Papers Best Fighters (About.com) Associated Press's panel rates Sugar Ray as the best boxer. 6-05 Best Fighters (ESPN.com) Associated Press's panel rates fighters. Others, of course, will disagree with these ratings. "Sugar Ray Robinson, poetry with a punch, is the Fighter of the Century." "He also was voted the greatest welterweight and middleweight boxer of the century by a five-member panel of experts assembled by The Associated Press." "Muhammad Ali, the century's top heavyweight, was the runner-up in the overall category. Ali and Robinson each received two first-place votes." Henry Armstrong came in third. 6-05 Robinson, Sugar Ray (IBHOF.com) "In a career that spanned three decades, Sugar Ray Robinson embodied the essence of the sweet science. He was a world welterweight champion and held the middleweight title five times. Robinson combined an athlete's grace and excellent power and was nearly unbeatable in his prime. He is considered by many to be the best fighter in history, pound-for-pound. He earned the nickname Sugar Ray when a newspaper reporter described him as 'sweet as sugar.' " "Robinson, whose real name was Walker Smith, turned pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights before losing to [Jake] LaMotta. After that defeat, Robinson wouldn't lose for another eight years." 6-05

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