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Bert Sugar dead at 74
Posted on 3/25/12 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 3/25/12 at 6:45 pm
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Posted on 3/25/12 at 6:48 pm to ScrapPack
Damn, and of lung cancer too.
RIP
RIP
Posted on 3/25/12 at 6:52 pm to ScrapPack
Great historian and commentator. One of the last few with an Runyonesque take on things.
Thought he looked 74ish twenty-five years ago.
Thought he looked 74ish twenty-five years ago.
Posted on 3/25/12 at 6:53 pm to ScrapPack
Oh man.
RIP. Boxing legend.
RIP. Boxing legend.
Posted on 3/25/12 at 6:54 pm to ScrapPack
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Sugar was not very fond of today's style of journalism, and in a 2010 interview with BigThink.com, he said, "Sports writing is almost an extinct species, or soon to be. Point being, they're writing for blogs and they don't have a discipline. "Once they state a subject, they can go on. There's no space restraint. And they're writing quickly, so there's no time for thought and cerebral thinking on an article, they're just banging away."
Posted on 3/25/12 at 6:56 pm to ScrapPack
Nooooooooooooo!! Damn that sucks! I love that guy. He's a walking reminder of why I love boxing so much. The fedora and the cigar are absolutely iconic. His stories were amazing. It was on my bucket list to meet him one day and just talk boxing with him. Obviously, I'll have to cross that one off now.
RIP.
Posted on 3/25/12 at 7:03 pm to ScrapPack
RIP Bert Sugar
Posted on 3/25/12 at 7:04 pm to ScrapPack
Will they finally be able to get that hat off his head?
Posted on 3/25/12 at 7:04 pm to Kafka
He will no doubt be buried in a fedora. Like a boss. 
Posted on 3/25/12 at 7:16 pm to ScrapPack
quote:
I could listen to that guy talk boxing all day.
A MASTER at his craft. RIP.
Posted on 3/25/12 at 7:18 pm to dukke v
He was the best. RIP Bert.
Posted on 3/25/12 at 7:26 pm to ScrapPack
Love watching him with Brian Kenney on ESPN Classic. Thought he was much older though.
Posted on 3/25/12 at 8:02 pm to dukke v
Damn I could listen to him talk boxing for hours he was very insightful. Rip Bert
Posted on 3/25/12 at 8:22 pm to TheRoarRestoredInBR
Im with you, I thought he was 75 in 1990. 
Fantastic storyteller and iconic boxing figure. Hewill be missed.
Fantastic storyteller and iconic boxing figure. Hewill be missed.
Posted on 3/25/12 at 8:44 pm to ScrapPack
If you are a fan of boxing, when he spoke, you listened.
RIP Bert. You educated many with your wisdom of boxing.
RIP Bert. You educated many with your wisdom of boxing.
Posted on 3/25/12 at 9:08 pm to ScrapPack
the Master in old school classic boxing analysis.
RIP Burt.
RIP Burt.
Posted on 3/25/12 at 9:38 pm to ScrapPack
Damn he was great, they interviewed him a lot on a Portland radio station and he always had great stories about different stuff he did. 
Posted on 3/25/12 at 9:56 pm to ornagestorm
He was just on WWL radio a few months ago. He sounded fine.
Posted on 3/26/12 at 12:33 am to Shoulderchoke
One of an handful of guys who when they spoke, you listened.
He will be greatly missed.
He will be greatly missed.
Posted on 3/26/12 at 3:09 am to TheRoarRestoredInBR
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Thought he looked 74ish twenty-five years ago.
This. I'm surprised he was only 74.
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