Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion - [1/6]

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[Bloufo]

The perfect fighting machine.

Ray was a master boxer, wonderfully proportioned, steel-chinned, iron-willed, a chilling puncher with dazzling speed. He possessed sharp reflexes, amazing agility, grace, accurate timing, clever footwork, a vicious punch in either hand and the ability to take a punch and attack going in any direction.

Robinson could do anything and everything in a boxing ring. These are all pure facts that can't be disputed.

He was without a doubt the greatest of them all.

[wasimj2a2]

pound for pound best ever

[P4PBoxingKing]

@skeetskeet182 not only that, Ray Leonard, Hearns and all the other greats would have Ko'd Pacquiao.

[shogunshogun]

Robert "Bob" Fitzsimmons gives Sugar Ray a run for his money for the title "pound for pound." FYI - I don't believe in the subjective "pound for pound," but I would pair them in a man vs man fight. For those who don't know Bob, he was a middleweight who knocked out heavyweights.

Check out a boxing article about Bob by Mike Casey in the Cyber Boxing Zone: The Mike Casey Archive; Not Fade Away: Genius Of Bob Fitzsimmons Must Shine On

[LelandnSonya4eva]

Pacman cant hold a candle to these all time greats, boxing died when these guys left the scene, when ali left

[MrBumboclart]

Down only 4 times in career, knocked out only once from heat-stroke. Dominated at welterweight, dominated at middleweight. Beat the likes of LaMotta, Gavilan, Basilio, Turpin, Fullmer, Graziano, Armstrong. Had over 100 career KO's and is credited by Muhammad Ali to be the greatest fighter ever.

Pacquiao and Mayweather? Who?

[Brownpride480]

@MrSymphonysid I agree. I think It's funny how people pay more attention to the Heavyweights yet the Welterweights and Middleweights have better quality of opposition(don't get me wrong I love the heavyweights and all) but with a guy like Robinson he's certainly more entertaining to watch than any another heavyweight but I also love to Watch Muhammad Ali I mean who wouldn't love watching Ali but the still #1 ATG is Sugar Ray Robinson and no one can deny.

[skeetskeet182]

@jaderance1 you must be another band wagon Filipino that knows nothing about boxing. Robinson would knock pacquiao's ass out. Pacquiao isn't even top 10 or even top 15 in my book.

[MrSymphonysid]

Sugar Ray was not only the greatest - and greater in my book than Ali - he was also the most watchable fighter ever!

[dhankins627]

Carmen Basilio said he was the most arrogant guy he'd ever seen. Well if you went 121-1 at one time in your career, you'd be a cocky son of a bitch too haha

[dhankins627]

@jaderance1 Haha you gotta be kidding me