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- Suger Ray Robinson was
- born with the name
- Walker Smith, Junior. As
- a teenager, he was too
- young to get a license to
- box, so he borrowed a license. The name on
- the license was Ray Robinson. He became
- Sugar Ray when his manager said his
- fighting style was ΓÇ£sweet as sugar."
-
- As an amateur fighter, Sugar Ray won two
- Golden Gloves titles and 85 straight bouts.
- In 1940, he turned professional. He was
- undefeated in his first 40 pro bouts, until he
- lost a decision to Jake LaMotta in 1943.
-
- Between 1943 and 1951, Sugar Ray won
- 91 fights in a row, ruling the welter-
- weight (up to 147 pounds) division.
-