Though Leonard is gracious in his assessment, the two have been compared for their incredible rhythm and speed. He actually ...

Sugar Ray Robinson, a Force of Personality. October 10, 2009. By Wil Haygood. There were chartered flights in the air, heading for the United States, two days before the bout.

Throughout his career, Mayweather was barely hit clean inside the ring. Shane Mosley remains the only fighter to ...

Roy Jones Jr has high praise for Muhammad Ali, once stating that, 'without him, there would be no me.' He has included Sugar ...

Sugar Ray Robinson lands a solid right cross in the 15th round, spinning Charley Fusari’s body around. Robinson donated his entire purse, except for one dollar, to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund.

In 1939, Sugar Ray Robinson was born. Shortly after winning the New York Golden Gloves, Robinson turned pro at age 19. Aside from a hitch in the Army, Robinson's World War II life was marked by ...

Sugar Ray Robinson: Fighting Toward Transcendence Wil Haygood talks to Steve Inskeep about the life and career of Sugar Ray Robinson, including his many fights against rival boxer Jake LaMotta.

â Dad was a hoot,â Ray Robinson Jr. recalls. This was a black boxer in the 1940s and '50s, in America, who crossed over into mainstream stardom.

After Robinson’s win over Stock, Villemain was in attendance and joked to reporters that Sugar Ray was his next big opponent. Robinson thought he was serious, and within five minutes had agreed ...

It was early in the professional boxing career of Sugar Ray Robinson, a snowy February day in 1945. Robinson was in Chicago to fight one George Costner, a boxer who liked to call himself ”Sugar.” ...

When people think of legendary boxers, names like Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Joe Frazier come to mind. These fighters set the standard for what boxing is today, inspiring numerous fighters ...

Florida A&M University professor Luther D. Wells and alumnus Reginald L. Wilson are taking “Sugar Ray,” a one-man show about legendary boxer Sugar Ray Robinson to an off-Broadway theater.. The ...