Boxing Defense: 1950’s (Robinson, Turpin, Gavilan, Bratton, Moore)

A short compilation of defensive boxing from some of the great 1950’s fighters. For questions or requests Email at: hanzagod@ Sugar Ray Robinson - Was an American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson’s performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create “pound for pound“ rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Randy Turpin - Was an English boxer who was considered by some to be Europe’s best middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s. In 1951 he became world middleweight champion when he defeated Sugar Ray Robinson. Turpin was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2001. Kid Gavilan - Was a former World Welterweight Champion from Camagüey, Cuba. In 1951, after beating Tommy Ciarlo twice, once in Caracas, Venezuela, and Hairston once again, he finally became a w
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