Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jimmy McDaniels

Ray Robinson 146 lbs beat Jimmy McDaniels 144 lbs by KO at 1:23 in round 2 of 10

• Date: 1945-06-15
• Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
• Referee: Benny Leonard
• Judge: Frank Forbes
• Judge: Joe Agnello

Notes

• Robinson was a 3½-1 favorite.
• There was a crowd of 11,210 and the gross gate was $48,490.
• McDaniels was dropped in his own corner by a smashing right to the chin shortly before the first round ended. Referee Benny Leonard had reached the count of three when the bell rang. Reporter Jack Cuddy wrote, "It is doubtful if Los Angeles Jimmy could have risen before the count of ten." Robinson put McDaniels down for the count with a left hook to the chin in the second round.
• "He's not merely a good fight, he's great and I mean every word of it," McDaniels said. "This was the first time in all my fights I've been hit and didn't know what hit me."

External Links

• The Telegraph-Herald - June 17, 1945
• The Afro American - June 23, 1945