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Sugar Ray Robinson

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Many boxing experts consider Sugar Ray Robinson the greatest fighter ever. Turning professional in 1940, he proceeded to dominate his sport for nearly a quarter of a century as a welterweight and middleweight champion.

Five times he captured the world middleweight title and upon leaving the sport his record was 175-19-6.

In retirement, Robinson devoted his considerable energies to the Sugar Ray Robinson Youth Foundation in Los Angeles and its efforts to provide sports and athletic alternatives to inner-city kids.

Photo courtesy of Hard Road to Glory, AP/Worldwide Photos

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Click here to check out Arthur's CBS radio interview in 1989 with Harold Dow, following the release of A Hard Road To Glory. Arthur talks about  African-Americans in sports and how Black athletes have affected 
Civil Rights in America. 

A Hard Road to Glory Profiles
Drawing from the many athletes that Arthur Ashe profiled for his unprecedented book A Hard Road to Glory, which examined the history of African-Americans in sport

Click the links below  to view the Featured Athlete's profile page
David Bing
LorettaClaiborne
Alice Coachman

Nikki Franke
Zina Garrison
Althea Gibson
Charlie Grant
Flo Hyman
Jack Johnson
Joe Louis
Willie Mays
Isaac Murphy
Kimberley Oden
Willie O'Ree
Jesse Owens
Alan Page
Calvin Peete
Tydie Pickett
Fritz Pollard
Oscar Robertson
Paul Robeson
Jackie Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson
Charlie Sifford
Tommie Smith & John Carlos
John Thompson
Peter Westbrook
Jimmy Winkfield
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Arthur Ashe - Career Review
Singles Record: 640 - 205
Singles Titles: 33
Doubles Record: 323 - 176
Doubles Titles: 14
Prize Money: $1,584,909


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