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Light heavyweight boxing · 1940s

Sugar Ray Robinson

174–19 · 186 recorded bouts · 1940–1965

Sugar Ray Robinson finished 63% of 174 wins inside the distance — the 57th percentile for light heavyweight boxing, where the median is 58%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height71″ (180.3 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionLight Heavyweight Boxing
competed at 4: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1940s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Sugar Ray Robinson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1940 1950 1960 win vs Oliver White (1940)win vs Norment Quarles (1940)win vs Bobby Woods (1940)win vs Mitsos Grispos (1940)win vs Silent Stafford (1940)win vs Joe Echevarria (1940)win vs Fritzie Zivic (1941)win vs Marty Servo (1941)win vs Maxie Shapiro (1941)win vs Maurice Arnault (1941)win vs Carl Guggino (1941)win vs Sammy Angott (1941)win vs Pete Lello (1941)win vs Mike Evans (1941)win vs Nick Castiglione (1941)win vs Victor Troise (1941)win vs Joe Ghnouly (1941)win vs Charley Burns (1941)win vs Jimmy Tygh (1941)win vs Gene Spencer (1941)win vs Bobby McIntire (1941)win vs Benny Cartagena (1941)win vs George Zengaras (1941)win vs Frankie Wallace (1941)win vs Tony Iacovacci (1941)win vs Al Nettlow (1942)win vs Izzy Jannazzo (1942)win vs Vic Dellicurti (1942)win vs Jake LaMotta (1942)win vs Tony Motisi (1942)win vs Reuben Shank (1942)win vs Sammy Angott (1942)win vs Marty Servo (1942)win vs Dick Banner (1942)win vs Harvey Dubs (1942)win vs Norman Rubio (1942)win vs Maxie Berger (1942)win vs Fritzie Zivic (1942)win vs Henry Armstrong (1943)win vs Ralph Zannelli (1943)win vs Freddie Cabral (1943)win vs Jake LaMotta (1943)win vs California Jackie Wilson (1943)win vs George Martin (1944)win vs Sheik Rangel (1944)win vs Vic Dellicurti (1944)win vs Lou Woods (1944)win vs Izzy Jannazzo (1944)win vs Vic Dellicurti (1945)win vs Jake LaMotta (1945)win vs Jimmy Mandell (1945)win vs Jimmy McDaniels (1945)draw vs José Basora (1945)win vs George Costner (1945)win vs Tommy Bell (1945)win vs Billy Furrone (1945)win vs Tommy Bell (1946)win vs Artie Levine (1946)win vs Cecil Hudson (1946)win vs Ossie Harris (1946)win vs Sidney Miller (1946)win vs Vinnie Vines (1946)win vs Joe Curcio (1946)win vs Norman Rubio (1946)win vs Freddie Wilson (1946)win vs Freddie Flores (1946)win vs Izzy Jannazzo (1946)win vs Sammy Angott (1946)win vs Cliff Beckett (1946)win vs O'Neil Bell (1946)win vs Tony Riccio (1946)win vs Dave Clark (1946)win vs Chuck Taylor (1947)win vs Billy Nixon (1947)win vs California Jackie Wilson (1947)win vs Flashy Sebastian (1947)win vs Sammy Secreet (1947)win vs Jimmy Doyle (1947)win vs Georgie Abrams (1947)win vs Eddie Finazzo (1947)win vs Freddie Wilson (1947)win vs Bernie Miller (1947)win vs Bobby Lee (1948)win vs Kid Gavilán (1948)win vs Bernard Docusen (1948)win vs Henry Brimm (1948)win vs Ossie Harris (1948)win vs Vern Lester (1949)win vs Don Lee (1949)win vs Charley Dodson (1949)win vs Benny Evans (1949)win vs Steve Belloise (1949)win vs Kid Gavilán (1949)win vs Cecil Hudson (1949)win vs Freddie Flores (1949)win vs Earl Turner (1949)win vs Bobby Lee (1949)draw vs Henry Brimm (1949)win vs Young Gene Buffalo (1949)win vs Hans Stretz (1950)win vs Robert Villemain (1950)win vs Jean Walzack (1950)win vs Luc van Dam (1950)win vs Jean Stock (1950)win vs Bobby Dykes (1950)win vs Bobo Olson (1950)win vs Joe Rindone (1950)win vs Billy Brown (1950)win vs José Basora (1950)win vs Charley Fusari (1950)win vs Ray Barnes (1950)win vs Cliff Beckett (1950)win vs George Costner (1950)win vs Aaron Wade (1950)win vs Johnny Dudley (1950)win vs Al Mobley (1950)win vs George LaRover (1950)win vs Randolph Turpin (1951)win vs Cyrille Delannoit (1951)? vs Gerhard Hecht (1951)win vs Jean Walzack (1951)win vs Jan de Bruin (1951)win vs Jean Wanes (1951)win vs Kid Marcel (1951)win vs Don Ellis (1951)win vs Holly Mims (1951)win vs Jake LaMotta (1951)loss vs Joey Maxim (1952)win vs Rocky Graziano (1952)win vs Bobo Olson (1952)win vs Bobo Olson (1955)win vs Rocky Castellani (1955)win vs Garth Panter (1955)win vs Ted Olla (1955)win vs Johnny Lombardo (1955)loss vs Ralph Jones (1955)win vs Joe Rindone (1955)win vs Bob Provizzi (1956)win vs Bobo Olson (1956)loss vs Carmen Basilio (1957)win vs Gene Fullmer (1957)win vs Carmen Basilio (1958)win vs Bob Young (1959)draw vs Gene Fullmer (1960)loss vs Paul Pender (1960)win vs Tony Baldoni (1960)win vs Wilf Greaves (1961)win vs Al Hauser (1961)win vs Denny Moyer (1961)loss vs Gene Fullmer (1961)win vs Georges Estatoff (1962)win vs Diego Infantes (1962)loss vs Terry Downes (1962)loss vs Phil Moyer (1962)win vs Bobby Lee (1962)loss vs Denny Moyer (1962)win vs Armand Vanucci (1963)win vs Andre Davier (1963)win vs Emiel Sarens (1963)draw vs Fabio Bettini (1963)loss vs Joey Giardello (1963)win vs Maurice Roblet (1963)win vs Billy Thornton (1963)win vs Bernie Reynolds (1963)win vs Ralph Dupas (1963)draw vs Fabio Bettini (1964)win vs Jean Beltritti (1964)win vs Jean Baptiste Rolland (1964)win vs Jackie Cailleau (1964)win vs Johnny Angel (1964)win vs Yoland Leveque (1964)loss vs Mick Leahy (1964)draw vs Art Hernández (1964)win vs Clarence Riley (1964)win vs Gaylord Barnes (1964)loss vs Joey Archer (1965)win vs Rudolph Bent (1965)win vs Peter Schmidt (1965)win vs Harvey McCullough (1965)? vs Neil Morrison (1965)loss vs Stan Harrington (1965)loss vs Ferd Hernandez (1965)loss vs Memo Ayón (1965)win vs Rocky Randell (1965)win vs Earl Bastings (1965)win vs Jimmy Beecham (1965)
winlossdraw / NC1940–1965

Record

Boxing record

174–19

201 bouts on record

Finish rate

63%

of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight boxing median 58%, 57th percentile

By knockout: 109 (63%)By decision: 65 (37%)
  • By knockout 63%
  • By decision 37%

The career, bout by bout

186 recorded bouts from 1940 to 1965. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

26y

1940–1965

Longest unbeaten run

124

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1941

19 bouts

Recorded bouts

186

186 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1965 L Joey Archer Decision10
1965 W Rudolph Bent KO/TKO3
1965 W Peter Schmidt Decision10
1965 W Harvey McCullough Decision10
1965 ? Neil Morrison 2
1965 L Stan Harrington Decision10
1965 L Ferd Hernandez Decision10
1965 L Memo Ayón Decision10
1965 W Rocky Randell KO/TKO3
1965 W Earl Bastings KO/TKO1
1965 W Jimmy Beecham KO/TKO2
1964 D Fabio Bettini Decision10
1964 W Jean Beltritti Decision10
1964 W Jean Baptiste Rolland Decision10
1964 W Jackie Cailleau Decision10
1964 W Johnny Angel KO/TKO6
1964 W Yoland Leveque Decision10
1964 L Mick Leahy Decision10
1964 D Art Hernández Decision10
1964 W Clarence Riley KO/TKO6
1964 W Gaylord Barnes Decision10
1963 W Armand Vanucci Decision10
1963 W Andre Davier Decision10
1963 W Emiel Sarens KO/TKO8
1963 D Fabio Bettini Decision10
1963 L Joey Giardello Decision10
1963 W Maurice Roblet KO/TKO3
1963 W Billy Thornton KO/TKO3
1963 W Bernie Reynolds KO/TKO4
1963 W Ralph Dupas Decision10
1962 W Georges Estatoff KO/TKO6
1962 W Diego Infantes KO/TKO2
1962 L Terry Downes Decision10
1962 L Phil Moyer Decision10
1962 W Bobby Lee KO/TKO2
1962 L Denny Moyer Decision10
1961 W Wilf Greaves KO/TKO8
1961 W Al Hauser KO/TKO6
1961 W Denny Moyer Decision10
1961 L Gene Fullmer Decision15
1960 D Gene Fullmer Decision15
1960 L Paul Pender Decision15
1960 W Tony Baldoni KO/TKO1
1959 W Bob Young KO/TKO2
1958 W Carmen Basilio Decision15
1957 L Carmen Basilio Decision15
1957 W Gene Fullmer KO/TKO5
1956 W Bob Provizzi Decision10
1956 W Bobo Olson KO/TKO4
1955 W Bobo Olson KO/TKO2
1955 W Rocky Castellani Decision10
1955 W Garth Panter Decision10
1955 W Ted Olla KO/TKO3
1955 W Johnny Lombardo Decision10
1955 L Ralph Jones Decision10
1955 W Joe Rindone KO/TKO6
1952 L Joey Maxim KO/TKO13
1952 W Rocky Graziano KO/TKO3
1952 W Bobo Olson Decision15
1951 W Randolph Turpin KO/TKO10

Showing the 60 most recent of 186 recorded bouts.

39 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 208 light heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Sugar Ray Robinson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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