What Is The Best Boxing Book You Have Ever Read?

[Frazier Hook]

When it be a Autobiograpthy, written on a certain fighter or a group of fighters or just about anything boxing.

What is the best boxing book you have ever read?

[Flea Man]

Again?

Well, I'd have to say 'The Fearless Harry Greb'. Very, very informative.

[GPater11093]

Agrain?

Well, I'd have to say 'The Fearless Harry Greb'. Very, very informative.

McGrain's non scottish cousin?

Also wasnt this thread done just afew weeks ago by Cotto20?

Also mine choice is 'Charley Burley: Life And Times of an uncrowned Champ' by Allan Rosenfeld

[SLAKKA]

cornermen by ron fried

[McGrain]

The Life and Times of an Uncrowned Champion.

[Flea Man]

McGrain's non scottish cousin?

Also wasnt this thread done just afew weeks ago by Cotto20?

Also mine choice is 'Charley Burley: Life And Times of an uncrowned Champ' by Allan Rosenfeld


:lol: Duly noted and corrected:good

[GPater11093]

The Life and Times of an Uncrowned Champion.

Great minds thinkalike eh?

Also been meaning to ask hows that other Burley book, the one about the Black Murderers Row, is it ony eise?

[Frazier Hook]

The Fearless Harry Greb book got a pretty bad review and got alot of it facts wrong in the book.

[McGrain]

Great minds thinkalike eh?

Also been meaning to ask hows that other Burley book, the one about the Black Murderers Row, is it ony eise?


Ony eise?

[stevebhoy87]

The Life and Times of an Uncrowned Champion.

:good:good My choice as well

Hands of stone would be a close 2nd

[natonic]

Probably not the greatest but it was the first I ever read and holds a special place for me: The Fight by Norman Mailer. Mailer had a massive ego but his account of Ali - Foreman is one of a kind...................I'm currently reading Clay Moyle's book on Sam Langford. I'm pretty amazed by the detail in it.

[McGrain]

Probably not the greatest but it was the first I ever read and holds a special place for me: The Fight by Norman Mailer. Mailer had a massive ego but his account of Ali - Foreman is one of a kind.


Yep, same. Probably the boxing book i've read the most.

[Flea Man]

The Fearless Harry Greb book got a pretty bad review and got alot of it facts wrong in the book.

Have you read it. I don't see how using loads of different newspaper articles could be seen as wrong facts.

It's painstakingly researched and has been bigged up by a lot of posters on here. God knows who gave it a bad review, one thing I can hold against it is that it's more of a textbook than a narrative read but a good one at that.

it's comprehensive.

First review I found, from another Boxing site:

This book is interesting and informative and includes notes for each chapter, a bibliography and a complete version of Greb’s ring career record. It is a must read for boxing historians and fans.

[Beau Geste]

In This Corner by Pete Heller
The Hardest Game
No Ordinary Joe
Men of Steel
Cinderella Man
Beyond Glory
Corner Men

[redrooster]

Sorcery at Caesar's

It's the latest rage in Hollywood Hills

[GPater11093]

Ony eise?

come on Mcgrain your scots. Well i will let you off it's a doric word.

Means any good

[McGrain]

Aye, tis grand. So, so in love with Charley though. But Otty actually went and met him and that which is really cool.

[anarci]

I dont know if its the best boxing book ive read but "Mi Vida Loca" Johnny Tapia biography is the most entertaining one. I highly recommend it.

Mi VIda Loca means My Crazy Life and if you read the book you will see the title is fitting.

[McGrain]

For pure entertainment Nigel Benn is hard to beat also. He was one crazy fucker.

[GPater11093]

Aye, tis grand. So, so in love with Charley though. But Otty actually went and met him and that which is really cool.

sounds good, i remember you saying its completly different to Rosenfelds book so sounds interesting.

For pure entertainment Nigel Benn is hard to beat also. He was one crazy fucker.

I thought it was shite myself hes one cocky prick, also the ending is terrible

If the Dark destroyer can do it (convert to christianity), so can you.

:patsch:patsch

[McGrain]

I thought it was shite myself hes one cocky prick, also the ending is terrible

If the Dark destroyer can do it (convert to christianity), so can you.

:patsch:patsch


Yeah, but he goes to orgies.

[GPater11093]

Yeah, but he goes to orgies.

and gets asked by Old men to shag their wifes :lol:

[john garfield]

Can't leave out W.C. Heinz's novel, THE PROFESSIONAL, with Billy Graham as the thinly-veiled prototype for the lead character, Eddie Brown.

[Clinton]

Sorcery at Caesar's

It's the latest rage in Hollywood Hills
That's a good one,Rooster,but my all-time favorite is "The Manly Art" by Elliot Gorn.

[Bill1234]

I really enjoyed Angelo Dundee's "My View From The Corner"

4 Kings was also a great read.

[natonic]

Yep, same. Probably the boxing book i've read the most.

Yeah, I've read 'The Fight' multiple times too. I'm due for another read actually. I read it when I was 16 and was blown away. This was long before Amazon, I'd got it from the local library. They weren't getting it back, I ended up paying for it. Still have that same copy.

Have to add a shout for anything written by A.J. Liebling.

[Stonehands89]

Can't leave out W.C. Heinz's novel, THE PROFESSIONAL, with Billy Graham as the thinly-veiled prototype for the lead character, Eddie Brown.
That one's a beauty, JG.

I liked Cavanaugh's "Tunney". "Unforgivable Blackness" was also excellent. "In This Corner" is a must-read for any serious fan... though Lew Jenkins' chapter is a must-read for anyone.

Kimball really did a fine job with "The Four Kings."

[Stonehands89]

If forced, though, I'd say that Liebling's "The Sweet Science" and "Neutral Corner" are my favorites.

[Jack Dempsey]

Barney Ross's autobiography is fantastic

[Rise Above]

I loved Tunney by Cavanaugh, as was Four Kings.

I'm currently reading Unforgivable Blackness (Jack Johnson) which is pretty good. Just bought the Langford book by Clay Moyle looking forward to reading that one next.

[bodhi]

"In this Corner" was the most entertaining. "Unforgivable blackness" and "Hands of Stone" were just awesome. "Schmeling 1905-2005" was the most inspiring to me. "Kampftage" (a German book about the history of German boxing) is a wild card.

[riggers]

The autobiographies of Holmes and Liston were very good. One ( i think Listons ) was called the night train.

Marcianos was interesting.

[Beau Geste]

Sorcery at Caesar's

It's the latest rage in Hollywood Hills

This was a great read!

[mcvey]

Can't leave out W.C. Heinz's novel, THE PROFESSIONAL, with Billy Graham as the thinly-veiled prototype for the lead character, Eddie Brown.

Hemingway called it the best book of boxing fiction he had read,he was right :good

[mcvey]

When it be a Autobiograpthy, written on a certain fighter or a group of fighters or just about anything boxing.

What is the best boxing book you have ever read?

Just finished Jacobs Beach by Kevin Mitchell,[ a Xmas present].
Interesting read.

[john garfield]

Just finished Jacobs Beach by Kevin Mitchell,[ a Xmas present].
Interesting read.

Just seeing that name brings back such wonderful memories 'n larger-than-life CHARACTERS, m. It was GUYS 'N DOLLS come-to-life.

[JimmyShimmy]

Boxing books have very little on just general good boxing writing, I mean when newspapers were juggernauts with writers who had a fantastic grasp over the English Language; 100-200 years ago.

Most revered authors haven't got anything on the most mediocre of writers of days gone by.