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Sugar Ray Robinson

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Sugar Ray Robinson

Original Name
Walker Smith
Birth
Ailey, Montgomery County, Georgia, USA
Death
12 Apr 1989 (aged 67)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot
Pinecrest Section, Lot 24, Grave 1
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Professional Boxer. A welterweight and five-time Middleweight Champion of the World, he is considered one of the greatest fighters in the history of the sport. Earning the nickname "Sugar Ray" when a newspaper reporter described him as "sweet as sugar, he had career record of 175-19-6 with 109 KO's. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.
Professional Boxer. A welterweight and five-time Middleweight Champion of the World, he is considered one of the greatest fighters in the history of the sport. Earning the nickname "Sugar Ray" when a newspaper reporter described him as "sweet as sugar, he had career record of 175-19-6 with 109 KO's. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Nov 6, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3831/sugar_ray-robinson: accessed ), memorial page for Sugar Ray Robinson (3 May 1921–12 Apr 1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 3831, citing Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.