Sugar Ray Robinson is widely considered to be the greatest fighter to have ever laced up the gloves. Robinson entered the ...

It was when Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Jimmy Doyle (42-7-3) to retain his World Welterweight Title. However, there was a darker matter at hand and it involved Doyle.

In an old interview, he said: “Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest fighter that ever lived.” After a monumental professional career, Robinson announced his retirement from the sport in 1965.

Florida A&M University professor Luther D. Wells and alumnus Reginald L. Wilson are taking “Sugar Ray,” a one-man show about legendary boxer Sugar Ray Robinson to an off-Broadway theater.

Sugar Ray Robinson's boxing career is unparallelled. He fought professionally for a generation, from 1940 to 1965. In his first 128 bouts he lost only once, and amassed an astounding 84 knockouts.