03-09-2016, 06:41 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Robinson Utterly Devastating
The fight was over in a meagre 300 seconds, but the partisan crowd of 1,500 that packed the Blue Horizon was not the least bit disappointed.
That’s because the best fighter, pound-for-pound, in the world had chosen their city, their venue to host his latest title defense.
Robinson gave mandatory challenger Michel Trabant, from Germany, the once-over for the first round, then went to work.
Exploding with a right uppercut and several left hooks, the 21-year-old challenger was on wobbly legs when Robinson rained down punches in accurate bunches, flooring the German who could not beat the count of referee Frank Cappuccino.
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 World Boxing Association Welterweight Title (15th defense by Robinson)
World Boxing Council Welterweight Title (12th defense by Robinson)
Robinson landed 67 of 157 punches (43%) and Trabant connected on 12 of 12 (100%).
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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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