Why one can say anyone BUT Sugar Ray Robinson is the best welter either is too young to know anything about him or too ignorant to understand what he accomplished. The man won the world welterweight title in 1946 in his 75th fight. Prior to winning the title he was widely considered the uncrowned ww champ after beating Henry Armstrong, Sammy Angott three times, Fritzie Zivic twice, and Jake Lamotta 4 times. He not only held the welterweight title for 5 years. He also won 50 fights (including defenses) and lost NONE IN those 5 years. What fighter nowadays fights 10 fucking times per year. NO great welter after him could compare.....period!
it burns me when i hear some people compare ray leonard to Sugar Ray Robinson!!! there is no comparison. somewhere on this site they have a fantasy fight listed between the two...all ray leonard would do is run...ala the hagler fight...which leonard lost. leonard should have been made to fight a few middleweights that hagler battled with, like
vito antofuermo and mustafa hamshoo (probably not spelled right)before the hagler christmas gift. sorry to get off topic...Mr. robinson is imo
the best pfp boxer of all time!!