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02223cam a22003614a 4500 001 64255C3E2B0811DE986A0F08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 040507s2005 nyua 001 0beng 010 $a 2004050168 020 $a 9780060188764 020 $a 0060188766 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d IWV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GV1132.R6 $b B69 2005 082 00 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Boyd, Herb, $d 1938- 245 1 $a Pound for pound : $b a biography of Sugar Ray Robinson / $c Herb Boyd ; with Ray Robinson II. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Amistad, $c c2005. 300 $a xvii, 316 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-304) and index. 520 $a Hailed by Muhammad Ali as "the king, the master, my idol," Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer America had seen since Joe Louis and is considered by many today to be, pound for pound, the best boxer the sport has ever known. With his graceful yet powerful style and Hollywood looks--which he would use to his advantage upon his final retirement from boxing--he embodied the very essence of the "sweet science." Before he finally hung up his gloves in 1965, at the age of forty-four, Sugar Ray Robinson won 125 consecutive fights. At a time still characterized by discrimination, his victories, like those of Jackie Robinson, represented victories for all black America. And they were all the more symbolic because of the place he chose to call home--Harlem. Co-written with Robinson's son, Ray Robinson II, and thoroughly researched by Amsterdam News reporter Herb Boyd, this book is not only a definitive portrait of an emotionally complex man and his family, it is also a portrait of Harlem at the apex of its creativity. 600 10 $a Robinson, Sugar Ray, $d 1920-1989. 650 0 $a Boxers (Sports) $z United States $v Biography. 700 1 $a Robinson, Ray, $d 1949- 941 $a 3 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720020048.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20180103011827.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823024404.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=64255C3E2B0811DE986A0F08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search