New biography coming out on Thomas Hearns

[Robbi]

Brian Hughes who done biographies on Willie Pep - "The Will o' the Wisp" and Sugar Ray Robinson - "Peerless" is due to release one on Thomas Hearns.

This should be a great read.

[My dinner with Conteh]

Excellent news. I'll be buying it.

[Robbi]

Excellent news. I'll be buying it.

I'll get back to you on a release date. I emailed Brian asking him for the date. His book on Pep many years ago was well acclaimed and his one on Robinson is relatively new.


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[teeto]

Not gunna be a Christmas release then, could ask some1 to get me that!!

[Robbi]

Not gunna be a Christmas release then, could ask some1 to get me that!!

Doesn't look like it, even though it days late 2008 on his site. I can't wait for it.



All we need now is a Hagler biography.

[Rebel-INS]

Brilliant news, been hoping for a good Hearns book.

[Nemesis]

without wanting to sound dense, is this the Brian Hughes who trained Michael Gomes, Robin Reid and pretty much everyother manchastar based fighter

[Robbi]

without wanting to sound dense, is this the Brian Hughes who trained Michael Gomes, Robin Reid and pretty much everyother manchastar based fighter

Yes. Check out his website link above.

[Holmes' Jab]

Excellent stuff. Nice Xmas idea, I'll hint to the missus.

[COULDHAVEBEEN]

Brian Hughes..... "Peerless" is due to release one on Thomas Hearns.

This should be a great read.

There's a brilliant book called FOUR KINGS on the Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran era. It concentrates on them pretty much in that order, so there's more emphasis on say SRL than Tommy, but it's a great read nonetheless.

[Doppleganger]

Be keeping my eyes open for this. :good

[Robbi]

Sugar Ray Leonard - James Haskins.

Roberto Duran "Hands of Stone" - Christian Giudice.

Thomas Hearns (title tba) - Brian Hughes.


Steve Marantz, where are you? You need to do one on Hagler, thus completing the quadruple.

[COULDHAVEBEEN]

Sugar Ray Leonard - James Haskins.

Roberto Duran "Hands of Stone" - Christian Giudice.

Thomas Hearns (title tba) - Brian Hughes.


Steve Marantz, where are you? You need to do one on Hagler, thus completing the quadruple.

The FOUR KINGS book by George Kimball fills the void until someone gets around to doing the Hagler book.

The Marvellous one has been living in Itali for years now and may be hard to get quotes from these days.

[Rise Above]

I loved Four Kings, was a great read. Will definitely buy the Hearns biography though.

[Damian]

Book is now out:

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[Bill Butcher]

Good stuff, Hearns was the man.

[Jaws]

Thanks for the heads up!

You can pre-order it on Amazon right now. Says it will be out April 1st.

Looks like a quality offering--great cover.

[Boxed Ears]

Thanks for the heads up. :good

[dpw417]

Speaking of this author...Has anyone read "Peerless" ?
I was curious if it was good (?)

[Sardu]

Thanks for the info! I will get my hands on this soon for sure. Did anyone read "Fight or Die" the Vinny Paz story. I read the whole thing over a two day period in Barnes and Nobles in Staten Island, NY. Written by a childhood friend of the Pazman. Good read. Anyway, I have the Frazier, Shavers, Norton bios in my collection and will be adding this Hearns book too. I'm gonna go on amazon.com now and see if I can order it as the previous poster said it is out now. Thanks again.

[Farmboxer]

Hearns beat Leonard, was cheated by criminal judges.

[Sardu]

"Hit Man - The Thomas Hearns Story" by Brian Hughes and Damian Hughes
(Paperback - April 1, 2010) at amazon.com
was: $17.95 - now can be pre-ordered for just $12.11

[JohnThomas1]

Book is now out:

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Cheers Damian, much appreciated.

[Doppleganger]

Buying this, obviously.

[GPater11093]

Has anyone got contact info for Brian Hughes? if so can you PM me it?

[chatty]

yeah i got the book albeit i have to wait for xmas but its in all my local book stores now and is on amazon.com

[haglerforever]

thanks gents ,kids did not know what to get the old man for xmas

[Robbi]

Has anyone got contact info for Brian Hughes? if so can you PM me it?


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[Napoleon]

Sweet. I'm buying it.

[he grant]

I find boxing books on fighters who had little to say or had little influence on his times to be flat and boring ... Hearns was a warrior but I see little new ground in a book .. what are we going to learn ? Sit up totals pre-Leonard one or how many women he screwed in his youth ?

[JohnThomas1]

I think Hearns may have had a little influence on his time mate? Multiple titles and fights vs Leonard, Benitez, Hagler, Cuevas, Hill, Duran..................

I'll wait until i read it before judging personally. Admittedly it won't take much to impress as i am an avid Hearns fan.

[MAG1965]

Great news. We need more biographies on recent fighters and the stories behind the scenes in the dressing room. That is always interesting leading up to fights.

[he grant]

I was refering to a Sullivan, a Johnson someone that had mass effect ... maybe Hearns will have some revelations to make ... if it is a straight bio, zzzzzzz ..

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thanks

[McGrain]

I find boxing books on fighters who had little to say or had little influence on his times to be flat and boring ... Hearns was a warrior but I see little new ground in a book .. what are we going to learn ? Sit up totals pre-Leonard one or how many women he screwed in his youth ?


I actually agree with parts of this. Not sure why a Hearns Bio will be that interesting...apparently there's a new Kirkland Laing out, that's more my speed, might be mad.