英语词汇pound for pound的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pound for pound
词源	pound for pound. For many years Sugar Ray Robinson has been popularly called the greatest fighter in the world pound for pound. But boxing historian Bert Randolph Sugar, in his The Greatest Fighters of All Time, ranks welterweight champion Jimmy McLarnin 22nd and claims he was called the best fighter pound for pound years before Robinson. Jimmy “Baby Face” McLarnin beat 13 world champions over the course of a long career. He died in 2004, age 96.
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