Hailed by critics as a long overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson a man who was as elusive out of the ring as he was magisterial in it Pound for Pound" is a lively & nuanced profile of an athlete who is the best boxer the sport has arguably ever known. So great were Robinsons skills he was eulogized by Woody Allen compared to Joe Louis & praised by Muhammad Ali who called him "the king the master my idol." But the same discipline that Robinson brought to the sport eluded him at home leading him to emotionally & physically abuse his family particularly his wife the gorgeous dancer Edna Mae whose entrepreneurial skills helped Robinson build an empire to which Harlemites were inexorably drawn. Exposing Robinsons flaws as well as putting his career in the context of his life & times renowned & bestselling journalist Herb Boyd with Ray Robinson II tells for the first time the full story of a complex man & sport-altering athlete."