sugar ray robinson
IS DEAD
Last Updated: Friday, February 05, 2021
DATE OF BIRTH
05.03.1921
BEST KNOWN FOR
PROFESSIONAL BOXER FREQUENTLY CITED AS THE GREATEST BOXER OF ALL TIME; HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE WELTERWEIGHT AND MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISIONS PROMPTED SPORTSWRITER TO CREATE "POUND FOR POUND" RANKINGS, WHERE THEY COMPARED FIGHTERS REGARDLESS OF WEIGHT; INDUCTED INTO THE INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME IN 1990
CAUSE OF DEATH
diabetes
Death Statistics
sugar ray robinson died on 04/12/1989 at the age of 67.
sugar was prominently known as
a boxer,
and is remembered fondly by family, friends, and fans.
Digging into our profile records, among our athlete class of profiles,
sugar ray robinson is one of
1 boxers
who has died as a result of diabetes .
Within the broader landscape of our profiles, sugar ray robinson
was one of 4 individuals who had succumbed
out of a total death count in our database of 1004
individuals. (excluding fictional characters)