Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion

Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion

59 mins | Documentary | Dec. 8, 1998

This sports documentary tells the remarkable story of the man voted the greatest boxer in history. Spanning his career from the early Depression-era days until his death in 1989, this special brings to light the many sides of Robinson: flashy public icon, womanizer, comeback kid, philanthropist, fighter. Includes rare film footage, never-before-seen home movies and interviews.

Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion

59 mins | Documentary | Dec. 8, 1998

Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
This sports documentary tells the remarkable story of the man voted the greatest boxer in history. Spanning his career from the early Depression-era days until his death in 1989, this special brings to light the many sides of Robinson: flashy public icon, womanizer, comeback kid, philanthropist, fighter. Includes rare film footage, never-before-seen home movies and interviews.
Producers HBO Sports
Original title Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
Directors
Writers

Cast

Sugar Ray Robinson

as Himself (archive footage)

Nigel Collins

as Himself (Editor - Ring Magazine)

Dave Anderson

as Himself (Wrote Ray's Memoirs)

Ray Robinson Jr.

as Himself (Ray's Son)

Woody Allen

as Himself

Muhammad Ali

as Himself

Jake LaMotta

as Himself (archive footage)

Evelyn Nelson

as Ray's sister