He is Walker Smith, who boxed under the ring name of Sugar Ray Robinson and lit up the Forties and Fifties with a dazzling array of skill, power, good looks and, when he had to, tremendous courage. Claude Abrams pays homage to him. the greatest fighter of all-time
When Muhammad Ali was forced off the heavyweight throne in 1967, the World Boxing Association staged an audacious eight-man tournament to find his successor that changed the face of the divison. Jack Hirsch tells the story