Sugar Ray Robinson

PASSINGS: Carmen Basilio

2012-11-08 22:02:00

Carmen Basilio, 85, a genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six months later, died Wednesday at a Rochester, N.Y., hospital following...

Andre Ward out to master 'show-and-tell' boxing

2011-08-24 16:33:39

Jim Murray, Feb. 15, March 2, 1961

2011-03-01 21:33:22

Jim Murray, Feb. 16, March 3, 1961

2011-03-03 16:33:09

Jim Murray, Feb. 21, March 7, 1961

2011-03-07 04:33:14

Jim Murray, May 12, 1961

2011-05-12 04:33:15

Comin' at ya! Book reviews on an iconic boxer, freakonomics, Frankenstein [updated]

2009-10-30 21:33:30

'Sweet Thunder' by Wil Haygood

2009-10-28 00:00:00

When I was a young boxing writer, I once was invited to watch historic fight films with a small group that included Sugar Ray Robinson, by then long retired from the ring. Suffice to say, I was -- by several orders of magnitude -- the most ignorant...

La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos

2013-05-18 00:00:00

� �Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lanc� una maldici�n a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que a�n sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un s�bado 24 de diciembre de...

Williams confident in return trip to Golden Gloves nationals

2013-05-12 02:44:02

When he began boxing six years ago at age 16, Devin Williams was a self-described brawler. Finesse wasn't his thing. He worked hard at changing that, studying the footwork and agility of greats like Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson. By the time...

Washington's Russell could be boxing's next star

2012-07-03 20:36:55

INDIO, Calif. — If boxing can figure out where it left its torch before the whole house goes down, Gary Russell Jr. again showed he might have the hands to hold it. The 24-year-old featherweight from Washington D.C. had too many hands for...

Dream date an age-old issue

2011-09-16 00:00:00

Manny Pacquiao smiled at the question, as many boxers before him have, flexed his right biceps and grinned in delight. "I still feel young and strong," Pacquiao proclaimed last week. Birthday No. 33 comes for Pacquiao on Dec. 17. Floyd Mayweather Jr.,...

This Sept. 23, 1957 file photo shows world middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson, right, fighting challenger Carmen Basilio in the fifth round of a title fight at Yankee Stadium.

2012-11-07 11:32:00

Challenger Carmen Basilio, left, fights then-world middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson at Yankee Stadium in New York in 1957. With his crouching style, Basilio bored relentlessly into opponents.

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