight champion and fresh off a one-punch kayo of challenger … continue
62 years ago today, the great, the incomparable, the immortal Sugar Ray Robinson knocked out the rock-chinned Gene Fullmer with one blisteringly superb punch at … continue
It was thirty years ago today when the one and only Sugar Ray Robinson passed away. The man born Walker Smith Junior was a relatively … continue