And upon learning that Doyle was saving money to buy his mother a home, Sugar Ray set up a trust that would take care of her financially for the next ten years.
Robinson would go on to fight another 120 times (yes, you’re seeing that correctly) and finished with a record of 173-19-6. Doyle would end his young boxing career (and life) at 43-7-1.
Robinson vs Lamotta
In the official boxing history books, the fight goes down as another routine Sugar Ray Robinson victory. Just one of 173. The result was officially registered as an 8th round TKO.
Routine.
But in reality, the fight and the circumstances surrounding it were anything but.
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