Boxing: Pulling No Punches in Rags-to-Riches-to-Rags Tale ; Book Review Peerless the Sugar Ray Robinson Story by Brian Hughes and Damian Hughes Pounds 17.99 Hb Available at 4sportsbooks.Co.Uk

Birmingham Post › March 24, 2007

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In polls to unearth the best 'pound for pound' boxer in the sport's illustrious history, one name dominates. During a professional career lasting a quarter century, Sugar Ray Robinson fought on more than 200 occasions, winning over half by knockout, as he captured no fewer than five world crowns.

Born Walker Smith Junior in 1920, Sugar Ray grew up in Depression- hit America where the boxing ring or vicious gangsterism were the only way to escape poverty. Robinson opted for the ring where, under the tutelage of trainer George Gain-ford at his Salem Crescent gym in New York, he produced the perfect amateur career record: 89 victories in 89 fights.

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Boxing: Pulling No Punches in Rags-to-Riches-to-Rags Tale ; Book Review Peerless the Sugar Ray Robinson Story by Brian Hughes and Damian Hughes Pounds 17.99 Hb Available at 4sportsbooks.Co.Uk

His subsequent march to a world title after he turned professional was inexorable. He lost just once in his first 100 fights, to Ja...

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