Hall of Fame boxer Sugar Ray Robinson once backed out of a fight because he had a dream he was going to kill his opponent in the ring. However, after being convinced by a priest, he agreed to fight. He knocked Jimmy Doyle out cold, who was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead the next day. After Jimmy Doyle's death, Robinson found out about how Doyle wanted to use the money earned in the fight to buy his mother a home. So Robinson saved the money from his next four fights to buy Doyle's mom a house.
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@interesting_aIl This story hurt me so much, i always wonder how he lived with that burden.
Robinson stood over him, just as he did in his dream, the referee hadn’t realised how seriously Doyle was hurt, Doyle stirred at the count of four and reached for an imaginary rope before slumping back. The bell rang at the count of nine and the referee called for his corner to pick Doyle up but the first of Doyle’s cornermen to reach him knew immediately the fight was over and shouted to get the doctor to Doyle. The doctor further confirmed everyones worst fears calling for a stretcher and an ambulance. The crowd was silent, waiting, hoping for Doyle to show some signs of consciousness but it never came, instead Doyle was on his way to St.Vincent Charity hospital to operate on a suspected blood clot of the brain. Just 17 hours later Doyle had not woken from his coma and sadly lost his life, bringing to reality the dream of Sugar Ray Robinson. Charges were bought against Robinson but were eventually dropped with the people involved in calling for an inquest finally understanding the unfortunate nature of events which occurred that fateful night. Sugar Ray Robinson would go onto donate half of the earnings for his next fight to Jimmy Doyle’s mother and in another benefit to Doyle’s mother, the money was enough to open a trust fund for her which would pay her money each month. That ends the story of Sugar Ray Robinson and Jimmy Doyle, reminding us that when dreams come true, it’s not always sunshine and rainbows…
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