Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 24, 1950: Welterweight boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson is interviewed after arriving by train in Frankfurt for his Christmas night fight against Hans Stretz. At right are his wife, Edna Mae, manager George Gainsford, and 4’ 4” “mascot” Jimmy Kapoura.

Read how Robinson did in the ring here.

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