When people think of legendary boxers, names like Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Joe Frazier come to mind. These fighters set the standard for what boxing is today, inspiring numerous fighters to ...
An unbeaten world champion has set his sights on eclipsing Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson by becoming the greatest ...
Sugar Ray Robinson 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Henry Armstrong 2. Henry Armstrong 2. Alexis Arguello 3. Muhammad Ali 3. Muhammad Ali 3. Henry Armstrong 4. Harry Greb 4. Benny Leonard 4. Sugar Ray Robinson 5.
The legendary Sugar Ray Robinson (174-19-6-2 NC, 109 KOs) was born as Walker Smith Jr. in Ailey, Georgia, moving to New York City after his parents separated, which led to him dropping out of school ...
Nobody ever described Jake LaMotta as well as he once described himself. Or, actually, maybe describe is the wrong word. It’s more like he was confessing. Or possibly he was explaining something that ...
These days, there is precious little boxing that takes place over the holidays, save for the customary late-year shows in Russia and Japan. For promoters, it’s a financially perilous decision to stage ...
In Valatie, where he lived for two decades, Joey Archer wasn’t recognized as the boxer who sent Sugar Ray Robinson into retirement or the man who fought twice for the world middleweight title at ...
Jose "OnFire" Aguirre and Tim "Dogg" Fears knock out the interviews at the ceremony to introduce the Sugar Ray Robinson stamp, only the second fighter in history to have his own stamp. Listen to ...
Arguably the standout of the beloved ‘Four Kings’, Sugar Ray Leonard is often heralded as one of the pound-for-pound icons of the sport. Although, when ...
BOCA RATON — They’re calling Ray Leonard up on the stage, a stage cordoned off with ropes to resemble a ring and orchestrated by an emcee who, having clearly rehearsed it, is doing his very best ...
The Pound-for-Pound rankings determine who is the best fighter regardless of weight class, although the term was born decades before the official rankings. Terence Crawford could go top with a win ...
Teddy Atlas named the likes of Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Sugar Ray Robinson in his top 10 list of pound-for-pound ...