Show Scrappy 1 Takes des Su Sc R Ry s iy frd Ry By r Don ir LONDON DON July 11 t l W Sugar Ray Robinson once considered boxing's invincible fighting machine machine ma ma- chine was stripped of his world I middleweight crown Wednesday after absorbing a terrific beating heating I by Randolph Turpin a comparative I tive Live newcomer to fist fighting's I big time t Turpin year old Negro almost almost almost al al- al- al most unknown outside of his British homeland astounded the boxing world by soundly whipping whipping whip whip- ping the New York titleholder in 15 rounds Tuesday night as a capacity crO crowd d of in Earls Earl's EarlsCourt EarlsCourt Court Arena cheered in disbelief The year old Robinsons Robinson's fis fis- fis tic world collapsed around his battered features but hell he'll get a chance on his home grounds ground to toI I get his title b lack back ck next September Return Fight Immediately after aHel the fight Robinsons Robinson's m man manager a n a age g e r George Gainford said a return bout would be held Sept 26 in New York lIe He was better than I was Robinson said without offering any alibi I lost he be said simply by the champions champion's dazzling dazzling dazzling daz daz- reputation young Turpin bored in from the start to out- out punch and outsmart the overwhelming favorite who has been hailed in recent years as the greatest fighter pound fighter pound for fOl pound pound anywhere anywhere in the world I l thought I 1 was winning all nil the theM M 1 Turpin declared as he ran into hi his hi room lie He never hurt hurl mi- mi once inre Randy was quite right Hurll hardy s Turpin finished without a scratch while Robinson just barely escaped In the round and ended up with witha a deep cut on his left eyebrow and another gash high on his left cheek cheek- I bone The eyebrow rut apparently l A A f f. f from rom a Irh crash O nt or In m In me toe A A f f. f from rom a Irh crash O nt or In m In me toe came ninth round The Associated Press Scoreboard gave Robinson who had lost only one i iother i iother other fight In bouts covering 11 years yeaTS Just four rounds Turpin got nine with two even Robinson the world welterweight ht champion when he took the middleweight middleweight middle middle- 1 weight title from Jake LaMotta in Chicago held the IGO crown only five months He lie beat LaMotta last I Feb 14 and the National Boxing Asan and the New York Athletic Commission Com Corn mission relieved him o of his welterweight welter welter- weight title Ulle l Sur Surce Turpin forced the action for the first eight rounds He slowed down during the next three three partially partially explained explained ex ex- by b the fact fat he never before re had ought fought hi more than eight eight and and then then 1 found round a tremendous finishing surge Ih that 1 loft nn completely j whipped I Robinson had a It lost close call In tn the ll h round Randy caught nu ht tn hin flush i on fin the jaw with a straight left hooked to his body with another left andI and I cornered Sugar with a left uppercut that jerked Robinsons Robinson's head hend back against the ropes Robinson who got largest larre largest t purse ever paid a fighter here was here was wasa a 1 to 4 favorite Odds against Turpin I winning on points were as high as I 20 to o 1 Turpin received I I b 7 5 Survives had bad Dave Da BrIttain start to tame Russets at Derks |