Sugar Ray vs Jimmy Doyle: What happened to Jimmy Doyle?

Posted by Lorie Orum on Saturday, May 18, 2024

James Emerson Delaney, known professionally as Jimmy Doyle, was a welterweight boxer who died after a boxing match with Sugar Ray Robinson later in a hospital.

Jimmy Doyle was fighting in Cleveland since after suffering some heavy knockouts in California the state’s boxing commission would not sanction him to fight again. After his death, criminal charges were threatened against Robinson in Cleveland, up to and including manslaughter, though none materialized.

Sugar Ray vs Jimmy Doyle: What happened to Jimmy Doyle?

“Doyle” made his debut as a professional boxer in 1941 and in 1947 lost to Sugar Ray Robinson by 8th round TKO. After the bout, Doyle went to the hospital, suffering from a severe head injury, where he died seventeen hours later.

In 1947, Doyle challenged Sugar Ray Robinson for the World Welterweight Title. Robinson had the advantage in every round except the sixth when he was staggered twice and received a cut over his right eye. A single left hook from Robinson, thrown as Doyle was attempting a right hook, ended the fight in the eighth round.

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