sugar ray robinson

     

On Valentine's Day 1951 this "sweet" boxer defeated Jake La Motta for the world middleweight title

Trivia about sugar ray robinson

  • This "sweet" fighter held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951
  • '50s middleweight champ some say was pound-for-pound the best boxer ever
  • On February 5, 1943 Jake La Motta handed this "sweet" boxer his first career defeat in 130 bouts
  • In 1951 he defeated Jake LaMotta to become middleweight boxing champ
  • Ray Charles Leonard became Sugar Ray Leonard; Walker Smith, Jr. became this boxer
  • Born Walker Smith, Jr., this "honey" of a fighter won the middleweight title 5 times in the 1950s
  • Walker Smith used this name as a professional boxer

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