Saturday, 23 November 2024

    Sugar Ray Robinson

    • Contest: The US Athletic Hall of Fame - Athletes 2024
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    • Sport(s): Boxing
    • Statistics: Boxing Record: 173-19-6-2, 109 by KO
      1-Time Welterweight Champion
      5-Time Middleweight Champion
      1-Time The Ring Welterweight Champion
      5-Time The Ring Middleweight Champion
      Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame
    • When the conversation about who is the greatest pound-for-pound boxer that ever lived, Sugar Ray Robinson has to be part of the conversation.

      Debuting in 1940, Robinson had 200 professional boxing contests, which included a 91-match unbeaten streak. Robinson won the Welterweight Title in 1946, holding it until 1951 when he moved up to Middleweight. He won that title in 1952, and he would retire as a champion.

      The lure of the ring and lack of success marketing his name outside of it brought him back two-and-a-half years later. Robinson again won the Middleweight Title, a championship he lost and won back three more times, making him the first-ever five-time boxing champion in a weight class.

      Robinson was one of the first boxers to market his celebrity, helping to establish his larger-than-life personality and set a blueprint that other African-American athletes followed. He was named the Fighter of the Century by the Associated Press, an honor that is hard to dispute.

      We are proud to nominate Muhammad Ali for the United States Athletic Hall of Fame.
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