found: African American National Biography, accessed April 7, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Robinson, Sugar Ray; Walker Smith Jr.; Sugar Ray; boxer; born 03 May, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States; started boxing in Kingston, New York with Amateur Athletic Union, identity card with the name "Ray Robinson" on it, won the Golden Gloves featherweight title; professional boxer (1940); joined the U.S. Army (1943); developed a stage show, French Casino, in New York City, clubs on the French Riviera (1952-1955); owner of a bar, a dry cleaning store, a barbershop, a lingerie store in Harlem; retired from boxing with last match, Madison Square Garden (1965); appeared in motion pictures, variety programs; founded the Sugar Ray Youth Foundation in Los Angeles, California (1969); held the world welterweight title (1946-1951), was five times middleweight champion (1951-1960), Associated Press named him the greatest welterweight and greatest middleweight boxer of all time and ultimately named him the fighter of the century (1999); died 12 April, 1988 in Culver City, California, United States)
