The nickname "Sugar"

Collapse
X
Collapse
  • Page of 3
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 3 template Next
  • MalevolentBite
    Objective Opinions Only
    Platinum Champion - 1,000-5,000 posts
    • Jul 2024
    • 2243
    • 693
    • 339
    • 0
    #21
    Sugar Ray Seales won a gold medal in 1972.

      Comment

      • tonysoprano
        Undisputed Champion
        Platinum Champion - 1,000-5,000 posts
        • Sep 2017
        • 1919
        • 486
        • 1,115
        • 16,233
        #22
        It should only be Sugar Ray.

        Sugar Shane just doesn’t sound right.

          Comment

          • sbbigmike
            Undisputed Champion
            Platinum Champion - 1,000-5,000 posts
            • Dec 2012
            • 1988
            • 157
            • 38
            • 24,971
            #23
            Originally posted by SlySlickSmooth
            Sugar Ray Robinson
            Sugar Ray Leonard
            Sugar Shane Mosley

            Are there more?

            What gave these boxers the nickname "Sugar" did they bestow it upon themselves? Or was there some common connection between the Sugars?
            Back in the old days when a guy was soft or feminine they called them sugar....leanard and Mosley definitely suspect

              Comment

              • Marchegiano
                Banned
                Gold Champion - 500-1,000 posts
                • Jun 2024
                • 664
                • 374
                • 463
                • 0
                #24
                Originally posted by pacmanis1

                I believe SRR's trainer gave it to him because his style was so sweet it was like sugar. I want to say I read that somewhere. The others were just paying homage.
                Sugar Ray Robinson is the ultimate Hall of Fame legend | Boxing News
                https://boxingnewsonline.net/sugar-ray-robinson-is-the-ultimate-hall-of-fame-legend/
                BEFORE the world became familiar with the alias ‘Sugar Ray Robinson’, Walker Smith Jr embarked on a glorious run across amateur boxing. Smith was so good. He

                  Comment

                  Previous 1 2 3 template Next
                  Working...
                  TOP

                  Sign In

                  Forgot password?

                  Register

                  Get in on the latest boxing conversations in our Forum and comment on articles.
                  JOIN NOW