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Home»Posts tagged with»welterweight

Dec. 19, 1947: Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Chuck Taylor

By Ken Coleman on December 19, 2013   On This Day  

Dec. 19, 1947: Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Chuck Taylor

Sugar Ray Robinson retained his welterweight championship belt after defeating Chuck Taylor on this day in 1947.

Ken Coleman

Ken Coleman, the author of On this Day: African-American Life in Detroit, is a native Detroiter and former news reporter. He served on the Detroit Charter Revision Commission. He lives in Detroit with his wife, Kim Trent, and their son, Jackson Coleman.

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