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bob_bask · 01-19-2016, 02:03 PM

Robinson - Echols Matched

With only weeks left in 1998, pound-for-pound king Sugar Ray Robinson has signed to meet the NABF & USBA middleweight title holder Antwun Echols.

The contest is scheduled to co-headline a card on January 16 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas for promoter Matt Tinley. Co-headlining is Mike Tyson, who makes his return to the ring against Frans Botha after his nineteen month suspension.

Should Robinson win the contest he is expected to be placed as the organisation's mandatory challenger to the winner of the upcoming IBF middleweight title rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Robert Allen.

01-19-2016, 02:03 PM	#471
bob_bask Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,387	Robinson - Echols Matched With only weeks left in 1998, pound-for-pound king Sugar Ray Robinson has signed to meet the NABF & USBA middleweight title holder Antwun Echols. The contest is scheduled to co-headline a card on January 16 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas for promoter Matt Tinley. Co-headlining is Mike Tyson, who makes his return to the ring against Frans Botha after his nineteen month suspension. Should Robinson win the contest he is expected to be placed as the organisation's mandatory challenger to the winner of the upcoming IBF middleweight title rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Robert Allen. __________________ "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 Last edited by bob_bask; 01-19-2016 at 02:25 PM.