Boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson defended his crown in Oklahoma City with $5,000 from proceeds going to OMRF
On Apr. 9, 1951, world boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson defended his crown in Oklahoma City by knocking out Don Ellis in the first round and $5,000 of the proceeds from the bout went to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF).
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Source: New York Times
Credit: New York World-Telegram and Sun photographer: Orlando Fernandez.
