Sugar Ray Robinson Biography

“To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.” Have you ever heard this quote? It's heartwarming and telling you that you can be the best when no one is watching. Sugars life was joyful. You can do the best as long as you try. Sugar worked hard for his spot and even tried to fight when he was 18. Sugar wanted to show everyone that he was boss and he was. He believed in himself that he could be the greatest and beat all the other fighters. He won because he believed, practiced and knew he could and the fight would be a good one with him winning.
Sugar Ray Robinson was born May 3rd 1921. (2016). Sugars name was currently Walker Smith Jr. He went to fight when he was 16 but he had to be 18 so he used his friends

He's done a total of 195 matches. Sugar had 106 knockouts total. He was a world welterweight champion and also held the middleweight title five times. Sugar had excellent power and was unbeatable in that time. He was considered the best fighter in history. The Hall of Famers Sugar beat were, Henry Armstrong, Kid Gavilan, Carmen Basilio, Jake LaMotta, Rocky Graziano, Gene Fullmer and Fritzie Zivic. Sugar was so efficient that he won his first fighter of the year award in 1942 and his second fighter of the year award in 1951. He became pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights before losing against Jake LaMotta. He wouldn't loose for another eight years. During Sugars time as a welterweight he won against Jimmy Doley, Chuck Taylor, Bernard Docusen, Gavilan, and Charlie Fusari. In 1951 Sugar challenged LaMotta. Sugar overwhelmed LaMotta with his speed and power. LaMotta ended up stopping in the 13th round. Which made Sugar Ray Robinson the winner. During the welterweight Sugar and Lamotta had met six times and that was their last. Sugar was upset with Randy Turpin. In the rematch they had, Sugar knocked Randy out in the 10th round. Sugar followed with beating Graziano and Carl Olsen, before challenging heavyweight King Joey Maxim. Sugar and Maxim met in the Yankees stadium. The stadium was 100 degrees. It was the heat not Maxim that overcame Sugar. On the 13th round he led onto all the scoreboards, but on the 14th bell Sugar stood up and began to fight back at Maxim. (Sugar Ray Robinson). When Sugar was off the ring he would go around town with his pink cadillac and make appearances at his high-profile Harlem nightclub. Everywhere he went he would bring trainers. He would bring different families, parents, and also kids. He made more than $4 million