Editing Sugar Ray Robinson (section)

==Boxing style==
{{Blockquote|Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.|Ray Robinson<ref>Robinson and Anderson, p. 75.</ref>}}

Robinson was the modern definition of a boxer puncher. He was able to fight almost any style: he could come out one round [[Punch (combat)|brawling]], the next counterpunching, and the next fighting on the outside flicking his jab. Robinson would use his formless style to exploit his opponents' weaknesses. He also possessed great speed and precision. He fought in a very conventional way with a firm jab, but threw hooks and uppercuts in flurries in an unconventional way.<ref>Boyd and Robinson II. p. 271</ref> He possessed tremendous versatility—according to boxing analyst [[Bert Sugar]], "Robinson could deliver a knockout blow going backward."<ref name="quotes">[http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/robinson/quotes.html Sugar Ray Robinson quotes], cgmworldwide.com. Retrieved June 6, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006204649/http://www.cmgworldwide.com/sports/robinson/quotes.html |date=October 6, 2008}}</ref> Robinson was efficient with both hands, and he displayed a variety of effective punches—according to a ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' article in 1951, "Robinson's repertoire, thrown with equal speed and power by either hand, includes every standard punch from a [[Bolo punch|bolo]] to a [[Hook (boxing)|hook]]—and a few he makes up on the spur of the moment."<ref name="businessman"/> Robinson commented that once fighters have trained to a certain level, their techniques and responses become almost reflexive. "You don't think. It's all instinct. If you stop to think, you're gone."<ref>Hauser. p. 29</ref>