Bert Sugar
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"Bert Randolph Sugar" was a boxing writer and sports historian.

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The heavyweight division is on the cusp of being called off for lack of interest, ... A hundred years ago boxing was one of the top three sports in the country. Now it's charitably twelfth on the list of top 10 sports. Therein lies its biggest problem. People have so many things to consider in the world of sports that it takes a major fighter to capture their attention.

He had landed the 'thunder and lightning', but to no avail...Ingo was a very good boxer, but I won't fib, he wasn't great.

Boxing promoters, for all the bad [things] you say about them, have an eye for talent.

If Rahman walked down street in his gloves and boxing trunks, they'd have a problem recognizing him.

Ray Lewis would be a hell of a heavyweight.

There's a lot of money to be made by somebody, but I don't know who that somebody would be.

It is a terrible division.

They gave him a steak the night before the bout and said they had prepared that one especially for him. I definitely think it had been spiked with something. He had landed the 'thunder and lightning', but to no avail...Ingo was a very good boxer, but I won't fib, he wasn't great.