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Boxing books
Putting together a list of boxing books
What boxing books are missing from this list
http://www.boxing-articles.com/books/
What boxing books are missing from this list
http://www.boxing-articles.com/books/
J-Hop- Posts : 15
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Re: Boxing books
Some favourites of mine in no particular order
Caly Moyle - Sam Langford, Boxing's Greatest Uncrowned Champion
Harry Otty - Charley Burley and the Black Murderers Row
Mike Silver - The Arc Of Boxing
Adam Pollack - The "In the Ring With" series
Joe Laydon - The Last Great Fight
Jack Kavanaugh - Tunney
Adeyinka Makinde - Dick Tiger
Andrew Gallimore - Babyface Goes to Hollywood
Jon Hotten - The Year of the Locust
All of the above are absolutely excellent, you also need to remove No Ordinary Joe from your list, its bobbins.
Caly Moyle - Sam Langford, Boxing's Greatest Uncrowned Champion
Harry Otty - Charley Burley and the Black Murderers Row
Mike Silver - The Arc Of Boxing
Adam Pollack - The "In the Ring With" series
Joe Laydon - The Last Great Fight
Jack Kavanaugh - Tunney
Adeyinka Makinde - Dick Tiger
Andrew Gallimore - Babyface Goes to Hollywood
Jon Hotten - The Year of the Locust
All of the above are absolutely excellent, you also need to remove No Ordinary Joe from your list, its bobbins.
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Re: Boxing books
Giudice's "Hands of Stone - the life and legend of Roberto Duran" is outstanding.
Check the section in the boxing vault on book reviews as well
Check the section in the boxing vault on book reviews as well
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Re: Boxing books
Peter Heller - In this corner
You wont be disappointed
You wont be disappointed
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Re: Boxing books
As for Tyson biographies the best is very possibly "A Savage Business" by Richard Hoffer.
Harry Mullen's Encyclopedia is not worthy of being on the list; if you see it in a bargain bin it's worth the punt but otherwise avoid.
I read a great title, "Champion Joe Louis" by Chris Mead, so long ago I've forgotten it all, suspect it's better than the Joe Louis biog on the list;)
Also, check out "Lords of the Ring(The greatest fighters sonce 1950),40 chapters,each one on a boxer, fantastic ,by Peter Arnold and Bob Mee.
Also just dug up "On the Ropes" by Geoffrey Beattie, something of a (very) minor classic; mostly about British boxers, it's very Brendan Ingle centred, I learnt all about Herol Graham and a lot about the young Naseem Hamed.A nicely personal book.
Harry Mullen's Encyclopedia is not worthy of being on the list; if you see it in a bargain bin it's worth the punt but otherwise avoid.
I read a great title, "Champion Joe Louis" by Chris Mead, so long ago I've forgotten it all, suspect it's better than the Joe Louis biog on the list;)
Also, check out "Lords of the Ring(The greatest fighters sonce 1950),40 chapters,each one on a boxer, fantastic ,by Peter Arnold and Bob Mee.
Also just dug up "On the Ropes" by Geoffrey Beattie, something of a (very) minor classic; mostly about British boxers, it's very Brendan Ingle centred, I learnt all about Herol Graham and a lot about the young Naseem Hamed.A nicely personal book.
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I've only read segments of it - but Essays on the first Black world champions 1800-1923 is outstanding.
Sadly - its £23 on the kindle!!! So I'm waiting for it to come down in price a bit...
Sadly - its £23 on the kindle!!! So I'm waiting for it to come down in price a bit...
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