Sugar Ray and Joe Louis

Roars Like Me · Post by **Roars Like Me** » 12 Apr 2006, 05:43

Spare a thought for two of the greatest ever.
It appears they died on the same date as each other, gawd bless 'em.

April 12th-Today

1989 Sugar Ray Robinson [Walker Smith Jr] world welterweight champion (1946-51)/5-time middleweight champion, dies of Alzheimers at 67

1981 Joe Louis [Brown bomber] US heavyweight champion (1937-49), dies at 66

bollox · Post by **bollox** » 12 Apr 2006, 05:51

They certainly were 2 of the very best

I was living in the UK in '89 when Robinson died and at thought it would have made for more news than it did. I know he developed Alzheimers and that was a real shame

Joe died of natural causes but there was a bit of a cloud hanging over him for quite a few years, with regards to his mental stability (ie - there may have been some undiagnosed problems there)

THE DANCING MASTER · Post by **THE DANCING MASTER** » 12 Apr 2006, 23:35

They first met in Detriot when Joe was up and coming and Sugar was just a kid and would carry his gym bag. They remained friends throughout their lives.

Grimm · Post by **Grimm** » 13 Apr 2006, 05:28

Wow and they were both from Detroit also.