On May 1, 1957, Sugar Ray Robinson and Gene Fullmer met again in an immediate rematch.
Robinson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 29 days. Fullmer was on a 8-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 13 days.
In the rematch, Sugar Ray Robinson stopped the champion via KO in the 5th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new The Ring middleweight champion. Robinson improves his record to 140-5-2 (92 KOs), while Fullmer adds a loss to his record at 32-4.
On May 18, 1956, Sugar Ray Robinson and Bobo Olson met again in an immediate rematch.
Robinson came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 9 days.
In the rematch, Sugar Ray Robinson stopped Bobo Olson via KO in the 4th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring middleweight title. Robinson improves his record to 138-4-2 (91 KOs)
On March 25, 1958, Sugar Ray Robinson and Carmen Basilio met again in an immediate rematch.
Robinson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 2 days. Basilio was on a 4-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 2 days.
Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Carmen Basilio via split decision in the rematch and wins the The Ring title. Robinson improves his record to 141-6-2, while Basilio adds a loss to his record at 52-13-7.
On September 12, 1951, Sugar Ray Robinson and Randolph Turpin met again in an immediate rematch.
Robinson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 2 days.
In the rematch, Sugar Ray Robinson stopped the champion via TKO in the 10th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new The Ring middleweight champion. Robinson improves his record to 129-2-2 (86 KOs)
On April 16, 1952, the 30-year-old The Ring middleweight world champion, Sugar Ray Robinson (130-2-2, 86 KOs), faced a 33-year-old Rocky Graziano (67-8-6, 51 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Robinson came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 3 days. Graziano was on a 15-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 20 days.
Sugar Ray Robinson made easy work of Rocky Graziano, stopping the challenger via KO in the 3rd. Robinson improves his record to 131-2-2 (87 KOs), while Graziano adds a loss to his record at 67-9-6.
On December 9, 1955, Sugar Ray Robinson and Bobo Olson met again in a rematch.
Robinson came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 17 days.
Sugar Ray Robinson made very easy work of Bobo Olson in the rematch, stopping the champion via KO in the 2nd. Robinson improves his record to 137-4-2 (90 KOs)
On February 14, 1951, Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta met again in a rematch.
Robinson came in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 20 days. LaMotta was on a 5-fight win streak with a 29% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 1 day.
In the rematch, Sugar Ray Robinson stopped the champion via TKO in the 13th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new The Ring middleweight champion. Robinson improves his record to 121-1-2 (80 KOs), while LaMotta adds a loss to his record at 78-15-3.
On June 24, 1947, the 26-year-old The Ring welterweight world champion, Sugar Ray Robinson (77-1-1, 52 KOs), faced Jimmy Doyle, in a title defense fight.
Robinson came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 8 days.
Sugar Ray Robinson stopped Jimmy Doyle via TKO in the 8th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring welterweight title. Robinson improves his record to 78-1-1 (53 KOs)
On December 19, 1947, the 26-year-old The Ring welterweight world champion, Sugar Ray Robinson (82-1-1, 57 KOs), faced Chuck Taylor, in a title defense fight.
Robinson came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 days.
Sugar Ray Robinson stopped Chuck Taylor via TKO in the 6th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring welterweight title. Robinson improves his record to 83-1-1 (58 KOs)
On July 11, 1949, Sugar Ray Robinson and Kid Gavilán met again in a rematch.
Robinson came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 21 days. Gavilán was on a 7-fight win streak with a 29% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 9 days.
Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Kid Gavilán via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his The Ring welterweight title. Robinson improves his record to 95-1-2, while Gavilán adds a loss to his record at 53-7-2.