Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989) is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. He held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951 and the world middleweight title in 1951 and, after retiring, came back and won it again in 1955.
The first three photos are from the LIFE magazine photo archive. None were published in the magazine.
This photo of Robinson weighing in was taken in 1955 by LIFE photographer Grey Villet. Nobody seems concerned about modesty.
Here's Robinson weighing in for a fight with Carmen Basilio in 1957 or 1958, taken by LIFE photographer George Silk.
Another view of Robinson's weigh-in for the Basilio fight. Officials were holding up a cloth to screen the view of the fighter from the audience, but photographer George Silk had a better view.
3 comments:
Never a fan of boxing. But, when did they switch to bike shorts(?) for the weigh-in?
Im not a fan of boxing either, just naked weigh-ins. Many vintage weigh-in photos show them wearing boxing trunks, but some wore underpants, including tighty whities. One guy even wore a jock strap. So I think they wear whatever they want to. "What to wear when weighing in" might be a good subject for one of my future posts.
No shame.... That's what I love about these.
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