What made Sugar Ray Robinson so good?

Well, that obviously held him back Mark.

 

If only he'd had an extra inch or two! He coulda being a great..

 

I agree. He had one hell of a chin though, like everything else.

 

In your post Mark you stated “didn’t he only have a 74 inch reach though” you seemed to be saying it was a disadvantage.

 

And of course his sexy haircut allowed him to distract opponents.

 

IMO opinion? The Greatest fighter pvp EVER!
By the "St. Valentine's Day massacre he was 131-1-1.

1. Avenged his loss 4x (outweighed) by a ton only to kick Jake's butt 20 days later (still outweighed).
2. Avenged his draw with Basora.
3. Not to mention his amateur career.
4. Basically fought once a month for 10 years!
5. Retired, and came back (a shell of his previous self) and engaged in some of the greatest fights ever!
6. With well over 200 fights continued until he was 44 years old!
7. No contemporary champion could have come close to doing what he accomplished!
8. Fighting once a month for 10 years? All the modern ATG's would have had SEVERAL more losses on their record if they engaged in Sugar's work rate, if they even could have lasted.
9. What if Ray would have been born in 1970? Now that's downright scary!! "bring on the body bags!"

Arguably more charisma then Ali!
I'm out; IMO there is simply NO argument here!
My $0.02

 

he is hard to compare with that's forsure, not altogether on his own, but probably the very best of all time.