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	Sugar Ray Robinson - MSN Encarta
		Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989), American boxer, who became the welterweight and middleweight champion of the world, and who is considered one of the greatest boxers in history.
		Robinson had a successful amateur boxing career before winning the welterweight title, his first professional championship, in 1946.
		Robinson was the only boxer in history to win the middleweight title five times, and he retired with 175 victories in 202 professional fights.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761579174 (271 words)

	Sugar Ray Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robinson was born in Ailey, Georgia and grew up in Detroit and in Harlem.
		The fast-moving Robinson was next, and at the end of round 13, Robinson collapsed from the heat and failed to answer the bell for the next round, and suffered the only knock-out of his career.
		Robinson said that Ray Leonard asked him when he was starting out if he minded him using the name Sugar Ray.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sugar_Ray_Robinson (2275 words)

	ESPN.com: The sugar in the sweet science
		Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, then was the middleweight champion five times between 1951 and 1960.
		It was 103 degrees at Yankee Stadium, and Robinson wilted under the Maxim-um pressure and the New York heat, failing to answer the bell for the 14th round.
		Sugar Ray cut open Basilio's eye and nose to gain an early advantage before Basilio, the welterweight champion, came back to win a split decision in a furious fight.
	espn.go.com /sportscentury/features/00016439.html (1262 words)

	Sugar Ray Robinson Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989) was one of the first African American athletes who became well-known outside the boxing arena.
		Robinson was surrounded by an entourage of assistants, including a barber, secretary, voice coach, masseur, trainers, women, and his manager, George Gainford.
		Robinson hated losing, and followed his classic pattern In a rematch six months later, even though he was sick with a virus, Robinson hit Basilio so hard he couldn't use his left eye and won a split decision, winning the middleweight championship for the fifth and last time.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/sugar-ray-robinson (1515 words)

	BlackNews.com - Sugar Ray Robinson Honored With A Commemorative Postage Stamp
		Sugar Ray announced his retirement from boxing on Dec. 18, 1952, but he returned to the ring at the beginning of 1955.
		Sugar Ray Robinson was born Walker Smith, Jr., on May 3, 1921 -- either in Ailey, GA, (according to his birth certificate) -- or in Detroit, MI, (according to his autobiography).
		Robinson's portrait appeared on the cover of the June 25, 1951, issue of TIME magazine -- the caption read "Sugar Ray Robinson: Rhythm in his feet and pleasure in his work." In 1967 he was elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame.
	www.blacknews.com /pr/sugar-ray101.html (888 words)

	SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
		This was to teach young sugar Ray about balance and timing, and would prove useful in his later boxing career.
		Surprisingly Sugar Ray won the race and was promptly challenged again however, when Sugar Ray declined on the grounds that he was tired, a fist fight followed which ended with the other kid on his arse with a bloody nose.
		Robinson had also acquired an addition to his name with his first knock out of a big Canadian kid who had previously been undefeated.
	www.homunculus.co.uk /media_cafe/sugar/origins.html (779 words)

	Robinson, Sugar Ray (1921-1989) Biography \| sjpc_04_package.xml
		Sugar Ray Robinson's abilities and accomplishments made him the idol not only of a generation of boxing fans, but of a generation of boxers as well.
		Born Walker Smith, the man later nicknamed "Sugar" for his sweet-as-sugar style of fighting, originally borrowed the identity of a friend named Ray Robinson in order to enter an amateur boxing tournament for which he was under the required age.
		Robinson's reputation as a tough negotiator is legendary and the fact that he in effect managed his own career is part of his legacy as an American original.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/robinson-sugar-ray-1921-1989-sjpc-04 (669 words)

	Sugar Ray Robinson..."Pound for Pound"
		Robinson was recognized as a great fighter long before he won a world title cutting through a swath of impressive contenders and former champions.
		Ray bombarded Turpin from all angles.” Turpin was defenseless against the ropes and the Referee wisely halted the contest.
		Robinson fought a great fight, using his speed he kept the clever Maxim off balance and was leading on all the judges cards when he wilted in the 14th round.
	coxscorner.tripod.com /robinson.html (2022 words)

	IBHOF / Sugar Ray Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Robinson combined an athlete's grace and excellent power and was nearly unbeatable in his prime.
		Robinson was so efficient for so long that he won his first Fighter of the Year award in 1942 and his second in 1951.
		Robinson, whose real name was Walker Smith, turned pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights before losing to LaMotta.
	www.ibhof.com /robinson.htm (420 words)

	The Official Site of Sugar Ray Robinson - Biography
		Born on May 3, 1921 in Ailey, Georgia, his parents moved the family to New York when Sugar Ray was a teenager to escape the prevalent prejudice in the South.
		Sugar Ray visited the gym frequently, using a borrowed Amateur Athletic Union boxing card of a friend.
		Sugar Ray's record was 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts at the pinnacle of his career.
	www.cmgworldwide.com /sports/robinson/biography.html (334 words)

	USATODAY.com - Sugar Ray Robinson honored on new stamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		WASHINGTON — Sugar Ray Robinson would have considered being featured on a postage stamp "an honor for him, an honor for God and an honor for the community," his son said of the latest accolade for a man once selected as the top boxer of the 20th century.
		The elder Robinson once did a public service announcement urging the police to treat everyone the same, whether they are individuals on the street or famous athletes like Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and himself, the son recalled.
		Robinson was world welterweight champion from Dec. 20, 1946 until Feb. 14, 1951, when he won the world middleweight title for the first of five times.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2006-04-06-sugar-ray-stamp_x.htm (525 words)

	ESPN.com - CLASSIC - Little Big Men: Sugar Ray Robinson
		Robinson went unbeaten, untied, and unscored upon in his first forty fights, and it wasn't until his forty-first fight, against Jake LaMotta, that he was derailed, losing a ten-round decision.
		But while Robinson was the shellac for the rough exterior of the sport, boxing was being run by the IBC and a group of characters to whom legitimate business was only a matter of speech.
		And when Robinson disobeyed their commands and failed to carry LaMotta in their sixth fight, as he had so many others (writer Barney Nagler once called him "The greatest carrier since Mother Dionne"), he was banished from the States, and had to ply his trade in Europe.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/classic/news/story?id=2622471 (508 words)

	Amazon.ca: Pound for Pound: A Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson: Books: Herb Boyd,Ray Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In hands as skilled at the keyboard as Sugar Ray Robinson's were in the ring, this athlete would've been a great biography subject.
		Instead, readers get puns ("The nation may have been experiencing a rationing of sugar, but the other Sugar was on a rampage") and ostentatious metaphors ("There were many fights when Sugar was a virtuoso pianist with gloves on, a soloist in a pugilist recital, delivering a rapid arpeggio of stiff left jabs").
		Boyd nicely ties Robinson's story to the larger history of Harlem: when Robinson was at his peak in the 1940s, so, too, was Harlem, and they both slid precipitously into poverty and despair.
	www.amazon.ca /Pound-Biography-Sugar-Ray-Robinson/dp/0060188766 (517 words)

	SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
		Robinson was poetry in motion, a peerless puncher who elevated the sport to an art form.
		Sugar Ray was so classy, people gladly paid money just to watch him jump rope.
		Virtually unbeatable as a welterweight Robinson gave up the 147 pound crown and went on to win the middleweight title an unprecedented five times.
	www.homunculus.co.uk /media_cafe/sugar (106 words)

	Sugar Ray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sugar Ray is a rock band from Orange County, California.
		Sugar Ray's first mainstream hit came in the summer of 1997 with their song "Fly", which was released on the album Floored and featured notable reggae artist Super Cat.
		Sugar Ray was also set to play at Woodstock '99, but had to cancel due to illness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sugar_Ray (436 words)

	Sugar Ray Robinson - Reviews on RateItAll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Those of you who call Sugar Ray Robinson a bum or are so ignorant as to compare heavyweights to welterweights are suffering from acute pugilistica dementia --oh wait, that would mean thay they actually got in the ring and have an informed opinion, so never mind.
		Robinson was a middleweight at most, Ali himself said i am the greatest HW but ok Robinson was better P4P.
		Robinson was a welterweight and middleweight and should not be compared head-to-head with heavyweights, but p4p he was elite.
	www.rateitall.com /i-20541-sugar-ray-robinson.aspx (1133 words)

	Vignette: Sugar Ray Robinson
		“Sugar” Ray Robinson is generally acknowledged as the greatest pound for pound fighter in boxing history.
		It was there the underage aspiring boxer became known as Ray Robinson when he borrowed an Amateur Athletic Union membership card from a friend by that name in order to qualify for a Golden Gloves tournament.
		Despite a substantial lead on all official cards, Robinson was forced to retire on his stool after the 13th round of the contest, a victim of heat prostration in the sweltering heat at New York’s Yankee stadium.
	faculty.washington.edu /qtaylor/aa_Vignettes/robinson_sugar_ray.htm (321 words)

	Sugar Ray Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		From Walker Smith a.k.a Ray Robinson and the Salem-Crescent Athletic Club in Harlem to the very pinnacle of the boxing world and to the end, George Gainford was the man who started Ray Robinson, then Walker Smith in boxing and was with him every step of the way.
		Oddly, Gainford was never Ray Robinson's manager, except for a brief stint in the beginning of his career when he was managed by Curt Horrmann, Ray Robinson was his own manager.
		Robinson tells of when he amicably parted with Horrmann and George Gainford assumed he would become his manager as well as his trainer.
	www.antekprizering.com /gainfordtls.html (160 words)

	NPR : 'Pound for Pound': Sugar Ray Robinson's Legacy
		Then-welterweight champ Sugar Ray Robinson swings at Kid Galivan of Cuba in a 10-round bout in Yankee Stadium, Sept. 24, 1948.
		Robinson regains the middleweight title in a fight with Carl 'Bobo' Olson, Dec. 9, 1954
		By the mid-1940s, Robinson was the king of Harlem, and eventually owned a whole city block of buildings that were at the heart of his entrepreneurial empire.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4650586 (615 words)

	Pound for Pound: A Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson by Herb Boyd with Ray Robinson II \| PopMatters Book Review
		Sugar Ray Robinson "wouldn't tell the truth to God," Carmen Basilio said after fighting him for the first time in 1957.
		Ego was part of what made Robinson great, and it also drove his considerable personal excesses, including insatiable womanizing, lavish spending, and a preening narcissism not immediately distinguishable from that of a child.
		Summing Robinson up at the end, Boyd allows that "We may be disappointed that he was not of sterling character and was flawed, as we all are," dismissing Robinson's monstrous behavior with a wave of the hand.
	www.popmatters.com /books/reviews/p/pound-for-pound.shtml (1290 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Life and legacy of boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson
		SUGAR: Fullmer is handling him until the fifth round, at which point Robinson lands with a bodacious left, perfectly timed, a hook right on the chin.
		Sugar Ray was the kind of person, he had to have his hair done, you know.
		SUGAR: I mean, when Muhammad Ali said he was the greatest, I think, you know, case closed, final word.
	www.usoc.org /19578_32952.htm (1547 words)

	Sugar Ray Robinson — FactMonster.com
		Robinson became the first man in boxing history to win a divisional (weight class) world championship five times when he regained the middleweight title in 1958 by defeating Carmen Basilio; he lost the title in 1960 to Paul Pender.
		In his prime, the swift, hard-punching Robinson was rated the best boxer, pound for pound, of his time.
		Sugar Ray Robinson - Sugar Ray Robinson Born: May 3, 1921 Boxer arguably the greatest pound-for-pound prizefighter of...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0842113.html (265 words)

	ESPN Classic - The sugar in the sweet science
		When it came to boxing, Robinson was as good as it got.
		But Robinson's legacy was not made on boxing alone.
		Robinson continued to dominate his welterweight championship fights, including winning a unanimous decision over future champ Kid Gavilan on July 11, 1949.
	sports.espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/Robinson_Sugar_Ray.html (1354 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Sugar Ray Robinson \| PBS
		Robinson won 40 consecutive professional fights before losing to Jake LaMotta in one of their six battles.
		Robinson returned to the ring in 1954, recaptured the middleweight title from Carl (Bobo) Olson in 1955, lost it to and regained it from Gene Fullmer in 1957, yielded it to Carmen Basilio later that year, and for the last time won the 160-pound championship by defeating Basilio in a savage fight in 1958.
		Robinson continued to fight until late 1965, when he was 45 years old.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/sugar_ray_robinson.html (364 words)

	Sugar Ray Robinson Youth Foundation
		The Sugar Ray Robinson Youth Foundation is far more than an organization.
		It is a movement that seeks to build the self-esteem of underprivileged youth and provide them with direction and opportunity to realize their optimal potential.
		The Foundation’s mission embodies Sugar Ray’s dream to provide incentives for young people to adjust to the mainstream of society and ultimately serve as positive role models for future generations.
	www.sugarrayrobinsonyouthfoundation.org (268 words)

	Sugar Ray Robinson at the French Casino
		Sugar Ray Robinson, world's middleweight champ, traded his boxing gloves for some tap shoes and a wardrobe of natty clothes and made his night club debut Friday at the French Casino.
		Here, instead of feinting, punching and counter-punching, all he had to do was turn on his natural charm, dance with vigor and unusual gift for one so new in the game and toss off a few topical gags to win an easy decision.
		Sugar Ray's first entrance is delayed for reasons of suspense, but once he appears in colorful sport jacket and jokes and dances with his very clever partner, Scotty, he's on and off for the rest of the show.
	www.bigbandsandbignames.com /RayRobinson.html (463 words)

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