Hailed by critics as a long overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man who was as elusive out of the ring as he was magisterial in it, "Pound for Pound" is a lively and nuanced profile of an athlete who is the best boxer the sport has arguably ever known. So great were Robinson's skills, he was eulogized by Woody Allen, compared to Joe Louis, ...
Sugar Ray Robinson (19211989) was hailed as the finest boxer to ever enter a ring. Muhammad Ali once called him "the king, my master, my idol"and indeed, he was the idol of everyone who had anything to do with boxing. But for African Americans, he was more than a great boxer. In an era when blacks were supposed to be humble and grateful for ...
This is the definitive biography of Sugar Ray Robinson - the man who Mohammed Ali described as "the King, my master, my idol" - and an expedition into the culture of celebrity in sports. In a career that spanned three decades, Sugar Ray Robinson fought 202 times, and at his height he went unbeaten for 91 consecutive matches. His most memorable ...
Boxing grew to be one of the most popular sports in America in the early 1950s. Thanks to television, fans tuned in each week, rooting for their favorites, watching the best fighters in the world battle on Gillette's Friday Night Fights. These were the "Golden Years" of boxing - the ring echoed with the names of all-time legendary champions: Rocky ...
From the author of the critically acclaimed "In Black and White" comes another illuminating narrative in which Haygood explores one of the 20th-century's most iconic figures of the fight game, Sugar Ray Robinson.
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