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Tracknfieldgear On August 21, 2010

Robinson was 85-0 as an amateur with 69 of those victories coming by way of knockout, 40 in the first round. He turned professional in 1940 at the age of 19 and by 1951 had a professional record of 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts. Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and won the world middleweight title in the later year. He retired in 1952, only to come back two and a half years later and regain the middleweight title in 1955. He then became the first boxer in history to win a divisional world championship five times, a feat he accomplished by defeating Carmen Basilio in 1958 to regain the middleweight championship. Robinson was named "fighter of the year" twice: first for his performances in 1942, then nine years and over 90 fights later, for his efforts in 1951.

Statistics

Nickname(s)

Sugar

Rated at

Lightweight, Middleweight, Light heavyweight

Nationality

Nationality

Birth date

May 3, 1921(1921-05-03)

Birth place

Ailey, Georgia

Death date

April 12, 1989

Stance

Orthodox

Boxing record

Total fights

200

Wins

173

Wins by KO

108

Losses

19

Draws

6

No contests

2



1 comments:

Unknown said...

in my opinion this was the greatest fighter to ever lace up a pair of gloves.

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