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- Sugar Ray suffered only one knockout
- defeat in his entire career. The KO came in
- 1952, during a bout at Yankee Stadium, in
- New York City. It was a hot summer night,
- and Sugar Ray was fighting champion
- Joey Maxim for the light-heavyweight (175
- pounds) title.
-
- It was a heroic fight. By the 13th round,
- Sugar Ray was far ahead on the judging
- cards against his much larger opponent.
- All he had to do was make it through the
- 15th round and he would be awarded the
- decision. It didnΓÇÖt happen.
-
- In the extreme heat of the muggy summer
- night, Sugar Ray collapsed after the 13th
- round. Joey Maxim was credited with a
- knockout victory.