Is this a true story?

It wouldn't surprise me if there were many stories like this involving Robinson, he may have been a great fighter, but he was not a good person.

 

I think he even hit his own son.

 

was he not? I dont know much about him other than watching his fights. What was he like/did he do?

 

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fantastic documentary. yeah, from most accounts, including his son's, he was a dirtbag. the funniest is hearing basillo talk about him: he had zero respect for him as a person

 

True, I think.

 

Funny how the dynamic between LaMatta and Robinson was always of Jake being the villain and Ray certainly the more noble and heroic of the two.

Good PR people working behind the scenes there.

 

Well, compared to LaMotta he probably was.

 

Not quite. Clay went to see Robinson before the olympics and asked him to be his manager, Robinson thinking this kid was just a nobody, blew him off. Ali did say the way he was treated by SRR that day, affected the way he treated fans when he became famous.

 

No.


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Yes ,its true .
SRR was an arsehle in many ways, beat his Wife regularly and hit his Son,he called Ike Williams UGLY, on the street ,and they nearly got into it .
Great, great, fighter, but a very contradictory person,he held up promoters for extra money at the last minute,demanded the lions share of all purses ,leaving his opponents pea nuts,yet gave unstintingly to charities ,and was known as a soft touch on the street. A p4p great but a flawed human being as are we all.

Well ,except for M:heyendoz:rofla.

 

Robinsons private life did not match his boxing greatness..Ray Robinbson BELIEVED he was ROYALTY in his halycon days,and was very haughty in his private life...
Conversely the nicest and most dignified champion during and after his career was Floyd Patterson..I would see him in his retirement at the
Golden Glove bouts, and fans would treat him with great dignity and
affection...I was so fond of Floyd Patterson, the man !!!