Though Leonard is gracious in his assessment, the two have been compared for their incredible rhythm and speed. He actually ...

One of the side features of a Sugar Ray Robinson championship bout was the magnetic force with which it pulled in the cream of Negro America -- writers, political ward leaders, musicians, Elks ...

Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Mike Tyson, legends in the realm of boxing, all concur that "Sugar" Ray Robinson stands atop the sport as the all-time greatest.

Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Mike Tyson are three of the best boxers in the sport’s history - but all three believe “Sugar” Ray Robinson is the greatest of all time.

“Beauty, power, greatness, perfection — Sugar Ray Robinson was the best,” said Sugar Ray Leonard . Take a moment to comprehend the caliber of the men giving Robinson such high praise. Some ...

After Robinson’s win over Stock, Villemain was in attendance and joked to reporters that Sugar Ray was his next big opponent.

The item in Walter Winchell’s column one day last June sounded genuinely solicitous. “Sugar Ray Robinson and gambler-shylocks are at war,” it read. “Buddies rushed out of Harlem bars and ...

'Sugar' Ray Robinson reminded the boxing world why he is considered by many in the industry as the best to ever do it. The Hall of Fame former welterweight and middleweight champion prevailed in ...

In Valatie, where he lived for two decades, Joey Archer wasn’t recognized as the boxer who sent Sugar Ray Robinson into retirement.

French reporters were goggle-eyed when World Welterweight Champion “Sugar Ray” Robinson ambled into Paris’ Claridge Hotel on the Champs-Elysées last November. Following the coffee-colored ...

He adopted the nickname, “Sugar Ray,” after boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson. Leonard held world titles in welterweight, middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight classes.

Robinson passed away on April 12, 1989, aged 67, and 35 years since the boxing world lost a great, we wanted to pay homage to a pound-for-pound legend.