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Don Ellis vs Sugar Ray Robinson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Don Ellis

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Sugar Ray Robinson

Don Ellis (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Sugar Ray Robinson (174-19-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ellis

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Robinson

174

Wins109 KO · 63%

19

Losses

6

Draws202 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Robinson leads 1–0

Don Ellis and Sugar Ray Robinson have met 1 time; Robinson leads 1–0.

Don Ellis and Sugar Ray Robinson have met 1 time; Robinson leads 1–0.
Met1951Apr 9Series
Don EllisFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sugar Ray RobinsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Ellis 0 · Robinson 5 of 5 measurable rows
EllisRobinson
Record†
0-2174-19-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 109
0
109 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—62.64%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 12
0
12 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8
0.4
8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 202
2
202

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Don Ellis: No height on file
Sugar Ray Robinson: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Don Ellis: No reach on file
Sugar Ray Robinson: 72″
Agenot held
Don Ellis: No date of birth
Sugar Ray Robinson: Died aged 67
Stance
Don Ellis: Not recorded
Sugar Ray Robinson: Orthodox

Don Ellis left, Sugar Ray Robinson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Don Ellis0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Don Ellis: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ellis yet.

Sugar Ray Robinson175 wins · from 202 tracked bouts

Sugar Ray Robinson: 175 tracked wins — 110 by KO/TKO (63%) and 65 on the cards (37%). Counted from 202 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

110 by KO/TKO 63%65 on the cards 37%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Don Ellis 2, Sugar Ray Robinson 202 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Don Ellis last boxed on Oct 20, 1956 — 25,568 days ago. Ellis had lost two straight.LL

Robinson Apr 1951Besmanoff Oct 19560.4 tracked bouts per year

Sugar Ray Robinson had won three in a row before losing a decision to Joey Archer. Robinson last boxed on Nov 10, 1965.NCWWWL

Morrison Sep 1965McCullough Sep 1965Schmidt Oct 1965Bent Oct 1965Archer Nov 19658 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Don Ellis and Sugar Ray Robinson ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Ellis and Sugar Ray Robinson met once on April 9, 1951, and Sugar Ray Robinson won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LApr 9, 1951 · Robinson · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ellis or Robinson?
Don Ellis is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sugar Ray Robinson is 174-19-6. Sugar Ray Robinson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ellis0–20%

Robinson174–19–688.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ellis or Robinson?
Don Ellis has 0 knockout wins and Sugar Ray Robinson has 109. Sugar Ray Robinson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ellis0

Robinson10962.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ellis and Robinson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Don Ellis and Sugar Ray Robinson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ellis and Robinson?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Don Ellis and 202 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Robinson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ellis2bouts

Robinson202bouts

How They Win ↓

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