Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson was considered to be the best boxer—Pound for Pound—EVER! In this biography originally published in 1951 Sugar Ray’s story is told by one of the preeminent sports biographers of the time, Gene Schoor.From his humble beginnings and his rise to fame, Sugar Ray’s personality and determination shine throughout the book. Robinson was the modern definition of a boxer puncher. He was able to fight almost any style: he could come out one round brawling, the next counterpunching, and the next fighting on the outside flicking his jab. Robinson would use his formless style to exploit his opponents’ weaknesses. He also possessed great speed and precision. He fought in a very conventional way with a firm jab, but threw hooks and uppercuts in flurries in an unconventional way.Robinson has been ranked as one of the greatest boxers of all time by sportswriters, fellow boxers, and trainers. The phrase “pound for pound” was created by sportswriters for him during his career as a way to compare boxers irrespective of weight.In 1997, The Ring magazine ranked him as the best pound-for-pound fighter in history, and in 2007 ESPN.com featured the piece “50 Greatest Boxers of All Time”, in which it named Robinson the top boxer in history. Read more