Hailed by Muhammad Ali as "the king, the master, my idol," Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer America had seen since Joe Louis and is considered by many today to be, pound for pound, the best ...

There were chartered flights in the air, heading for the United States, two days before the bout. British dignitaries and sportsmen -- among them the mayor of Turpin's home town -- were en route.

In Valatie, where he lived for two decades, Joey Archer wasn’t recognized as the boxer who sent Sugar Ray Robinson into retirement or the man who fought twice for the world middleweight title at ...

FRANKFURT, Dec. 28 (Stars and Stripes) — Sugar Ray Robinson last. might settled the question of how long Hans Stretz, ex-middleweight champion of Germany, could stand up against the world welterweight ...

Prologue : Round midnight -- 1921-1942 : Say goodbye to Walker Smith Jr. -- 1943-1944 : Sugar Ray's uniform -- 1945-1946 : Esquire men -- A lovely setup for the old man -- 1947 : Killer -- 1942-1951 : ...