Robinson's Cuba Bout
Welterweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson has announced he is to fight an exhibition with sparring partner Anthony Jones in Guantanamo, Cuba.
Scheduled to round-off the Playa Giron Tournament, the eight-rounder will take place January 30th, one day after the final contests of the national championships.
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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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