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Sugar Ray Robinson Best Fights

Here is a list of Robinson's best fights. For a list of Robinson's losses, refer to "Sugar Ray Robinson Losses".

  1. 1. Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Henry Armstrong

    On August 27, 1943 Sugar Ray Robinson faced off against Henry Armstrong at age 22. He was coming in with a record of 45-1 (30), and Armstrong was 30 years old and with a record of 134-18-8 (90). Robinson won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.

  2. 2. Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Kid Gavilán

    On July 11, 1949 Sugar Ray Robinson met Kid Gavilán in a welterweight (The Ring) world-title defense fight. Robinson was 28 years old and with a record of 95-1-2 (62), and Gavilán was 23 years old and with a record of 53-6-2 (18). Robinson won the fight via 15-round unanimous decision and successfully defended his title.

  3. 3. Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Fritzie Zivic

    On October 31, 1941 Sugar Ray Robinson faced off against Fritzie Zivic at age 20. He was coming in with a record of 26-0 (20), and Zivic was 28 years old and with a record of 111-26-6 (58). Robinson won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.

  4. 4. Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Kid Gavilán

    On September 23, 1948 Sugar Ray Robinson faced off against Kid Gavilán at age 27. He was coming in with a record of 87-1-1 (58), and Gavilán was 22 years old and with a record of 46-5-2 (16). Robinson won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.

  5. 5. Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta

    On February 23, 1945 Sugar Ray Robinson faced off against Jake LaMotta at age 23. He was coming in with a record of 54-1 (36), and LaMotta was 22 years old and with a record of 45-8-2 (10). Robinson won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.

  6. 6. Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta

    On February 26, 1943 Sugar Ray Robinson faced off against Jake LaMotta at age 21. He was coming in with a record of 42-1 (29), and LaMotta was 20 years old and with a record of 31-5-2 (6). Robinson won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.

  7. 7. Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta

    On October 2, 1942 Sugar Ray Robinson faced off against Jake LaMotta at age 21. He was coming in with a record of 36-0 (27), and LaMotta was 20 years old and with a record of 25-4-2 (4). Robinson won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.

  8. 8. Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Denny Moyer

    On October 21, 1961 Sugar Ray Robinson faced off against Denny Moyer at age 40. He was coming in with a record of 145-9-3 (94), and Moyer was 22 years old and with a record of 30-5 (8). Robinson won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.

  9. 9. Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Carmen Basilio

    On March 25, 1958 Sugar Ray Robinson fought Carmen Basilio in a middleweight world-title fight for Basilio's The Ring title. Robinson was 36 years old and with a record of 141-6-2 (92), and Basilio was 30 years old and with a record of 52-12-7 (25). Robinson won the fight via 15-round split decision and is crowned the new middleweight world champion.

  10. 10. Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Rocky Graziano

    On April 16, 1952 Sugar Ray Robinson met Rocky Graziano in a middleweight (The Ring) world-title defense fight. Robinson was 30 years old and with a record of 131-2-2 (87), and Graziano was 33 years old and with a record of 67-8-6 (51). Robinson stopped Rocky Graziano via 3rd-round KO and successfully defended his title.