June 1927 New Orleans, USA Died: 11 September 2009 aged 81 Career: 1943 to 1953 Record: 92 fights, 76 wins (22 by KO/TKO), 10 ...

Gothenberg, Sweden played host to the contest, which saw Pele square off with ice hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky, boxing ...

1975: The US admits defeat in Cambodia and removes its remaining embassy personnel from the capital, Phnom Penh. On the same day, Six Catholic civilians are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force gun and ...

17. Sugar Ray Robinson KO 1 Maurice Arnault, August 29, 1941: The all-time pound-for-pound king fought exactly once at Boardwalk Hall (then known as Convention Hall), back when he was 22-0 and ...

Floyd Mayweather Jr., Terence Crawford, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Robinson can all lay claim to the 147 ...

Boxing legend ‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson is considered by many to be the best boxer who has ever graced the sport. With his name often being involved in conversations with Muhammad Ali as an all-time great, ...

He hasn’t won for 18 months but on his best form he can run a very competitive race. RAY THOMAS SAYS: The Queen Elizabeth Stakes brings together the very best middle distance weight-for-age ...

Sugar Ray Leonard was one of the defining boxers of the ‘Four Kings’ era, and it was on this day 38 years ago that he locked horns with another legendary King. The ‘Four Kings’ of boxing refers to ...

Speaking to ES News, ‘The Golden Boy’ had little doubt when naming Sugar Ray Robinson as exactly that. “Sugar Ray Robinson is the greatest of all time! That’s basically it, look at this here [his ...