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Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion

8.0199859mMovieDocumentary

This sports documentary tells the remarkable story of the man voted the greatest boxer in history. Spanning his career from the early Depression-era days until his death in 1989, this special brings to light the many sides of Robinson:…

ProducersKirby Bradley·Ross Greenburg

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Cast

SRSugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson
Himself (archive footage)
NC
Nigel Collins
Himself (Editor - Ring Magazine)
DA
Dave Anderson
Himself (Wrote Ray's Memoirs)
RJ
Ray Robinson Jr.
Himself (Ray's Son)
WAWoody Allen
Woody Allen
Himself
MAMuhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Himself
JLJake LaMotta
Jake LaMotta
Himself (archive footage)
EN
Evelyn Nelson
Ray's sister

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Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion isn't streaming anywhere in Canada yet.

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No, Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion is not on Netflix in Canada as of September 2026.

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Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around January 26, 1999. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.