Chicago Stadium, February 14, 1951: Sugar Ray Robinson-Jake LaMotta VI, for the middleweight championship of the world.
It was 70 … more “70 Years On And The Savagery Of Sugar Ray Robinson-Jake LaMotta VI Still Stuns”
Imagine it: two of the absolute best fighters in the world fighting each other, in a rematch, with not so … more “February 5, 1943 – When The Unstoppable Jake LaMotta Scored His Greatest Victory”
In the summer of 1952, Sugar Ray Robinson, the best fighter on the planet, who had ruled as welterweight and … more “On This Day: Sugar Ray Robinson Blasts Bobo Olsen To Become A Three-Time Middleweight King”
Already looked at by many as the finest boxer in the world pound-for-pound, Sugar Ray Robinson set sail for Europe … more “On This Day In 1950: The Great Sugar Ray Robinson Warms Up For LaMotta With European Tour”
Six brutal fights, fought over nine years, between two of the greatest fighters ever. Today in 1942, two legendary fighters … more “On This Day In 1942: The Start Of The Brutal Sugar Ray Robinson-Jake LaMotta Rivalry”
Sugar Ray Robinson’s lofty place in boxing lore was as cemented as the chin of his former six-time rival, Jake … more “Joey Maxim Vs. Sugar Ray Robinson – When Evil Heat And A Rock Chin Stopped The Greatest Ever”
Barry McGuigan, writing in his regular boxing column for The Mirror, makes his case for Marvelous Marvin Hagler being … more “Barry McGuigan Calls Hagler The Greatest Middleweight Ever; Would’ve Beaten Robinson, Monzon”
It’s been said many times how Sugar Ray Robinson could do it all; he could fight going backward, he fight … more “Sugar Ray Robinson In The ’60s – The All-Time Great Endures A Punishing Schedule”
Referred to by many boxing historians as the finest boxer ever, pound-for-pound, Sugar Ray Robinson achieved oh, so much during … more “On This Day In 1958 – Sugar Ray Robinson Wins The Middleweight Crown For An Amazing Fifth Time”
The greatest of the greats can often go on for far too long, attempting to do what came so effortlessly … more “Today In 1965: The Greatest To Ever Lace ‘Em Up Bows Out – with a loss”