The name Robin Sharma is quite synonymous with Indian boxers. But actually, he belongs to London and he has boxed for India at the Olympics too. However, his career as a professional boxer did not begin until he came to London in the late nineteen seventies. His first bout was against Abinta al-Azab and he knocked her out in eleven rounds.
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He was then called ‘The Little Detective’ owing to the fact that he solved many crimes that were attributed to the Mafia. Robin Sharma has gone on to fight and win all around the world, including in America and Britain. He fought alongside some of the best fighters in the world and he even boxed out the heavyweight champion of the world, Rocky Balboa.
But in all this, Robin Sharma would remain a martial arts geek. Unlike many other boxers, Robin Sharma never boxed for fun but he trained in order to learn how to defend himself. His father encouraged him to take up boxing so that he could defend himself whenever the opportunity arose. Robin used to practice with his father all the time. One day, his father collapsed and was taken to St. John’s hospital. This triggered Robin’s interest in martial arts.
In the US, he trained alongside some of the country’s best fighters such as Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. But it would be after boxing that Robin Sharma really began to get recognized. In fact, his first big break as a professional was when he appeared in the world television show, Chopped. In the show, he was one of the chefs and he impressed the audience by his flawless culinary skills.
He went on to star in various Hollywood movies and television serials and even got to voice a character in one of the Batman movies. All this is why people have always loved Robin Sharma. Even today, people who love Robin Sharma’s acting skills still admire him for his martial arts prowess and for his abilities as a chef.
So much has been written about Robin Sharma that people have begun referring to him as Robin The Refrigerator. He has become part of the boxing world’s rich tradition of boxers who have gone from strength to strength since the sport was introduced in the world of boxing more than a hundred years ago. Some of these great fighters include Muhammad Ali, who won four Olympic golds and is the only man to win an Olympic gold medal two times. After Ali, there have been no men able to win an Olympic gold or an Olympic silver more than twice. After Muhammad Ali, there have been no men able to win an Olympic boxing championship more than four times.
In fact, even after retirement, boxers are still around and are still winning boxing matches. Some of these are youngsters like San Antonio native Keith Liddell and twin brothers Carl and Mike Stone. There are also greats such as Orlando Silva, who has won the world heavyweight championship three times. There is yet another younger fighter on the rise in the boxing world like Nicholas “The Colossus” Johnson, who has won two world titles. There are young guns like Devon Alexander and Seth Petruzelli, that have also taken part in big fights in the world of boxing and some are even experiencing their first professional fights.
All in all, there are a lot of things to say about Robin Sharma. He has been around for quite a while and has been part of boxing for so long that many people who have never really seen boxing in action have seen him do his thing in the movies and on television. It is definitely a fighter’s life and with all the boxers that come and go, it is definitely someone’s world in which they have played. They are definitely an entertainer in the world of boxing.