In 1943, an undefeated Robinson met LaMotta in the ring for the second time. In the eighth round, LaMotta got the better of Robinson. "Sugar Ray was coming up out of a crouch," Haygood says.

Arts Books: 'Sweet Thunder,' Sugar Ray Robinson bio; Winston Churchill tribute Published: Nov. 22, 2009, 9:09 a.m. By Star-Ledger Staff ...

Irondequoit, N.Y. — Several hundred people packed a church Monday to say final goodbyes to Carmen Basilio, who won the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 before ...