“I had knocked out guys before, dozens of them,” he wrote. Robinson was clearly haunted by the fight. Immediately after the fight, a shocked and dazed Robinson informed reporters of his premonition by dream, letting out a good deal of the emotion he had managed to bottle up as he engaged in the fight he strongly felt in his heart would end in tragedy. Referee Jackie Davis began the 10 count but soon realized that it wasn’t necessary. In the eighth round of Sugar Ray Robinson’s fight with Jimmy Doyle, Robinson landed a left hook to the face of Doyle. Promoter Larry Atkins convinced Robinson not to cancel the fight because of a dream. Fight promoters, who stood to lose money by Robinson’s decision, brought in a Catholic priest (some sources say a priest and minister) who sought to calm Robinson’s nerves by assuring him that it was only a dream.
Robinson was so disturbed by the dream that he wanted to back out of the fight with Doyle. I hit him a few good punches and he was on his back, his blank eyes staring up at me, and I was staring down at him, not knowing what to do, and the referee was moving in to count to 10 and Doyle still wasn’t moving a muscle and in the crowd I could hear people yelling, ‘He’s dead, he’s dead,’ and I didn’t know what to do. “In the dream, Jimmy Doyle was in the ring with me. “I woke up in a cold sweat, yellin’ for Jimmy to get up – get up – get up! My yellin’ woke me up, I guess,” Robinson wrote. Ray lands a devastating strike knocking Jimmy to the canvas. In his dream, Robinson was fighting Jimmy Doyle. In his autobiography, Robinson told the chilling story of a dream he had prior to his bout with Doyle. On June 26, 1947, Sugar Ray Robinson was scheduled to fight 22-year-old Jimmy Doyle. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.” Robinson’s haunting dream Leonard, who won world titles in five weight divisions, said there was no comparison between the Sugar Rays, saying “Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Ray Leonard, known as Sugar Ray Leonard during his illustrious boxing career when he dominated in the 80s, got his name from Robinson. World champion Muhammad Ali called him “the king, the master, my idol.” Altogether, he amassed 109 KOs and finished with a record of 175-19-6 with two no-decisions. Amazingly, in over 200 fights, Sugar Ray was never physically knocked out (though he did receive one technical KO). Sugar Ray’s record was 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts at the pinnacle of his career. His career included a 91-fight win streak.
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Robinson went on to win 175 fights in 199 bouts in his professional career. Soon after he won the New York Golden Gloves at age 19, he turned pro.
Smith borrowed an AAU boxing card of a friend named Ray Robinson.Īn early look at the future champ prompted his lifelong manager George Gainford to say he was “sweet as sugar.” So Walker Smith Jr. He attempted to enter his first boxing tournament when he was 15 years old but was told he needed an AAU card, which he wasn’t able to get until he was 18.
As a youngster, the boy formerly known as Walker Smith Jr.
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