During his legendary, and very long career, the simply incomparable Sugar Ray Robinson fought many hard-hitters – fellow greats like the recently departed Jake La Motta, Rocky Graziano, Gene Fullmer and many, many more.
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Greatest Of The Greats
It was thirty years ago today when the one and only Sugar Ray Robinson passed away. The man born Walker Smith Junior was a relatively young man when he died at age 67, yet the numerous ring wars had begun to take their toll on Robinson in the late 1970s, 13 or 14 years after the former welterweight and middleweight king had finally retired – this after an astonishing 201 pro bouts.
