Boxing Legends Angelo Dundee and Bert Sugar to Visit World Famous Cigar Bar GCTC Today

HALL OF FAME BOXING ICONS JOIN MILLER & MOULTON FRIDAY DECEMBER 11 FOR COCKTAILS, STOGIES AND BOOK SIGNING Bert sugar

Boxing historian and writer  Bert Sugar will join legendary cornerman Angelo Dundee at  The World Famous Cigar Bar at Gulf Coast Town Center on Friday December 11 as guests of Sportsradio 770’s Miller & Moulton Show.  The event will begin at 4 PM and it will be an opportunity to meet two of the biggest names and most colorful characters of the golden age of boxing…and both never held a title belt. The Cigar Bar brings these two legends to town and they’ll sign books, memorabilia, take photos and appear live on the remote broadcast of Miller & Moulton on 770 AM, the local ESPN affiliate.  The World Famous Cigar Bar will also have their annual Holiday Gift selections available, and the happy hour party also celebrates the birthday’s of both David Moulton and Cigar Bar Owner Rich Castiano.

MARTINCOL5-11Angelo Dundee began his career as a ‘bucket man’ in the gyms of Philadelphia and later, along with his brother Chris opened the famed ‘Fifth Street Gym’ in Miami Beach and became  the cornerman and adviser for fifteen world champions, most notably Muhammad Ali .  Dundee, now 88 was in Ali’s corner for every one of his fights, and was instrumental in the career of Sugar Ray Leonard, acting as cornerman for his biggest fights. Dundee was accused by George Foreman of loosening the ropes to help Ali during the ‘rope a dope’ tactics in the 1974 ‘Rumble in the Jungle‘ heavyweight title fight.  Years later, he was in George Foreman’s corner , including his 1991 Heavyweight title fight against Evander Holyfield and his 1994 Heavyweight title win against then-undefeated Michael Moorer. Angelo Dundee also advised and helped train actor Russell Crowe and appeared in the movie Cinderella Man.

Bert Sugar is boxing’s guru and has authored 80 books and has been both the editor and owner of ‘Boxing Illustrated’ .  He  also served as editor of ‘The Ring’ Magazine and in 1998 began his own publication ‘Bert Sugar’s Fight Game’. His trademark cigar and fedora has been a ringside fixture for over 50 years.  Sugar is a sports historian and fixture on the Miller & Moulton show and hosts a college football segment called ‘Loveable Losers’.  In 2009, Sugar published Bert Sugar’s Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America’s Greatest Game. Both Angelo Dundee (1994) and Bert Sugar (2005) are inductees to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

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