is Robinson at 147 just flat out unbeatable?

There's nearly no footage of robinson at his prime.

 

There is footage of Robinson at WW, but the quality is ****.

 

Some time ago I found a really good movie with 2 hours of robinson's footage. I cannot link in here, because you need TWO MONTHS registered to be able to put a link in here.

However, if you google "Sugar Ray Robinson Greatest Hits Knock Outs KO Compilation" you can find it in youtube. 2h duration. I love it because usually what I have always found is 5-10 mins duration videos or the same old fights everybody's whatched.

the description of the youtube video:

"Hi-lites of Sugar Ray Robinson against the following opponents : Angott, Becket, Riccio, Flores, Giardello, Abrams, Leahy, Villemaine, Panther, Pender, Downes, Barnes, Hecht, Basting, Castallani, Valentine, Archer, Stock, Van Dam, Stretz, Walzack, Saerens, Estatoff, Ancona, Nonnels, Turpin, Graziano, Fusari. . Some of the extremely rare early career hi-lites are silent."

 

The things I take into consideration when making such a comment are number of fights, level of competition, only one world title on the line, 15 round distance, less padding in the gloves, substandard refereeing by today's far safer standards, time between fights, shorter training camps, boxing in an era when men were men and just plain old HARD....I could go on...

 

From what footage I have seen, it is pretty undeniable that Robinson had a number of fantastic attributes. Great footwork, solid defence, rapier like jab, great combination puncher, lethal finisher, 15 round fighter, teak tough, indomitable will to win, fast hands, damn the man was pretty much the perfect fighter. I don't recall anyone ever siting a weakness in his game to be honest

 

no he did not... the guy was relatively easy to hit. people say he had no head movement when he actually did, it was just very minimal. that's why i think floyd can outbox him.

 

Unknowable, just too little film.

 

works both ways pal.. how can robinson bash his skull in if he can't hit him?

 

Who says he was old and blown up?

Was Duran "old and blown up" @ lightweight or welter? He started at bantam, remember.

 

Shortly into his thirties, Pacquiao was stopping Cotto & Hatton..