Sugar Ray Robinson looks very ordinary to me
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Well that ruined my post. I was putting together a whole spiel in my head about old time boxers fighting once a month, often times twice a month; not having months between bouts to prepare strategy; not having video of your opponents. Oh well. :-)Comment
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With Floyd's current activety rating, he'd need to fight for another 100 years to get any where near this kind of resume..
Had there been L/welter, L/middle & S/middle divisions back in the day, he'd have undoubtedly snatched those aswell..Last edited by mickey malone; 10-01-2009, 08:26 AM.Comment
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He was extra-ordinary to be able to do what he did against Basilio at 38 years of age, regaining the middleweight title for a 5th time. It was not one of his best ever performances because he was aging and never the same after the 3 year break from boxing he took in 1952-1955.
Watching these films should leave you with an impression of his abilities:
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Robinson knockout special
Back in the Seventies, I had an 8 MM real of a Sugar Ray Robinson knockout special.
It was amazing the skills demonstrated. For instance a straight left to the body of one opponent looked liked they were speared with an ancient lance. Fast hands, fast feet, fast brain, excellent ring movement and on and on and on and he could score a knockout with one punch or a rapid fire series of combinations, take your poison.Comment
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