Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is widely regarded as the greatest boxer of all time and in 2002, Robinson was ranked number one on "The Ring" magazine's list of "80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years". Robinson was 85–0 as
Jean Walker-Smith With Jean Quertier she won the doubles title at the Italian Championships in Rome in 1950, defeating Betty Hilton and Kay Tuckey in the final in three sets. Walker-Smith won the South of England Championships grass court tournament in Eastbourne four times; in 1948 and from 1950 until 1952. On all four occasions she played the final against a compatriot and won in straight sets. She defeated Anne-Marie Seghers in April 1950 to win the singes title at the Monte Carlo Championships. In April 1951 she was singles runner-up to Quertier on the clay courts of the Roehampton tournament and