Middlewight (160 Ibs.) Champion Sugar Ray Robinson, the greatest fighter, pound for pound, of his lackluster day, set his sights high. In challenging Light-Heavyweight Champion Joey Maxim, one-time ...

In Valatie, where he lived for two decades, Joey Archer wasn’t recognized as the boxer who sent Sugar Ray Robinson into retirement or the man who fought twice for the world middleweight title at ...

Joey Archer, the former middleweight contender who sent the great Sugar Ray Robinson into retirement, died Friday at the age of 87. The news was confirmed to BoxingScene by his niece, Lee Potter.

As an up & coming amateur boxer (85 straight victories), Sugar Ray Robinson firmly resolved: “They’ll never hold a benefit for me.” He pursued the dollar with the same single-mindedness that brought ...