Sugar Ray Robinson is considered the greatest pound-for-pound boxer who ever lived — a fighter so dominant that his record of 128 knockouts in 200 professional fights may never be matched. But his most famous moment was not a victory. Before his 1947 fight with Jimmy Doyle, Robinson dreamed that he killed Doyle in the ring. He tried to pull out of the fight. His handlers talked him back in. Doyle died from injuries sustained that night.
This episode traces Robinson from his Detroit childhood through the welterweight and middleweight championships, the Doyle tragedy, the rivalry with Jake LaMotta, and the legacy of the most technically perfect boxer in history.
Robinson's childhood move from Detroit to Harlem and his rapid rise through the amateur ranks
The premonition dream about Jimmy Doyle and the fight that made the nightmare real
The six fights with Jake LaMotta and the middleweight dominance that defined his career
The entourage, the pink Cadillac, and the financial ruin that followed retirement
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