Sugar Ray Robinson Vs. Jake LaMotta: The Most Intense, Savage And Evenly Matched Rivalry In Boxing History

02/05/201902/05/2019 James Slater

Forget even Ali/Frazier, or Zale/Graziano, or even Leonard/Duran. When it comes to the sport’s most intense and punishing rivalry, the six-fight series all-time greats Sugar … continue

Sugar Ray Robinson: The Sweetest To Ever Do It

11/11/201811/10/2018 James Slater

https://youtu.be/EUmzRV1LEI8?t=32 If British hero Tony Bellew sees his boxing career come to an end today, he will be in good company. It was on this … continue

75 Years Ago Today: The TWO Greatest Pound-For-Pound Boxers In History Fight In New York

08/27/201808/27/2018 James Slater

Sometimes in this great sport a fight comes too late in the career of one, or even both, of the protagonists. This was very much … continue

The immortal Sugar Ray Robinson: Who hit him the hardest? The answer might surprise you

11/08/201711/08/2017 James Slater

During his legendary, and very long career, the simply incomparable Sugar Ray Robinson fought many hard-hitters – fellow greats like the recently departed Jake La Motta, Rocky Graziano, Gene Fullmer and many, many more.

Despite his willingness to face the most dangerous, heavily-equipped sluggers of his day, however, Robinson was stopped just once: this by light-heavyweight Joey Maxim, when the torturous heat got the better of Robinson, forcing him to remain on his stool after the 13th-round of a fight he was winning handily on points.

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Sugar Ray Robinson-Jake LaMotta VI, The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre

02/15/201602/14/2016 James Slater

Sugar Ray Robinson, the ex-welterweight king, entered the ring with an amazing 120-1-2 record, his adversary, one he had grown accustomed to going to war with, climbed through the ropes with a 78-14-3 ledger. And the feared “Bronx Bull,” Jake La Motta was not going to give up his cherished middleweight crown without a fearsome, brutal fight.

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Ring Legends v Modern Greats – Ranked by Number of Victories Over Top 3 Opponents

09/17/201509/13/2015 Adam McMeeking

How do you compare the records of modern day boxers with those of past pugilists?

In the days of “Homicide Hank” – Henry Armstrong, and the “Brown Bomber” – Joe Louis, there were only eight divisions, with just one world champion in each division. During the last few decades the professional boxing world has metamorphosed: there are now dozens of world titles littered throughout seventeen weight divisions.

Assessing and comparing the quality of opposition boxers from different eras have defeated is therefore a tricky task.

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All Time Historical Survey Series Recap – The Original 8 Weight Classes & P4P

09/15/201608/10/2012 Geoffrey Ciani

by Geoffrey Ciani – Over the course of a sixteen month period beginning in June 2009, I conducted a series of surveys that all began with a very simple question: Who are the ten best heavyweights of all time? While contemplating my own list of top heavyweight pugilists, I decided gathering the input of others might help display a more accurate portrayal of what a ‘true’ top 10 list should look like. Now of course this is not an exact science by any means. In fact, quite the opposite, it is an extremely subjective topic that is often skewed by personal bias, differences of opinion, individual tastes and preferences, and most importantly the absence of a universally agreed upon criteria with which to judge past fighters. Even with these inherent obstacles playing their natural role, however, we can still establish some degree of consensus.

The guidelines were simple. I had every person who voluntarily participated in each survey provide me with a chronological list of who they considered to be the ten best (heavyweights, middleweights, etc) in boxing history. Ties were not permitted, just a straight-forward list from one to ten. I then used a weighted-points system to assign values to fighters based on where they appeared on each individual’s list. First place votes received 25 points. Second place votes were worth 15 points, third place votes were 12, and fourth and fifth place votes were worth 10 and 8 points respectively. After that, the point differential was constant, with sixth place votes getting 5 points, seventh place votes getting 4, eighth getting 3, ninth place 2, and tenth place 1.

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