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Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. 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. He is widely regarded as the greatest boxer of all time, and in 2002, Robinson was ranked number one on The Ring magazine's list of "80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years".Robinson was 85–2 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. From 1943 to 1951 Robinson went on a 91-fight unbeaten streak, the third-longest in professional boxing history. Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and won the world middleweight title in the latter year. He retired in 1952, only to come back two-and-a-half years later and regain the middleweight title in 1955. He then became the first boxer in history to win a divisional world championship five times . Robinson was named "fighter of the year" twice: first for his performances in 1942, then nine years and over 90 fights later, for his efforts

Renowned for his flamboyant lifestyle outside the ring, Robinson is credited with being the originator of the modern sports "entourage". After his boxing career ended, Robinson attempted a career as an entertainer, but it was not successful. He struggled financially until his death in 1989. In 2006, he was featured on a commemorative stamp by the United States Postal Service.



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✵ 3. May 1921 – 12. April 1989
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Famous Sugar Ray Robinson Quotes

“He was a tremendous puncher, with either hand. Knock you dead puncher. Knock you dead. And a terrific finisher.”

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Teddy Atlas on Robinson's punching power http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2441835652984416201&ei=sjpZS9eZGZPllQevwenkAw&q=sugar+ray+robinson#
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“Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.”

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Ray Robinson 'Sugar Ray Robinson with Dave Anderson' page 75

“This man was the ultimate warrior in the ring. He was the ultimate dispatcher of a foe. He was a distance fighter, an in-fighter, very scientific, beautiful to see, and he made this brutal, uncivilized, barbaric sport ballet.”

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Ralph Wiley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xtgUSEbT2I
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“His use of rhythm, his timing, his footwork. Ray Robinson was the greatest combination of speed and power that ever came together in one fighter.”

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Mike Silver on Sugar Ray Robinson's abilities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xtgUSEbT2I
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“Nobody beat Ray twice until he was 40 years old. His intelligence, his versatility, and his will to win were the reasons he won all those rematches. He created a new place for the imagination of a fighter.”

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Jack Newfield http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2441835652984416201&ei=sjpZS9eZGZPllQevwenkAw&q=sugar+ray+robinson#
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“Ray Robinson was the perfect fighter because he had no weakness. He had one greatest chins of all time. He was never really knocked out in a 25 year career. Another special thing about Robinson was how many times he was able to get off the floor to win. He always rose to the occasion.”

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Jack Newfield http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2441835652984416201&ei=sjpZS9eZGZPllQevwenkAw&q=sugar+ray+robinson#
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“The king, the master, my idol.”

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Muhammad Ali holds Sugar in high regardhttp://wsb.wharton.upenn.edu/Publications_ray.htm
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“Robinson could deliver a knockout blow going backward.”

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Bert Randolph Sugarhttp://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016439.html
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“He boxed as though he were playing the violin.”

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Bert Randolph Sugar a well known boxing writerhttp://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016439.html
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