Topic: Bert Sugar
Question: How are boxing matches generally won? Bert Sugar: I think boxing has an intellectual aspect to it. It's like I once asked George Foreman, I said, "George, were you ever interested in football? So, I have him the second highest-rated ...
Question: Is sportswriting literature? Bert Sugar: I think sportswriting is a magnificent literature. If you've ever read Gatsby, there is a portion in there that refers to the 1919 Black Sox scandal, where Manheimer, I think his name is, or Sondheimer ...
Question: Does a sport as violent as boxing still have a place in our society? you know, I quoted a Budd Schulberg line about boxing is chess played with human bodies. You've got mixed martial arts, which is Grand Theft Auto ...
So I change my hats with the season, also my drinks. I'm sorry, in the summer, and a good Scotch in the winter; both of which taste good. Bert Sugar: Well, if I could fight one person I could take, I ...
Question: Which sportswriters were your heroes when you were growing up? Bert Sugar: Well, I lived near Shirley Povich, so Shirley, which is a male, of the Washington Post was one of them. Bert Sugar: It's not up to me to ...
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Boxing historian Bert Sugar relishes taking the opposite view and has backed Shane Mosley to upset the odds by beating fellow American Floyd Mayweather Jr in their non-title welterweight bout on Saturday.Mayweather, the 4-1 favorite, has an unblemished ...
Writer and sports historian Bert Sugar once said that golf is " The player that gets his ball onto the green first scores Bingo and receives one point. The player whose ball rests closest to the pin scores Bango and receives one point ...
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The non-title welterweight bout between undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday is too close to call, according to boxing historian Bert Sugar.Mayweather, four pounds heavier than his opponent at Friday's weigh-in ...
