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By John F. McKenna (McJack): Sugar Ray Robinson, born Walker Smith, Jr. on May 3, 1921 is widely regarded by most boxing historians to be the most exceptional fighter in history. His father, Walker Smith Sr. who was a Georgia Farmer, relocated his family to Detroit, Michigan in search of a better life. Young Walker Smith ended up residing in the same Detroit neighborhood as Joe Louis when he was 11 years old and Joe was 17 years old.
Walker found his way to the Brewster Recreation Center, just like Joe Louis had done a few years earlier. Young Walker soon developed an interest in boxing and met Louis who he quickly began to idolize, even though Joe was unknown at the time.
After his parents separated, Walker moved with his mother to Harlem when he was 12 years old. He continued to show an interest in boxing and when he was 14 years old expressed a desire to become an amateur fighter even though he was underage.
To bypass the rules, Walker would use an identification card of a friend named Ray Robinson, which allowed him to compete as an amateur. Shortly after, Walker Smith Jr. became Ray Robinson. When Robinson’s future manager, George Gainford witnessed him in action, he described his style as being “as sweet as sugar”, thus giving birth to the nickname that would stick with Ray throughout his boxing career, “Sugar” Ray Robinson.
“Sugar” Ray would go on to have an impressive amateur boxing career, remaining undefeated in 85 bouts, winning 69 of those bouts by knockout, with 40 knockouts in the first round. Robinson would secure the AAU Golden Gloves Featherweight Championship in 1939 and the AAU Golden Gloves Lightweight Championship in 1940, the same year he turned professional at nineteen years old.
He then proceeded to win his initial forty professional fights. Sugar Ray suffered his first defeat to Jake Lamota, The Bronx Bull, in Robnson’s former hometown of Detroit on February 5, 1943. Ray would later avenge the loss to Lamotta 3 weeks later by winning a rematch by decision. After his initial loss, Robinson embarked on a 91 fight winning streak that lasted from February 19, 1943 to June 16, 1951. This streak, in the opinion of this writer, is the most remarkable winning streak in the history of sports.
Robinson faced the top competition, never avoiding anyone and fought as frequently as fourteen to fifteen times a year. Consider that he fought more times in a year than present-day fighters who are considered to be “active fighters” do over a five year period of time.
This winning streak is the reason why many boxing historians, writers, fans, and fighters alike, regard Sugar Ray as the greatest pound for pound fighter that ever lived. The term “pound for pound” was actually created by boxing writers who were attempting to find a way to measure his greatness in comparison to fighters of the past such as Harry Greb, Benny Leonard, and Sam Langford who were also sometimes considered possibly the greatest fighters of all time.
More and more during the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, when Robinson was at the lowest point of his career, boxing writers would refer to Sugar Ray as the greatest fighter of all time. Despite the fact that Robinson was named “Fighter of the Year” in 1942 and he continued to dominate his opponents, he was not given a shot at the title because he would not cooperate with the Mafia.
Flashback: Sugar Ray Robinson Profiled – Part 2
Flashback: Sugar Ray Robinson Profiled – Part 3