“Barbados” Joe Walcott, Armstrong, Kid Gavilan, Leonard, just to name a few of the legends to grace the 147 lbs division. The most accomplished of them all was Sugar Ray Robinson. There have ...
The claim has been used to describe many boxers, but it was invented for Sugar Ray Robinson ... a unanimous decision over future champ Kid Gavilan on July 11, 1949. Then he moved up and won ...
They said, he just won, they counted to 10," said former middleweight champion Gene Fullmer about Sugar Ray Robinson on ESPN ... decision over future champ Kid Gavilan on July 11, 1949.