Is it just me or did Bert sugar talk ****e ?

He was just a character

 

he wore a hat.

 

I think the same thing. He just had a storyteller voice and he liked the sound of it. A whole lot of BS.

 

He knew his sh it but no-one is 100% right

 

I used to listen to him just to hear him say "the wild bull of the pampas." He never let me down.

 

There is plenty of info on the web about Bert he was a failed baseball writer and was no Boxing expert. He had nowhere to turn in his career so tried being a Boxing as a last resort. He also bankrupted Ring Magazine and used funds for personal things/travel but hey he would talk about all the old timers so everyone though he was some 'expert'

 

there's hope for you yet, then.

 

Nostalgia ****

Grass was always greener back in the day and all that

 

he came from the older generation of course he favored those fighters. you know we are going to talk about may and pac like they were gods in 20 years?

 

I loved that guy. Sure he was full of ****, but he was good for boxing. He was something different in a cookie cutter world. You didnt have to agree with what he said, at least he got the conversation going!


HE IS MISSED.

 

Just like the rest of us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZnc4sQKaY
Must watch.

 

He was a character and a good storyteller. But his old timer bias was off the charts. I'll take his old timer bias over the new timer bias of kids who don't know the history of the sport; but I'd rather have a balanced opinion from someone who can objectively look at both.