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Legends of the Ring - Sugar Ray Robinson - Pound for Pound [VHS]

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I was disappointed after viewing this video. I was expecting more footage from Sugar Ray's fights, as well as some discussion/commentary about Robinson's contributions to boxing. Instead, there are endless scenes of Robinson receiving awards for "fatherhood" and other community service stuff. Half a dozen times of hearing "Well, thank you very much. I want to say I'm really honored here today" is just too much. Same with legions of aging retired boxers saying Robinson was the greatest fighter, pound for pound--and nothing more beyond that bare statement. What this video lacks is describing exactly what made Robinson the greatest. For example, his development of what he called the "turtle" (Ali later called it "rope a dope," with which he used to upset Forman in Zaire) is never mentioned. Nor does this video deal with his style, his approach to workouts, and glosses over his mentoring of other fighters.
All that said, the Sugar Ray video I want to own simply does not exist. While flawed, it is better than not having any film of Sugar Ray. If you're at all a fight fan--you have to get this video; if only to get that ugly, stupid and insulting portrayal of Robinson from "Raging Bull" out of your mind....

Sugar Ray Robinson is considered by many to be the greatest boxer/fighter of all time, and I couldn't agree more. I don't tend to follow the trends or fads, or just agree with people for the sake of fitting in, but I'll tell you, he was truly the best that's ever done it. This video is interesting. It contains clips from a lot of Sugar Ray Robinson's fights, and even includes some footage of a few of his matches before turning pro. That's some good, old footage. You simply can't go wrong with this video. A lot of the video features Sugar Ray Robinson discussing his career, but it's him "now," many years after his last ever boxing match. This film was probably made sometime in the 1970's, I would assume, so that's the "now" I'm refering to. It's nice to see that Ray Robinson looks good after all of those fights. To me, he looks and sounds good, and even seems a bit nostalgic as he journeys back to the days of his boxing glory.

This video is one way for you to have an important film, containg important footage, of The Greatest Boxer/Fighter Of All Time. Sugar Ray Robinson seems timeless, in a sport that's been around long before him, and has continued long after he left it. He's still the greatest!

Can't think of anyone to compare with Sugar Ray Robinson. He had
blazing hand and foot speed, knockout power in both hands, good
defense, excellent chin, excellent conditioning. More heart than
anyone in the game. He fought the best fighters in their prime-
win or lose. On top of all that, he was a CLASS ACT. Cool and
dignified. A must have tape for any boxing fan, trainer,or fighter. Experience the best ever "POUND FOR POUND" !!!

Although I haven't purchased this video, I recently hired it from the local video shop. Previous to watching this video I had only heard the name Sugar Ray Robinson. Man what can I say, this video is fantastic. I believe that it has so far been underated in other reviews. Not only do u get 2 see Sugar Ray dishing out some serious damage u get to see all the greats of the times and witness mammoth battles. Any one boxer that can have 112 fights and 1 loss is pretty bloody good. In the end sugar had about 174 wins some thing like 19 loses and 120 or 140 ko's-- most of the loss's coming after the age of 40--

Just a correction-- Ali did say that 'pound for pound' sugar ray was the greatest boxer-- but in true ali fashion he boasted-- 'pound for pound I am the greatest HEAVYWEIGHT ever"

i cannot recommend this film enuf :)

This biography has film clips of just about every Sugar Ray Robinson fight available, some extremely rare. However, most of the fights shown are of his middleweight contests. These clips of Ray's bouts range from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. Brief news-clips of Robinson accepting an award or talking to reporters are also shown. Robinson himself (circa 1979, when the documentary was made) is interviewed frequently throughout the video, although his comments are sometimes a little dull. Most interesting remark is from Muhammad Ali, who freely admits that Robinson was the best boxer who ever lived.

Well, this product is very great. The guy above or below made lots of errors, I think he ment Gregory Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson.

In an era of great middleweights, Sugar Ray beat them all. He had every attribute of a great fighter: grace, skill, punch, speed, courage, durability. Undefeated welterweight king, he was five times middleweight champion who collapsed from the heat while leading for the lightheavyweight crown.
This is a good summary of his long career, starting with the Golden Gloves. Oddly enough, it does not mention the draw he fought for the championship at the age of 44 or show the right handed punch that blinded champion Carmen Basilio and enabled Sugar Ray to win the belt again.

This video however flawed contains in my opinion the best boxing footage you will ever see. This is simply because as a diehard boxing fan Sugar Ray Robinson is the closest thing to the perfect boxer that I have ever seen. Although if you were to use one word to describe Sugar Ray I think the perfect word would be: dynamic. This is because as this video will show you Sugar Ray was as dynamic a person as he was a fighter. Although most of Sugar Ray's fights in his prime no longer exist this one shows many of his greatest battles (nearly all of which take place in Sugar Ray's thirties).
RIP Sugar Ray you're still the greatest.

My name is gregory robinson i think that Sugar Ray Lenord is one of the best prfessional boxers in the world and if you could I know that iI have already seen the video I just want to review for a project.

My name is gregory robinson i think that Sugar Ray Lenord is one of the best prfessional boxers in the world and if you could I know that iI have already seen the video I just want to review for a project.