Sugar Ray Robinson

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Birth Name: Walker Smith Jr.

Born: 3 May 1921 Died: 12 April 1989

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 11"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Millie Bruce

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Description: Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Robinson was 85–0 as an amateur with 69 of those victories coming by way of knockout, 40 in the first round. He turned professional in 1940 at the age of 19 and by 1951 had a professional record of 128–1–2 with 84 knockouts. Robinson held the world welterweig ... (more)

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" Born May 3 1921 died died April 12 1989 Boxing Career : 1940-1965 Record : 173-19-6 108 K.O. World Championship Belt : NBA Middleweight Belt (1951) NBA Middleweight Belt (1955) NBA Middleweight Belt (1957) NBA Middleweight Belt (1958) Notable Fights : U.D. Victory Vs Jake La Mota 25-4-2 (1942) U.D. Lost Vs Jake La Mota 30-5-2 (1943) U.D. Victory Vs Henry Armstrong 134-17-7 (1943) U.D. Victory Vs Jake La Mota 45-8-2 (1945) U.D. Victory Vs Tommy Bell 39-10-2 (1946) U.D. Vict"

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"PRO RECORD: 173-19-6 (108 KO) WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION 1946 – 1951 WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION 1951, 1951 – 1952, 1955 – 1957, 1957, 1958 – 1960 THE RING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1942 & 1951 INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE 1990 BORN NAME: Walker Smith, Jr. NICKNAME: Sugar Ray CAREER LENGTH: 1940 – 1965 HOMETOWN: New York, NY, USA DEFINING FIGHT: TKO 13 Jake LaMotta (2/14/1951) GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Only man to win the world middleweight championship five times. NOTABLE "


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