Sugar Ray Robinson vs Bernard Docusen
1948-06-28
Robinson vs. Docusen was "the fastest and most exciting battle seen in a Chicago ring since the Rocky Graziano-Tony Zale battle in the Stadium a year before. Docusen proved a foeman worthy of Robinson's keenest steel. ... The flashy Fi... Show more
Bobo Olson vs Sugar Ray Robinson III
1955-12-09
The was a crowd of 12,441.
The gross gate was $128,462 and the net gate was $107,051.
Olson received 35% of the gate and a share of the $75,000 in TV and radio money. His total came to $61,718.
Robinson got 25% of the gate and a share ... Show more
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Bobo Olson IV
1956-05-18
A crowd of 20,083 paid a California record $228,500 to see the fight in Wrigley Field. The previous record was $196,720 for the 1955 fight between World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano and challenger Don Cockell.
Each fighter recei... Show more
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Bobo Olson II
1952-03-13
Robinson was a 10-1 betting favorite.
A crowd of 10,033 produced a gate of $63,053.
Robinson missed with a left hook in the tenth round, lost his balance and went down on one knee. Olsen showed fine sportsmanship and stepped back until... Show more
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Fabio Bettini
1963-11-09
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Fritzie Zivic II
1942-01-16
There was a crowd of 15,475 at Madison Square Garden.
The gross gate was $45,054.
Robinson dropped Zivic late in the ninth round and again early in the tenth.
The Associated Press gave Robinson five of the completed nine rounds, while ... Show more
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Fritzie Zivic
1941-10-31
Robinson was a 7-5 betting favorite. [1]
There was a sellout crowd of 20,551 at Madison Square Garden. [2]
According to the New York Times, Zivic got off to a bad start and was in difficulties frequently in the first five rounds. Zivic... Show more
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Jimmy Doyle
1947-06-24
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Marty Servo II
1942-05-28
Robinson was a 6-1 favorite.
There was a crowd of 13,673 at Madison Square Garden and the gross gate was $31,870.
The referee took the second round away from Servo for a low blow.
The Associated Press had Robinson winning by one round.... Show more
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Norman Rubio
1942-03-20
Attendance: 11,274
Gate: $22,000
Robinson knocked Rubio down in the 4th for a one-count. In the 7th roudn, after Rubio drove him back with an attack, Robinson stunned him with right and left to the jaw, and then drove him down for a ni... Show more
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