Roger Mayweather, uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jr., revealed that he believed he was the second-best boxer in history, behind Sugar Ray Robinson ...

The legendary Sugar Ray Robinson (174-19-6-2 NC, 109 KOs) was born as Walker Smith Jr. in Ailey, Georgia, moving to New York City after his parents separated, which led to him dropping out of school ...

Florida A&M University professor Luther D. Wells and alumnus Reginald L. Wilson are taking “Sugar Ray,” a one-man show about legendary boxer Sugar Ray Robinson to an off-Broadway theater. The two ...

Nobody ever described Jake LaMotta as well as he once described himself. Or, actually, maybe describe is the wrong word. It’s more like he was confessing. Or possibly he was explaining something that ...

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Sugar Ray Robinson acrylic and oilstick on canvas 59.7/8 x 48.1/4 in. (152.1 x 122.6 cm.) Painted in 1982. His vigilant gaze directed at the viewer, his gloved fists ...

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.