After killing a man in the ring, Sugar Ray Robinson gave that man's mom his earnings for his next 4 fights

Jim Doyle was born in 1924 and debuted as a boxer in 1941. He fought in a total of 53 fights and won 43 of them. In 1947, he challenged Sugar Ray Robinson for the World Welterweight Title and planned to buy his mother a house with the winnings. Doyle had suffered heavy knockouts in California prior to the fight and the boxing commission refused to allow him to participate in any more.

However, Robinson agreed to fight him and the results were disastrous. During the fight, Robinson had the advantage every round except the sixth. After staggering twice and then being hurt, Robinson responded with a single left hook that ended things. Doyle was struck in the head and his body went rigid.

Robinson described the event saying, “That punch knocked Jimmy rigid.... With heels resting against the canvas as if hinged, Doyle's body went down. It struck the floor with a thud, like a rigid mass falling. His head crashed against the padded canvas, and as the referee started the count. Doyle raised his head and rested on his elbows.... The referee counted to ten. Doyle was out."

He was quickly rushed to St. Vincent’s Charity Hospital but failed to regain consciousness and was pronounced dead several hours later. Criminal charged were threatened against Robinson for fighting him, but none ever materialized. Robinson felt so terrible for what he had done that he gave the earnings of his next four fights to Doyle’s mother, fulfilling Doyle’s last wish of buying her a house.

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A high school football coach had half of his fans cheer for the other team! Why?

Although Gainesville was certainly not a good team, he still had his boys play and directed half of the fans to make a banner, a tunnel, and even cheer for the other teams players by name! Although Gainesville lost 33-14, they still said they had the time of their lives and were in such good spirits, they even doused the coach in Gatorade!In Grapevine, Texas, the Grapevine Faith football team played one of the most interesting matches of their lives. They played Gainesville State School, which is a maximum-security correctional facility 75 miles north of Dallas. So why would the fans cheer for felons playing their children? It’s all because of the head coach. Faith’s head coach, Kris Hogan, said he wanted to do something special for high school students who have little happiness in their lives.

BIRTHDAY BASH...!!!!!

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1947 - Ian Ashley, British racing driver

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1966 - Alex Pastoor, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)

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