(Originally Published March, 2012 in RockCellar Magazine) Absolutely the hardest thing to do in boxing is to get noticed. Boxing people are cynics; their default position is to either ignore you or say no to you. Bert Randolph Sugar, who died on March 25, 2012, didn’t know much about boxing and he didn’t know much about writing. But, for over forty years, he managed to … [Read more...]
10 Mind-Blowing Boxing Conspiracy Theories
By Alphonso Costello™ "The term “conspiracy theorist” is a label used by the establishment to dismiss the idea that powerful people might get together and actually plan anything." -George Carlin Conspiracies are perceived to be convoluted mind-numbing clustermucks of misinformation disseminated by paranoid aluminum-foil hat wearing kooks. Skeptics like to say people … [Read more...]
Wild America: US Heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Malik Scott Look To Impress in Puerto Rico
by Johnny Walker It's not even fun anymore for the rest of us, watching American boxing fans squirm, make excuses for and even downright give up on what used to be called the sport's "glamor division." While many American boxing fans (and/or fans of American boxers) blame the Klitschko brothers for taking away what used to belong almost exclusively to them, the problem … [Read more...]
RIP: Bert Sugar (1937-2012), Boxing Journalist and Historian
Bert Randolph Sugar, boxing journalist and historian, passed away Sunday from cardiac arrest at the age of 75. Sporting his trademark fedora and usually chomping on a cigar, Bert Sugar came to represent the colorful, aged voice of common sense in the topsy turvy world of professional boxing, but spent much of his 40+ years in the sport as a hard-hitting journalist and … [Read more...]