Walker Smith Jr. better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965.Â
During one time in his boxing career (June 1947), after four non – title bouts, Robinson was scheduled to defend his title for the first time in a bout against Jimmy Doyle. Robinson initially backed out of the fight because he had a dream that he was going to kill Doyle. A priest and a minister convinced him to fight. His dream was proven to be true. On June 25, 1947, Robinson dominated Doyle and scored a decisive knockout in the eighth round that knocked Doyle unconscious and resulted in Doyle’s death later that night.
After Doyle’s death, criminal charges were threatened against him, up to and murder, though none actually materialized. After learning of Doyle’s intentions of using the bout’s money to buy his mother a house, Robinson gave Doyle’s mother the money from his next four bouts so she could purchase herself a home, fulfilling her son’s intention.
Robinson was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is often regarded as the greatest boxer of all time, pound – for – pound.
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