Most in the boxing world are fond of a hypothetical clash, whether it’s Sugar Ray Robinson vs Sugar Ray Leonard or Oleksandr ...

Stevenson, who meets William Zapeda in New York in defence of his WBC lightweight title, dismissed Robinson as ‘buns’ during the build-up. Buns is not a compliment. According to Stevenson, Robinson ...

When Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran talk about boxing’s greatest fighter, they come to the same conclusion.

Sugar Ray Robinson is widely credited as boxing's best ever. Although famed coach and analyst Teddy Atlas has high praise for ...

When people think of legendary boxers, names like Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Joe Frazier come to mind. These fighters set the standard for what boxing is today, inspiring numerous fighters ...

Sugar Ray Robinson turned pro in October of 1940, becoming the Welter Weight Champion on Dec. 20, 1946, defeating Tommy Bell. Robinson would hold the title for five consecutive years (1946-1951).

It was early in the professional boxing career of Sugar Ray Robinson, a snowy February day in 1945. Robinson was in Chicago to fight one George Costner, a boxer who liked to call himself ”Sugar.” ...

When speaking about Walker Smith Jr, otherwise known to boxing fans as Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali referred to him as “the king, the master, my idol.” Joe Louis said Robinson was “the ...

Florida A&M University professor Luther D. Wells and alumnus Reginald L. Wilson are taking “Sugar Ray,” a one-man show about legendary boxer Sugar Ray Robinson to an off-Broadway theater.. The ...

After Robinson’s win over Stock, Villemain was in attendance and joked to reporters that Sugar Ray was his next big opponent. Robinson thought he was serious, and within five minutes had agreed ...

WHENEVER WE watch a natural in sports, we know it. The thing is, with the very best ones, the effort hardly shows. Take the truly great artists and you’ll find that they always make everythin… ...