If you ask me it’s good for the soul and some beautifully documented chapters of the human experience.

I digress. Read the book. Watch the fights. Thanks all if you read this.

I could go on. Bert Sugar takes boxing writing and elevates it past simple record keeping. He brings it to the realm of poetry. How you feel in the theater hearing Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius confess their love in silky smooth iambic pentameter

“No label is adequate, he was boxings version of rashoman”

“When all the true technicians of the ring disappeared, a little necromancer lifted himself to the plane of men called ‘the greatest pound-for-pound something or other’”

“Fighting like he was sir’d by a dam’d typhoon”

But my god Bert Sugar you glorious bastard. The way this man rights puts Shakespeare to shame. I often say in my posts “how can you not be romantic about boxing”. A stolen quote I’ve adjusted from the money hall quote about baseball for my own purposes. Bert takes it further

Had ever accomplished the feat before (excluding the ‘halfway house junior titles’ as Bert so poetically puts it).

men who were poets in the ring. If you haven’t watched jofre fight anyone & you haven’t seen Harada destroy then 112 pound champ Kingpetch correct that immediately

Harada. A miniature hurricane. Throwing blows from 1,000 angles. Powerful legs allowing him to change the elevation of his assaults at will. Endless gas tank. The only man who ever ended up defeating the mighty Jofre. And nearly getting 3 titles when only Armstrong and fitzimmons

They have a story I’ve been familiar with for a long time, but one I’ve never taken the time to really soak up, read about in depth and watch.

Talk about two unbelievable fighters. Jofre. wirey framed bomber who detonators unbelievable punches with pin point puncher precision.

The wife’s been giving me 2-3 numbers between 1 and 100 to decide who I read about next.

So far Freddie welsh (48), Harry Greb (3), Tommy Ryan (24), Willie Pep (12), Charley Burley (64)

But two stuck out on this particular reread. Eder Jofre (26) & Fighting Harada (87)

Yes my favorite fighter to watch today. Just such a nice kid and a complete fighter.

I never miss a bam fight!

Sean zittel, boxing commentator and analyst One of the best in the biz in my opinion.

Abel Ramos, he just had a fantastic fight against Mario barrios. He’s also Jesus Ramos uncle.. and here’s a pic of me with Kaipo Gallegos. Who was on the undercard. 7-0-1 prospect