Sugar Ray Robinson other fighters who took the nickname "Sugar" in homage to him such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Shane Mosley, and MMA fighter "Suga" Rashad Evans. !colspan=3 style="background:#C1D8FF;"|World titles 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
Jean Walker-Smith at the end of the month Walker-Smith participated in the British Hard Court Championships in Bournemouth where she was defeated in the final by Doris Hart. She shared the singles title at the Surrey Championships in 1948 with Joan Curry, was a runner-up in 1949 and won the title in 1950, defeating Quertier in the final. At the 1951 British Covered Court Championships, played on wooden courts at the Queen's Club, she was a runner-up to Susan Partridge. At the Irish Open in July 1952 she reached the final which she lost in two sets to reigning U.S. and Wimbledon