A colorful tour of the excitement, agony, and thrills of the fight game, from its greatest raconteur.
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"Entertaining, insightful, and eminently colorful--the next best thing to being at the fights."--New York Sportscene
"...anyone taking a trip through the sport's hardscrabble past couldn't ask for a better guide..."--The Ring
"One of the most colorful sportswriters and commentators of all time shares his insights into and memories of boxing, bringing his vast knowledge of the history of the sport to bear in this extraordinary celebrationg of the sweet science." --Forecast
"... he is a great historian who can provide keen perspective and insight into an event. .. you're not only entertained, but you're also being educated. It's good stuff. In a world and time where everything is so homogenized and corporate, Sugar is a throwback, he's a maverick and renegade." --Maxboxing.com
"One of the most colorful sportswriters and commentators of all time shares his insights into and memories of boxing, bringing his vast knowledge of the history of the sport to bear in this extraordinary celebrationg of the sweet science." --Forecast
"... he is a great historian who can provide keen perspective and insight into an event. .. you're not only entertained, but you're also being educated. It's good stuff. In a world and time where everything is so homogenized and corporate, Sugar is a throwback, he's a maverick and renegade." --Maxboxing.com
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Known as the "guru" of boxing, Bert Randolph Sugar is one of the most charismatic writers ever to capture the drama of the fight on paper. With a passion for the sport that is rivaled only by his talent for writing about it, Bert Sugar is also regarded as the "unofficial historian" of boxing. With his trademark fedora and always-handy cigar, Sugar is a guaranteed ringside presence. His colorful personality and flamboyant mannerisms are unforgettable whether you are meeting him in person or through his writing. Bert Sugar on Boxing brings out his best.
Here's but a small sampling of what awaits readers:
Many a troubled and troublesome youngster has embraced "The Sweet Science" as a way out, a social staircase out of the mean streets that formed his limited world, fighting his way, bloody hand over bloody hand, up the ladder of acceptance the only way he knows: with his fists.
I will not be dissuaded from attacking those with souls like the undersides of flat rocks any more than ice can be welded or iron melted. There is no shaking-knee factor here.
Despite a body that made him look like the man in the olive factory assigned to pulling the pimientos through, Bob Foster could generate a left hook from hell from that skinny torso, one which ended with the sound of an explosion that fells six or seven bystanders.
Belief is a funny word. It's made up of one part hope, one part perception, and one part realization-with a sprig or two of bias thrown in for good measure. And boxing has more than its share of beliefs-cum-biases, especially where good matches such as the Pryor-Arguello match are concerned.
Bert Randolph Sugar, one of the most recognizable and colorful personalities in boxing, is also regarded as one of the sport's most outstanding writers and historians. He has served as the editor of The Ring, Boxing Illustrated, and Fight Game magazines, and he is the author of over fifty books.
Here's but a small sampling of what awaits readers:
Many a troubled and troublesome youngster has embraced "The Sweet Science" as a way out, a social staircase out of the mean streets that formed his limited world, fighting his way, bloody hand over bloody hand, up the ladder of acceptance the only way he knows: with his fists.
I will not be dissuaded from attacking those with souls like the undersides of flat rocks any more than ice can be welded or iron melted. There is no shaking-knee factor here.
Despite a body that made him look like the man in the olive factory assigned to pulling the pimientos through, Bob Foster could generate a left hook from hell from that skinny torso, one which ended with the sound of an explosion that fells six or seven bystanders.
Belief is a funny word. It's made up of one part hope, one part perception, and one part realization-with a sprig or two of bias thrown in for good measure. And boxing has more than its share of beliefs-cum-biases, especially where good matches such as the Pryor-Arguello match are concerned.
Bert Randolph Sugar, one of the most recognizable and colorful personalities in boxing, is also regarded as one of the sport's most outstanding writers and historians. He has served as the editor of The Ring, Boxing Illustrated, and Fight Game magazines, and he is the author of over fifty books.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Collection of Boxing Articles,
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This review is from: Bert Sugar on Boxing: The Best of the Sport's Most Notable Writer (Hardcover)
This is a solid collection of articles on boxing covering boxing from many angles-mini-biographies of great boxing legends, the great fights, and social commentary. I enjoyed the book but it is lacking in a couple of areas. First, it would have been nice to see a fresh new piece by Sugar on the state of boxing today. Second, there really seemed like there should be even more. He covers a lot of great fights but there are a lot of great fights missing. Finally, I was disappointed that there didn't seem to be a lot of "inside " information in the articles, especially the ones on the great fights. It's a nice, if not great, collection of work.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bert Sugar - Let's Face It You Have To Read It,
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Bert Sugar - Let's Face It You Have To Read It
Anyone who has poked around the literary side of the sweet science has heard of Bert Sugar. Anyone who has an interest in boxing has seen the hat and cigar at press conferences and sitting ringside. Let's face it - Bert Sugar is as much a part of boxing as Angelo Dundee or Doc Brodus or the name Sugar (as in Sugar Ray, Sugar Shane etc) One of my favorite lines is that Bert Sugar has been covering fights since Cain and Abel! This is a good book. It's a compilation of some of Sugar's works - 4 sections - sections 1 (Rants & Raves), 2 (The Fighters) & 3 (The Fights) are a collection of articles and section 4 is a brief history of sorts. It's a really good read and I enjoyed it. What I have to say next I feel somewhat sacrilegious saying but - I enjoy the Thomas Hauser books more (ex: A Year At The Fights and/or A Beautiful Sickness) and would recommend them before this - that is not to say skip this - you HAVE to read Bert Sugar - it's like saying you're a boxing fan, but unfamiliar with Rocky Marciano's fight record - but if you're a Hauser fan you'll also enjoy Bert Sugar.
3.0 out of 5 stars
More Saccharine Than Sugar,
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I have been a fan of Bert Sugar as long as I've been a fan of boxing. I loved hearing him tell a good boxing story, punctuating his thoughts with the point of his cigar. As an authority on boxing and an iconic character, Sugar has provided me with a lifetime of entertainment. But that is before I read this collection and the "fit hit the shan" as Bert would say - this collection is good but does not represent the best of Mr. Sugar. The fault isn't with his fine writing style, his effortless wit, his abundant boxing knowledge. No, the fault lies in the selection of stories and editorials. Some are brief, which is forgivable, and some are redundant, which is not. The photographs are a bit lackluster, it would have been nice to see some pictures of the fights he describes instead of Bert mugging for the camera with a fighter or two. Now, I can't complain too loudly, since I didn't pay full price for this book and it is a fine addition to my library, but I pulled out my old Boxing Illustrated's from the early 70's and my Ring magazines from the early 80's and read much better work by the man known as "The Greatest Boxing Writer of the 20th Century." Enjoy it for what it is, a pedestrian collection with uninspired photographs from an author capable of much better.
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