SUGAR’S RING RECORD

Amateur Fights—85 victories (69 KOs—49 in first round), 0 defeats

Professional Fights—175 victories (109 KOs), 19 defeats (1 KO), 6 draws, 1 no-decision, 1 no-contest

1940

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 4

 

Joe Echeverria

 

New York

 

KO 2

Oct 8

 

Silent Stafford

 

Savannah

 

KO 2

Oct 22

 

Mistos Grispos

 

New York

 

W 6

Nov 11

 

Bobby Wood

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 1

Dec 9

 

Norment Quarles

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 4

Dec 12

 

Oliver White

 

New York

 

KO 3


1941

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 4

 

Harry LaBarba

 

Brooklyn

 

KO 1

Jan 13

 

Frankie Wallace

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 1

Jan 31

 

George Zengaras

 

New York

 

W 6

Feb 8

 

Benny Cartegena

 

Brooklyn

 

KO 1

Feb 21

 

Bobby McIntire

 

New York

 

W 6

Feb 27

 

Gene Spencer

 

Detroit

 

KO 5

Mar 3

 

Jimmy Tygh

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 8

Apr 14

 

Jimmy Tygh

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 1

Apr 24

 

Charley Burns

 

Atlantic City

 

KO 1

Apr 30

 

Joe Ghnouly

 

Washington, DC

 

KO 3

May 10

 

Vic Troise

 

Brooklyn

 

KO 1

May 19

 

Nick Castiglione

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 1

Jun 16

 

Mike Evans

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 2

Jul 2

 

Pete Lello

 

New York

 

KO 4

Jul 21

 

Sammy Angott

 

Philadelphia

 

W 10

Aug 27

 

Carl Red Guggino

 

Long Island City, NY

 

KO 3

Aug 29

 

Maurice Arnault

 

Atlantic City

 

KO 1

Sep 19

 

Maxie Shapiro

 

New York

 

KO 3

Sep 25

 

Marty Servo

 

Philadelphia

 

W 10

Oct 31

 

Fritzie Zivic

 

New York

 

W 10


1942

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 16

 

Fritzie Zivic

 

New York

 

KO 10

Feb 20

 

Maxie Berger

 

New York

 

KO 2

Mar 20

 

Norman Rubio

 

New York

 

KO 8

Apr 17

 

Harvey Dubs

 

Detroit

 

KO 6

Apr 30

 

Dick Banner

 

Minneapolis

 

KO 2

May 28

 

Marty Servo

 

New York

 

W 10

Jul 31

 

Sammy Angott

 

New York

 

W 10

Aug 21

 

Ruben Shank

 

New York

 

KO 2

Aug 27

 

Tony Motisi

 

Chicago

 

KO 1

Oct 2

 

Jake LaMotta

 

New York

 

W 10

Oct 19

 

Izzy Jannazzo

 

Philadelphia

 

W 10

Nov 6

 

Vic Dellicurti

 

New York

 

W 10

Dec 1

 

Izzy Jannazzo

 

Cleveland

 

KO 8

Dec 14

 

Al Nettlow

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 3


1943

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feb 5

 

Jake LaMotta

 

Detroit

 

L 10

Feb 19

 

Jackie Wilson

 

New York

 

W 10

Feb 26

 

Jake LaMotta

 

Detroit

 

W 10

Apr 30

 

Freddie Cabral

 

Boston

 

KO 1

Jul 1

 

Ralph Zannelli

 

Boston

 

W 10

Aug 27

 

Henry Armstrong

 

New York

 

W 10


1944

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 13

 

Izzy Jannazzo

 

Boston

 

KO 2

Oct 27

 

Sgt. Lou Woods

 

Chicago

 

KO 9

Nov 17

 

Vic Dellicurti

 

Detroit

 

W 10

Dec 12

 

Richard “Sheik” Rangel

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 2

Dec 22

 

George Martin

 

Boston

 

KO 7


1945

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 10

 

Billy Furrone

 

Washington, DC

 

KO 2

Jan 16

 

Tommy Bell

 

Cleveland

 

W 10

Feb 14

 

George Costner

 

Chicago

 

KO 1

Feb 23

 

Jake LaMotta

 

New York

 

W 10

May 14

 

Jose Basora

 

Philadelphia

 

D 10

Jun 15

 

Jimmy McDaniels

 

New York

 

KO 2

Sep 18

 

Jimmy Mandell

 

Buffalo

 

KO 5

Sep 26

 

Jake LaMotta

 

Chicago

 

W 12

Dec 4

 

Vic Dellicurti

 

Boston

 

W 10


1946

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 14

 

Dave Clark

 

Pittsburgh

 

KO 2

Feb 5

 

Tony Riccio

 

Elizabeth, NJ

 

KO 4

Feb 15

 

O’Neill Bell

 

Detroit

 

KO 2

Feb 26

 

Cliff Beckett

 

St. Louis

 

KO 4

Mar 4

 

Sammy Angott

 

Pittsburgh

 

W 10

Mar 14

 

Izzy Jannazzo

 

Baltimore

 

W 10

Mar 21

 

Freddy Flores

 

New York

 

KO 5

Jun 12

 

Freddy Wilson

 

Worcester, MA

 

KO 2

Jun 25

 

Norman Rubio

 

Union City, NJ

 

W 10

Jul 12

 

Joe Curcio

 

New York

 

KO 2

Aug 15

 

Vinnie Vines

 

Albany, NY

 

KO 6

Sep 25

 

Sidney Miller

 

Elizabeth, NJ

 

KO 3

Oct 7

 

Ossie Harris

 

Pittsburgh

 

W 10

Nov 1

 

Cecil Hudson

 

Detroit

 

KO 6

Nov 6

 

Artie Levine

 

Cleveland

 

KO 10

Dec 20

 

Tommy Bell
(Wins Vacant World Welterweight Title)

 

New York

 

W 15


1947

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar 27

 

Bernie Miller

 

Miami

 

KO 3

Apr 3

 

Fred Wilson

 

Akron

 

KO 3

Apr 8

 

Eddie Finazzo

 

Kansas City, MO

 

KO 4

May 16

 

George Abrams

 

New York

 

W 10

Jun 24

 

Jimmy Doyle
(Retains World Welterweight Title)

 

Cleveland

 

TKO 9

Aug 21

 

Sammy Secreet

 

Akron

 

KO 1

Aug 29

 

Flashy Sebastian

 

New York

 

KO 1

Oct 28

 

Jackie Wilson

 

Los Angeles

 

KO 7

Dec 10

 

Billy Nixon

 

Elizabeth, NJ

 

KO 6

Dec 19

 

Chuck Taylor
(Retains World Welterweight Title)

 

Detroit

 

KO 6


1948

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar 4

 

Ossie Harris

 

Toledo

 

W 10

Mar 16

 

Henry Brimm

 

Buffalo

 

W 10

Jun 28

 

Bernard Docusen
(Retains World Welterweight Title)

 

Chicago

 

W 15

Sep 23

 

Kid Gavilan

 

New York

 

W 10

Nov 15

 

Bobby Lee

 

Philadelphia

 

W 10


1949

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feb 10

 

Gene Buffalo

 

Wilkes-Barre, PA

 

KO 1

Feb 15

 

Henry Brimm

 

Buffalo

 

D 10

Mar 25

 

Bobby Lee

 

Chicago

 

W 10

Apr 11

 

Don Lee

 

Omaha

 

W 10

Apr 20

 

Earl Turner

 

Oakland

 

KO 8

May 16

 

Al Tribuani

 

Wilmington, DE

 

Exh 4

Jun 7

 

Freddie Flores

 

New Bedford, CT

 

KO 3

Jun 20

 

Cecil Hudson

 

Providence

 

KO 5

Jul 11

 

Kid Gavilan
(Retains World Welterweight Title)

 

Philadelphia

 

W 15

Aug 24

 

Steve Belloise

 

New York

 

KO 7

Sep 2

 

Al Mobley

 

Chicago

 

Exh 4

Sep 9

 

Benny Evans

 

Omaha

 

KO 5

Sep 12

 

Charley Dotson

 

Houston

 

KO 3

Nov 9

 

Don Lee

 

Denver

 

W 10

Nov 13

 

Vern Lester

 

New Orleans

 

KO 5

Nov 15

 

Gene Burton

 

Shreveport, LA

 

Exh 6

Nov 16

 

Gene Burton

 

Dallas

 

Exh 6


1950

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 30

 

George LaRover

 

New Haven, CT

 

KO 4

Feb 13

 

Al Mobley

 

Miami

 

KO 6

Feb 22

 

Aaron Wade

 

Savannah

 

KO 3

Feb 27

 

Jean Walzack

 

St. Louis

 

W 10

Mar 22

 

George Costner

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 1

Apr 21

 

Cliff Beckett

 

Columbus, OH

 

KO 3

Apr 28

 

Ray Barnes

 

Detroit

 

W 10

Jun 5

 

Robert Villemain
(Wins Pennsylvania Middleweight Title)

 

Philadelphia

 

W 15

Aug 9

 

Charley Fusari
(Retains World Welterweight Title)

 

Jersey City

 

W 15

Aug 25

 

Jose Basora
(Retains Pennsylvania Middleweight Title)

 

Scranton

 

KO 1

Sep 4

 

Billy Brown

 

New York

 

W 10

Oct 16

 

Joe Rindone

 

Boston

 

KO 6

Oct 26

 

Carl “Bobo” Olson
(Retains Pennsylvania Middleweight Title)

 

Philadelphia

 

KO 12

Nov 8

 

Bobby Dykes

 

Chicago

 

W 10

Nov 27

 

Jean Stock

 

Paris

 

KO 2

Dec 9

 

Luc Van Dam

 

Brussels

 

KO 4

Dec 16

 

Jean Walzack

 

Geneva

 

W 10

Dec 22

 

Robert Villemain

 

Paris

 

KO 9

Dec 25

 

Hans Stretz

 

Frankfurt

 

KO 5


1951

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feb 14

 

Jake LaMotta
(Wins World Middleweight Title)
(Vacates World Welterweight Title)

 

Chicago

 

KO 13

Apr 5

 

Holly Mims

 

Miami

 

W 10

Apr 9

 

Don Ellis

 

Oklahoma City

 

KO 1

May 21

 

Kid Marcel

 

Paris

 

KO 5

May 26

 

Jean Wanes

 

Zurich

 

W 10

Jun 10

 

Jan deBruin

 

Antwerp

 

KO 8

Jun 16

 

Jean Walzack

 

Liege, Luxembourg

 

KO 6

Jun 24

 

Gerhard Hecht

 

Berlin

 

NC 2

(Robinson disqualified by referee for a kidney punch. Commission later changed it to a no-contest.)

Jul 1

 

Cyrille Delannoit

 

Turin, Italy

 

KO 3

Jul 10

 

Randy Turpin
(Loses World Middleweight Title)

 

London

 

L 15

Sep 12

 

Randy Turpin
(Regains World Middleweight Title)

 

New York

 

KO 10


1952

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar 13

 

Carl “Bobo” Olson
(Retains World Middleweight Title)

 

San Francisco

 

W 15

Apr 16

 

Rocky Graziano
(Retains World Middleweight Title)

 

Chicago

 

KO 3

Jun 25

 

Joey Maxim
(For World Light Heavyweight Title)

 

New York

 

KOby14

Dec 18

 

Announces Retirement

 

 

 

 


1953

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did not fight

 

 

 

 

 

 


1954

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 20

 

Announces Comeback

 

 

 

 

Nov 29

 

Gene Burton

 

Hamilton, Ontario

 

Exh 6


1955

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 5

 

Joe Rindone

 

Detroit

 

KO 6

Jan 19

 

Ralph “Tiger” Jones

 

Chicago

 

L 10

Mar 29

 

Johnny Lombardo

 

Cincinnati

 

W 10

Apr 14

 

Ted Olla

 

Milwaukee

 

KO 3

May 4

 

Garth Panter

 

Detroit

 

W 10

Jul 22

 

Rocky Castellani

 

San Francisco

 

W 10

Dec 9

 

Carl “Bobo” Olson
(Regains World Middleweight Title)

 

Chicago

 

KO 2


1956

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 18

 

Carl “Bobo” Olson
(Retains World Middleweight Title)

 

Los Angeles

 

KO 4

Nov 10

 

Bob Provizzi

 

New Haven, CT

 

W 10


1957

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 2

 

Gene Fullmer
(Loses World Middleweight Title)

 

New York

 

L 15

May 1

 

Gene Fullmer
(Regains World Middleweight Title)

 

Chicago

 

KO 5

Sep 10

 

Otis Woodard

 

Philadelphia

 

Exh 2

Sep 10

 

Cosby Linson

 

Philadelphia

 

Exh 2

Sep 23

 

Carmen Basilio
(Loses World Middleweight Title)

 

New York

 

L 15


1958

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar 25

 

Carmen Basilio
(Regains World Middleweight Title)

 

Chicago

 

W 15


1959

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec 14

 

Bob Young

 

Boston

 

KO 2


1960

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 22

 

Paul Pender
(Loses World Middleweight Title)

 

Boston

 

L 15

Apr 2

 

Tony Baldoni

 

Baltimore

 

KO 1

Jun 10

 

Paul Pender
(For World Middleweight Title)

 

Boston

 

L 15

Dec 3

 

Gene Fullmer
(For NBA Middleweight Title)

 

Los Angeles

 

D 15


1961

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar 4

 

Gene Fullmer
(For NBA Middleweight Title)

 

Las Vegas

 

L 15

Sep 25

 

Wilf Greaves

 

Detroit

 

W 10

Oct 21

 

Denny Moyer

 

New York

 

W 10

Nov 20

 

Al Hauser

 

Providence

 

KO 6

Dec 8

 

Wilf Greaves

 

Pittsburgh

 

KO 8


1962

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feb 17

 

Denny Moyer

 

New York

 

L 10

Apr 27

 

Bobby Lee

 

Port of Spain, Trinidad

 

KO 2

Jul 9

 

Phil Moyer

 

Los Angeles

 

L 10

Sep 25

 

Terry Downes

 

London

 

L 10

Oct 17

 

Diego Infantes

 

Vienna

 

KO 2

Nov 10

 

Georges Estatoff

 

Lyon, France

 

KO 6


1963

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 30

 

Ralph Dupas

 

Miami Beach

 

W 10

Feb 25

 

Bernie Reynolds

 

Santo Domingo

 

KO 4

Mar 11

 

Billy Thornton

 

Lewiston, ME

 

KO 3

May 5

 

Maurice Rolbnet

 

Sherbrooke, Canada

 

KO 3

Jun 24

 

Joey Giardello

 

Philadelphia

 

L 10

Oct 14

 

Armand Vanucci

 

Paris

 

W 10

Nov 9

 

Fabio Bettini

 

Lyon, France

 

D 10

Nov 16

 

Emile Sarens

 

Brussels

 

KO 8

Nov 29

 

Andre Davier

 

Grenoble, France

 

W 10

Dec 9

 

Armand Vanucci

 

Paris

 

W 10


1964

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 19

 

Gaylord Barnes

 

Portland, ME

 

W 10

Jul 8

 

Clarence Riley

 

Pittsfield, MA

 

KO 6

Jul 27

 

Art Hernandez

 

Omaha

 

D 10

Sep 3

 

Mick Leahy

 

Paisley, Scotland

 

L 10

Sep 28

 

Yolande Leveque

 

Paris

 

W 10

Oct 12

 

Johnny Angel

 

London

 

KO 6

Oct 24

 

Jackie Caillau

 

Nice, France

 

W 10

Nov 7

 

Baptiste Rolland

 

Calen, France

 

W 10

Nov 14

 

Jean Beltritti

 

Marseilles, France

 

W 10

Nov 27

 

Fabio Beltini

 

Rome

 

D 10


1965

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar 6

 

Jimmy Beecham

 

Kingston, Jamaica

 

KO 2

Apr 4

 

Ray Basting

 

Savannah KO 1

Apr 28

 

Rocky Randall

 

Norfolk, VA

 

KO 3

May 24

 

Memo Ayon

 

Tijuana

 

L 10

Jun 1

 

Stan Harrington

 

Honolulu

 

L 10

Jun 24

 

Young Joe Walcott

 

Richmond

 

W 10

Jul 12

 

Fred Hernandez

 

Las Vegas

 

L 10

Jul 27

 

Young Joe Walcott

 

Richmond

 

W 10

Aug 10

 

Stan Harrington

 

Honolulu

 

L 10

Sep 15

 

Bill Henderson

 

Norfolk, VA

 

NC 2

Sep 23

 

Young Joe Walcott

 

Philadelphia

 

W 10

Oct 1

 

Peter Schmidt

 

Johnston, PA

 

W 10

Oct 20

 

Rudolf Bent

 

Steubenville, OH

 

KO 3

Nov 10

 

Joey Archer

 

Pittsburgh

 

L 10

Dec 10

 

Announces Retirement