TIME has done little to distort the image of near-perfection which is Sugar Ray Robinson. Many years have passed since he last fought and, to the end of a staggering 25-year career, Robinson ...

One man who is often regarded as being the 'GOAT' is late-great heavyweight icon Muhammad Ali, who remains arguably the most ...

Boxing promoter Frank Warren named Muhammad Ali as his pick, as Bob Arum named Naoya Inoue as the best fighter he has ever ...

Despite the outstanding success of both, retired five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr revealed in an interview ...

BEFORE the world became familiar with the alias ‘Sugar Ray Robinson’, Walker Smith Jr embarked on a glorious run across amateur boxing. Smith was so good. He finished the amateur ranks ...

Sugar Ray Robinson - real name Walker Smith Jnr - He was unbeaten in 85 amateur contests, winning 65 by KO and 40 of them in the first round Want the day's sports headlines straight to your inbox?

On December 25, 1950, Sugar Ray Robinson took on Hans Stretz in Frankfurt, Germany. Without any context Robinson’s fifth round knockout win over Stretz reads like a nondescript stay busy ...

We’re talking, of course, about the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson, who won the vacant World Welterweight title on 20 December 1946. Let's revisit the fight and the career of this fantastic fighting ...

But the man Ali himself named as the best fighter of all time is Sugar Ray Robinson. Robinson reigned as welterweight and middleweight champion for various periods between 1946 and 1960.

Most boxing fans consider ‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson the greatest pound-for-pound boxer. Another ‘Sugar’ Ray, Leonard, followed in his footsteps. The significant difference is that Robinson won ...

On May 1, 1957 Sugar Ray Robinson squared off with middleweight champion Gene Fullmer at Chicago Stadium for the 2nd time. Robinson, all through the 1940’s and in the early 1950’s had been ...