Sugar Ray Robinson vintage 1940's black and white pin button depicting the greatest ever pound-for-pound boxer of all time. Measuring 1 3/4" in diameter.

Condition mint

Price: £65

Sugar Ray Robinson Career Highlights

Sugar Ray Robinson was born in Detroit, Michigan. 3rd May 1920. Considered by many the “The greatest fighter pound-for-pound” in boxing history, Robinson won the vacant world welter-weight title on December 20th, 1946 on PTS from Tommy Bell. he relinquished the crown as undefeated champion in 1951 when he captured the middleweight title from Jake LaMotta on February 14th, on a 13 round TKO. On July 10th he lost it to Randy Turpin on PTS in London, but 2 months later regained it by TKO in New York. On June 25th, 1952, he challenged Joey Maxim for the light-heavyweight title. He led on points, but collapsed from the intense heat and lost by TKO in 14 rounds and retired. He returned to the ring 3 years later and won the middleweight crown for the third time, stopping Bobo Olsen on December 9th 1954. He lost and recaptured the title a fourth time early in 1957 in 2 bouts with Gene Fullmer, lost the crown again on September 23rd to Carmen Basilio, but regained it on March 25th, 1958. He lost it for the final time on January 22nd, 1960 on points to Paul Pender.