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Sugar bought Boxing Illustrated magazine in 1969 and was editor until 1973. From 1979–1983 he was editor and publisher of The Ring. In 1988 he once again began editing Boxing Illustrated. In 1998 he founded Bert Sugar's Fight Game.
Sugar has written over 80 books, mostly on boxing history. Various boxing books that Sugar has written include Great Fights, Bert Sugar on Boxing, 100 Years of Boxing, Sting like a Bee (with José Torres), The Ageless Warrior (Preface, with Mike Fitzgerald) and Boxing's Greatest Fighters.
Sugar was called "The Greatest Boxing Writer of the 20th Century" by the International Veterans Boxing Association. He has been called "one of the foremost historians alive," by the Boston Globe newspaper.
He has also appeared in several films playing himself, including Night and the City, The Great White Hype and Rocky Balboa.
He writes a regular sports column for Smoke Magazine, a quarterly cigar lifestyle magazine.
Sugar was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in January 2005.
Sugar bought Boxing Illustrated magazine in 1969 and was editor until 1973. From 1979–1983 he was editor and publisher of The Ring. In 1988 he once again began editing Boxing Illustrated. In 1998 he founded Bert Sugar's Fight Game.
Sugar has written over 80 books, mostly on boxing history. Various boxing books that Sugar has written include Great Fights, Bert Sugar on Boxing, 100 Years of Boxing, Sting like a Bee (with José Torres), The Ageless Warrior (Preface, with Mike Fitzgerald) and Boxing's Greatest Fighters.
Sugar was called "The Greatest Boxing Writer of the 20th Century" by the International Veterans Boxing Association. He has been called "one of the foremost historians alive," by the Boston Globe newspaper.
He has also appeared in several films playing himself, including Night and the City, The Great White Hype and Rocky Balboa.
He writes a regular sports column for Smoke Magazine, a quarterly cigar lifestyle magazine.
Sugar was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in January 2005.
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