The Bert Randolph Sugar Myth Thread

First thing that came to my mind when I saw this thread.

 

****, I could have sworn he did.

Maybe he's in the Honorable Mention section.

Along with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Twice.

 

The NY times reporter said this I thought, didn't he? Bill Gallo?

 

Emphasis mine...

 

Yes, I've seen Gallo repeat that story in his more recent articles.

 

Gallo is just as bad imo.

The fight film shows other wise.

 

Sugars been around the fight game a long time, he might exagerate a few things but I think he's one of the few old time characters left in the sport.

 

He claims that when Tyson and Spinks where in their neighboring dressing rooms before the fight, Tyson punched through the wall and his fist went right under Spinks' nose on the other side.

Tyson may have punched the wall, but it's a classic example of adding a whole lot of extra details to make it a good story.

 

He's a gem, & I love him!

 

Tyson did punch holes in the wall for the fight,

But he didnt punch though the wall,(Much less almost hitting Spinks in the nose. ete)

There is still a lot of wall bettween Tyson's locker room, and Spinks locker room, but I dont think there locker rooms were relly right next to each other. Perhaps, I never been there.

 

There IS a photo of Sugar sparring with the greatest, and Burt is fighting out of a southpaw stance.

 

Cutos to him for parlaying his "Sugar Coated" stories into a thriving business career over all these years. I like boxing but I can't see myself making a red cent from the business angle of boxing. Those old school writers literarilly could get away with murder by over-dramatizing actual events. Look at the boxing events that have no film, Firpo-Dempsey is one of the most over-dramatized boxing matches of all time because there is no video evidence. It leaves the reader imagining the action as described by the writer- I am sure everyone has a different picture of this fight in their head of Firpo sending Dempsey out of the ring. In Baseball there is no video of Babe Ruth calling his shot in Chicago, and it is the single most written about (over-dramatized) event in baseball. Burt Sugar continues in this veign of over-dramatization following his mentors and probably says "screw it" when the video evidence says otherwise. "Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story"

 

There is footage of the Dempsey-Firpo match. I actually saw it. I'm sure many others here have to.

 

Firpo-Dempsey is on youtube