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A Filipino Challenged Sugar Ray Robinson!

Here is an interesting piece of boxing history, friends!
Did you know that a Filipino challenged Sugar Ray Robinson
for his World Welterweight Championship on June 28, 1948?

And I kid you not! It's one awesome find!

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At that point in Robinson's career, one could rarely go the distance. Sugar Ray Robinson was a determined man. Muhammad Ali called him the greatest fighter ever lived.

06-07-2008 09:49 AM
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