He'd be middleweight champion 5 times in the next nine years, which included a brief retirement in 1952, followed by a comeback two years later. He kept his belt for six years, when in 1951 he won the belt for the middleweight category.

However, he would only be able to fight for a title in 1946, when he became welterweight title winner. He won his first 40 professional boxing matches. Robinson kept his success going in the pros. In 1939, he won the featherweight Golden Gloves, and the same honor as a lightweight the following year. He went undefeated in amateur fights, winning all 89 of his bouts. While Sugar Ray only became a pro in 1940, he was already a very successful athlete by that time. He then borrowed another boxer's license, and made his debut. To take part in boxing matches, boxers had to have a license Walker was 3 years too young to get one. had dropped out of high school, and turned his attention to boxing. Sugar Ray Robinson's history in boxing began when he was 15 years old. The 'Sugar' was added in 1939, when he was described as being 'sweet as sugar.' From that point on, he became Ray Robinon in the boxing world. To be able to box in his first amateur bout, he borrowed the ID from another boxer whose name was Ray Robinson. There is confusion about his birth place while he claims to have been born in Detroit, Michigan, his birth certificate states that Robinson was in fact born in Georgia. His original name was Walker Smith Jr which may seem odd given that it has nothing to do with the name he is known by. During his bright, 25 year long career, Robinson was known as one of the best boxers of all time, a title that persists to this day. Sugar Ray Robinson is an American boxer who fought during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

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