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Jake La Motta knocks Sugar Ray Robinson through the ropes for a count of nine in the eighth round of their bout in Detroit in this Feb. 5, 1943 photo. La Motta won the decision in ten rounds to give Robinson his first defeat in 130 fights. ``He was the best fighter who ever lived, and I should know,'' said LaMotta.
Middleweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson (center) and his championship fists called on Don Newcombe(left) and Jackie Robinsonat Ebbets Field on October 1, 1951 to laud their heroic efforts the previous day in Philadelphia. Robinson's extraordinary game with the glove and the bat, along with the strong 5 2/3 innings in relief by Newcombe (after throwing a complete game shutout over the Phillies the night before) enabled the Dodgers to begin a three-game playoff series that day against the New York Giants to determine the National League pennant winner.
Jackie Wilson (left) and Ray Robinson have fought two bitterly contested ring encounters. Now it's Sgt. Wilson and Pvt. Robinson in the same Aviation Squadron at Mitchel Field, New York, and they stand shoulder to shoulder--ready for a fight to the death on the Axis. |
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