Ray Robinson KO 6 Lupe Pintor
New York, New York - That's right the Lupe Pintor, former 80's super bantamweight champion.
The 38-year-old who returned to the ring in January met Robinson, 20-years his junior at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York.
Robinson claimed afterwards it was a real honour to share the ring with Pintor, "When I found out Lupe was fighting again, I had to get him into the ring with me."
The contest itself, except for a clash of heads in the third lacked drama as Robinson respectfully stayed on the outside and his usual whirlwind attacks were absent.
In the sixth Robinson connected with a right that dropped Pintor for 9, and Robinson went for the kill - a three-punch combination putting Pintor down and truly out for the count and a long time after.
Robinson dismissed any notion of a mismatch, "Nobody else was offering and Lupe can earn more money with me than anybody else."
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"I occasionally agreed to carry an opponent, almost always in what is known as a tune-up fight. I never considered it morally wrong as long as I was winning the fight. I was never a killer, like some fighters. I never enjoyed knocking out a guy who I knew had no chance to beat me." Sugar Ray Robinson
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