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Sugar Ray Robinson Cared for His Opponents in the Ring

By Sherwood Ross

Sherwood Ross: From his earliest amateur bouts on, Sugar Ray’s opponents didn’t know what hit them. Robinson won 69 of his 85 amateur bouts by knockouts, 40 of them in the first round, and never lost a fight.

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