Sugar Ray Robinson was a diamond in the ring and sparkled outside of it. Fittingly, this biography is a gem. Author Wil Haygood takes you through every round in the boxing legend's life, starting with ...

Wil Haygood talks to Steve Inskeep about the life and career of Sugar Ray Robinson, including his many fights against rival boxer Jake LaMotta.... Sugar Ray Robinson: Fighting Toward Transcendence ...

Hailed by Muhammad Ali as "the king, the master, my idol," Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer America had seen since Joe Louis and is considered by many today to be, pound for pound, the best ...

Did you see any of the Oscar-nominated movies this year? The movie that intrigues me the most is the one about the woman who yearns to be a boxer. I wonder what it’s like, facing an opponent who might ...

A film based on the life of legendary boxer Sugar Ray Robinson is in the works. Haygood has been tapped to write the script for the project, which will centre on the life and career of Robinson, the ...

This Saturday night in Los Vegas, Felix "Tito" Trinidad will square off against Ronald "Winky" Wright in the most anticipated boxing match of the year. Each fighter considers himself, pound for pound, ...

Nobody ever described Jake LaMotta as well as he once described himself. Or, actually, maybe describe is the wrong word. It’s more like he was confessing. Or possibly he was explaining something that ...

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A legendary multi-weight world champion once claimed that he was the greatest fighter of all time ahead of Sugar Ray Robinson ...

Muhammad Ali called him the best boxer ever. He never lost an amateur fight. He won his first 40 bouts as a professional. He held both the welterweight and middleweight championship belts. There's ...