Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six months later, died on Wednesday at age 85. Edward Brophy, executive
When Golovkin is asked to list his favorite fighters, his eyes light up. He worships American champions: Sugar Ray Robinson , Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali. ''I like the middles,'' Golovkin said. ''Fast, strong
he won his gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics - though Shields' favorite fighter growing up was the equally elegant Sugar Ray Robinson . Yet it was her grit more than her grace that first registered with Crutchfield. He knew the family history
the puffed-up tomato can that his critics often paint him as. Lee is another guy who’s more Zbik than he is Sugar Ray Robinson . His lone loss, a seventh-round stoppage on cuts at the hands of Brian Vera in 2008, could easily have gone his
Truth.” There’s a history of once-great fighters who became lounge acts. They include Jack Dempsey and Sugar Ray Robinson . And as anyone who recalls “Raging Bull” could tell you, these performances are typically failures. They
suffered from brain damage is a long one, and goes back a long way. Louis had dementia symptoms late in life, while Sugar Ray Robinson - who sometimes boxed every other week and fought an astonishing 1,403 rounds in his career - developed Alzheimer's
nuclear juggernaut like the Drew Brees Saints. No more trying to be something you are not. Because you are not Sugar Ray Robinson , you are Jake LaMotta. You are not Muhammad Ali, you are Smokin??? Joe Frazier. You are not Sugar Ray Leonard
championship at stake? Boxing - tennis with blood - certainly can't. Jake LaMotta liked to joke that he "fought Sugar Ray Robinson so often, I got diabetes," You know how many times they climbed in the ring together? Six (which is still quite
lightweight and beat Oscar De La Hoya. Even the great Sugar Ray Robinson (who, judging by the way many people talk about ..... those two make Hatton and Mosley look like, well, Ray Robinson . This, of course, is not to bash Robinson, who
something I have and it comes from having better knowledge than anybody else,'' he said. ''I tell my players I'm Sugar Ray Robinson . That's who I am. I'm the champ and I always know I'm the best. I do. Now maybe nobody else in the media