 Pender won the title back the following year, defeating Downes in Boston once more, this time on points.Downes responded to the loss of his title by winning his next seven bouts, including a win over Sugar Ray Robinson in September 1962.Robinson was, however, 41 at the time, and when asked after the fight how it felt to beat a boxer of such esteem, Downes famously replied, "I didn't beat Sugar Ray, I beat his ghost."