#sugarrayrobinson — Public Fediverse posts
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Florentino Fernández: The Ox from Santiago de Cuba
He knocked out 43 opponents and nearly became middleweight champion of the world. The forgotten power of Florentino…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #BobFoster #boxing #CarmenBasilio #Chrisdundee #Cuba #ElBárbarodelKnockout #FlorentinoFernandez #GeneFullmer #JerryEvans #JimmyWilliams #JoseTorres #PaulPender #RockyCastellani #RubinCarter #SugarRayRobinson #TheOx #TheSweetScience #TigerJones #TSS #VernonMcIntosh
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CW: OTD; Boxsport
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The Fight of His Life: Joe Louis’s Battle for Freedom During World War II
Book Review by Thomas Hauser — In his formative years as a writer, Randy Roberts wrote excellent biographies…
#NewsBeep #News #Boxing #BuddyBaer #CA #Canada #GeorgeMarshall #J.EdgarHoover #JackBlackburn #JackieRobinson #JoeLouis #JohnRoxborough #JohnnySmith #JulianBlack #MaxSchmeling #muhammadali #RandyRoberts #Sports #SugarRayRobinson #TheSweetScience #ThomasHauser #TSS #W.C.Heinz
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CW: otd, boxing, La Motta, Robinson
otd: 74 years ago:
the Valentine's day boxing massacre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZ-1gAJf0U#SugarRayRobinson
#JakeLaMotta
#Valentine
#boxingLaMotta the brutish “Bronx Bull,” Robinson the stylish “Prince of Harlem.”:
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Il #12aprile 1989 muore Walker Smith Jr. cioè #SugarRayRobinson, considerato da molti, compreso da Muhammad Ali, come il più grande pugile di tutti i tempi: la sua versatilità nel combattere lo ha resto uno dei pugili più forti di tutti i tempi, e ancora oggi viene considerato una vera e propria leggenda della boxe.