Bert Randolph Sugar (1936–2012)
Author of The Baseball Maniac's Almanac
About the Author
Bert Randolph Sugar and his trademark fedora have been New Yorkers for nearly fifty years, in which time he has established himself as one of the world's foremost sports historians. The former editor-in-chief of The Ring and Fight Game magazines and the author of more than 80 books, Sugar has also show more appeared in several feature films including Night and the City (with Robert DeNiro) and The Great White Hype (with Samuel L. Jackson). A 2005 inductee to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, he lives with his wife in Chappaqua, New York, a few blocks away from Bill and Hillary. show less
Works by Bert Randolph Sugar
Classic Baseball Cards: 98 Collector's Cards Authentically Reproduced in Full Color (1977) — Editor — 23 copies
The Ultimate Book of New York Lists: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest City on Earth (2009) 23 copies, 1 review
Mecca 1911 Double-Folder Baseball Cards: The Complete Set of 50 in Full Color (Mecca, 1911 Double-Folder Baseball Cards) (1991) 4 copies
The Great Baseball Players from McGraw to Mantle: With 248 Historic Photographs from the Archives of Photo File, Inc. (1997) 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1936-06-07
- Date of death
- 2012-03-25
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Michigan (LLB)
University of Michigan (MBA)
University of Maryland (BA) - Occupations
- sportswriter
editor
radio and television presenter - Awards and honors
- International Boxing Hall of Fame (2005)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Places of residence
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Chappaqua, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA - Place of death
- Mount Kisco, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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This is quite simply the best book about boxing I have ever read, and one of the few I kept when I gave the others away. It concerns the life and times of Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali from boyhood to the Fight of the Century with Joe Frazier in 1971.
Inbetween, Torres tells the tale of Ali's incredible life during the 1960s: an Olympic gold medal in Rome, winning the world heavyweight title, his conversion to Islam, and being stripped of the title because of his stance on Vietnam.
All show more well-documented stuff, of course; but the insight that Torres (a former world light-heavyweight champion himself) is able to give to the psychology of boxers - whether they are afraid; the sub-conscious excuses they make for a poor performance, even during a fight; the 'second wind' and the difference between tiredness and discouragement - puts this book head and shoulders above the rest. Torres's analyses of Ali's comeback fights against Jerry Quarry and Oscar Bonavena make the bouts seem as if they are unfolding before your eyes, and his description of the Ali-Frazier contest, the climax of the book, is as fascinating and thrilling as it was when I first read it, nearly forty years ago.
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Inbetween, Torres tells the tale of Ali's incredible life during the 1960s: an Olympic gold medal in Rome, winning the world heavyweight title, his conversion to Islam, and being stripped of the title because of his stance on Vietnam.
All show more well-documented stuff, of course; but the insight that Torres (a former world light-heavyweight champion himself) is able to give to the psychology of boxers - whether they are afraid; the sub-conscious excuses they make for a poor performance, even during a fight; the 'second wind' and the difference between tiredness and discouragement - puts this book head and shoulders above the rest. Torres's analyses of Ali's comeback fights against Jerry Quarry and Oscar Bonavena make the bouts seem as if they are unfolding before your eyes, and his description of the Ali-Frazier contest, the climax of the book, is as fascinating and thrilling as it was when I first read it, nearly forty years ago.
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This book, written by a light-heavyweight world champion about "The Greatest", is I believe unique. I don't know how much help Jose got his friend, Norman Mailer, but the result was a book I have reread, and there's only one other boxing book that I have reread.
Torres, writing in 1971 says that he looked at Ali as a possible opponent, and that is responsible for a good deal of the book's depth. I don't think you can look at the fight game adequately without having read this book.
Torres, writing in 1971 says that he looked at Ali as a possible opponent, and that is responsible for a good deal of the book's depth. I don't think you can look at the fight game adequately without having read this book.
Lots of great stories and legends of my favorite sport. Written in a chatty Q&A style. Knocked down a star for outdated statistics.
Bert Sugar is a personality, not a good writer. this anthology of short pieces about those boxing greats he figured the public would like too ....this isn't a good book, there's no thoughtful input, there's nothing that didn't come of the press releases...don't bother. Go work a light bag for a while, you'll get more endorphin rush.
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