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Which boxer relinquished his world welterweight title after defeating Jake La Motta in 1951?

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Which boxer relinquished his world welterweight title after defeating Jake La Motta in 1951?
posted Aug 31, 2019 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight.

answer Sep 4, 2019 by Jay Yadav
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