F--- boxing

Nasukawa looked like a guy who had taken a few boxing classes and thought he was ready to turn pro.

 

Or took a few acting classes but wasn't making it quite believable enough before taking the dive.

 

Why fix a fight if it doesn't need to be fixed?

 

Self-preservation?

Dude went down three times. I don't think there were even three punches that landed.

 

I don't think Mayweather needed any help beating the guy.

 

Some pretty incredible footage here.

cc: @Azrael @Huggy @HappyCurmudgeon

 

Sweet. Great pull. Thanks.

 

That is amazing, thanks for sharing. That was Robinson's 62nd fight, he'd already fought Jake LaMotta five times and beaten Henry Armstrong among others. All that before his first title shot. I can't find the weights for this fight, might have been an over-the-weight bout, Robinson looks pretty big for a welterweight.

 

Happy to do so. Obviously a different era, but man, he landed a few haymakers in that clip.

 

That is incredible. Just made my Friday!

 

I found the weights in the Hackensack Record: Robinson 147 3/4, Riccio 155, so Sugar Ray took apart a guy who was a junior middleweight. The fight was a benefit for the Infantile Paralysis Fund. The paper reported Robinson handed over his share of the purse minus training expenses.

 

well done