Erie resident Don Elbaum, whose eight-decade involvement in boxing warranted induction for the sport's hall of fame, died July 27 at age 94.

It was the day of the weigh-in for the bout between Dayton heavyweight Rocky Phillips and former heavyweight champ Michael Dokes that would transpire 24 hours later at Peels Palace in Erlanger, ...

Sugar Ray Robinson, Sony Liston, Floyd Patterson, and Roberto Duran were other Hall of Famers he personally encountered throughout eight decades in the sport.

Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 24, 1950: Welterweight boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson is interviewed after arriving by train in Frankfurt for his Christmas night fight against Hans Stretz. At right ...

Muhammad Ali (left) Ilia Topuria (middle) and Sugar Ray Robinson (right) compared by legendary boxing trainer. [Images courtesy: @muhammadali and @iliatopuria on Instagram and Getty Images] ...

Object Details Author Haygood, Wil Subject Robinson, Sugar Ray 1920-1989 Contents Prologue : Round midnight -- 1921-1942 : Say goodbye to Walker Smith Jr. -- 1943-1944 : Sugar Ray's uniform -- ...

One brother, Randolph, even beat the middleweight legend Sugar Ray Robinson, becoming world champion if only for a little while, following a Earls Court bout in 1951.

The Canastota native then decided to take on the biggest challenge of his career by moving up a division to middleweight to fight the irreproachable Sugar Ray Robinson.

Sugar Ray Robinson is widely considered to be the greatest fighter to have ever laced up the gloves. Robinson entered the paid ranks back in 1940 and would embark on a storied 25-year professional ...

Sugar Ray Robinson is often considered the greatest boxer of all time. He had a record of 174-19-6 with 109 knockout wins. Speaking of Ray Robinson, Atlas said: ...