In This Corner - Sugar Ray Robinson

"Sugar" Ray Robinson
(Walker Smith Jr.)
Record 173-19-6 (108 KO)

"Sugar" Ray may have been the greatest all-around boxer to ever step into the ring; Many knowledgeable boxing people think so; He ranks among the top welterweights and middleweights of all-time; He was lightning quick - on his feet and with his hands; He hit hard, he had "savvy", he could move and he could take it; In a "nutshell" - he had everything !!!

Ray fought 85 amateur bouts and 40 professional bouts before he lost for the first time; He did not lose again until his 132nd professional fight; In all, he reportedly had over 200 pro bouts and lost just 19 - many towards the end of his career - when he was only "very good"

Herb Goldman ranked Robinson as the #1 All-Time Welterweight; Charley Rose ranked him as the #2 All-Time Welterweight; Nat Fleischer rnkaed him as the #5 All-Time Middleweight; Ray was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1967, the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2006

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