BEFORE the world became familiar with the alias ‘Sugar Ray Robinson’, Walker Smith Jr embarked on a glorious run across ...

Boxing is on its way back to the great days of the sport and one name for some still sits on top of the mountain.

It is a well-known fact that most boxing specialists and historians regard Sugar Ray Robinson as the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all time. His technical skills were all rounded, his punches ...

“I was so disgusted with that I had to go home and put in Tommy Hearns and Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard and Jake LaMotta, Rocky Marciano; I had to watch some real fighters because if ...

1960 — Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson in a 15-round split decision ... is fired despite the Cavaliers having a 30-11 record. Blatt is the first coach since conferences began in 1970-71 ...

La Motta was responsible for inflicting Robinson’s first professional ring defeat (Detroit, Michigan, February 1943). However within 21 Days, Sugar Ray dished out retribution within New York’s iconic ...

NFL coach Sean Payton remains a fan of the nearly 50-year-old Superdome, where he paced the home sideline for 15 seasons.

Britain's Randolph Turpin won the world middleweight title from Sugar Ray Robinson. This was ... He was the first British boxer in 60 years to win the world middleweight title (14 January ...