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RIP Bert Sugar
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:05 am
by baffled
Iconic boxing writer. Pissed a lot of people off with his style, but I thought his take was as good as anyone's.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/77 ... -arrest-75
Kind of the end of an era with his passing, Angelo Dundee passing recently...
Re: RIP Bert Sugar
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:17 am
by Herv100
RIP
Re: RIP Bert Sugar
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:49 am
by jgmack
He is to be buried with a cigar in his mouth. Sweet guy.
Re: RIP Bert Sugar
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:13 am
by Kraj 2.0
At first I read "RIP Burnt Sugar" and thought you were giving up caramel.
Re: RIP Bert Sugar
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:06 am
by ledfistaco
A little into his own schtick but knowledgable and from all I read a good man. RIP
Re: RIP Bert Sugar
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:42 am
by Crust Bucket
RIP
Re: RIP Bert Sugar
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:49 am
by baffled
ledfistaco wrote:A little into his own schtick but knowledgable and from all I read a good man. RIP
Yup, a lot of people didn't like how animated his speech patterns were, but I'm not sure there was another writer still working that had the knowledge across all eras that he did.
Kraj,
That made me chuckle.
Re: RIP Bert Sugar
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:13 am
by seeahill
Guy knew boxing. And I liked the hat. RIP
Re: RIP Bert Sugar
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:35 am
by gist718
Loved his stories, I also thought he was older than he really was RIP
Re: RIP Bert Sugar
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:53 am
by jgmack
I thought he was way older. Seems to have been around for ever. Appeared to belong to a bygone era, and yet was living in the present.