hi

i am looking for biographys of boxers, when somebody has some scann them and upload them i would be very glad about this

peace, Caesar

Hi Caeser, to be honest you can probably Ebay many of them for next to nothing. I think I payed £1.50 for 'The Greatest' by Muhammad Ali. Second hand bookshops might not be 'cool', but you can find some super cheap gems there.

Alot of biographies have tonnes of pages, it would take ages to scan them in and then theres the copyright issues.

I know you like the heavyweights so take a look at the following if they come in your direction:

Smokin Joe: Joe Frazier Biography

The Larry Holmes Biography

Either 'The Greatest' by Richard Durham or the Ali biography by Thomas Hauser.

George Foreman biography

Evander Holyfield biography, I think its called 'Warriors Spirit'

Earnie Shavers biography

Lennox Lewis has a couple from memory, the earlier one doesn't deal with his full career but is a good read.


These are all great reads. I've also recently enjoyed Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Michael Watson and Ricky Hatton. Obviously I'm British, the books are all good. Second hand paperbacks wont cost much at all.

ok thanks Sugarj

hi

i am looking for biographys of boxers, when somebody has some scann them and upload them i would be very glad about this

peace, Caesar

Go over to the Video Exchange forum: You'll find some video biographies on a number of fighters there. Not the same as an in-depth book but it will give the basics.

Poet

Hi Caeser:

Heres a link to a great book which offers biographies on the heavyweight champions in order through to fairly recently. I've read this book many times, its terrific and super cheap from Amazon £1.22!!! Champions of the ring by Gerald Suster.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0860519384/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1250257632&sr=8-23&condition=used

The best Tyson biography i have read is by Paul Heller:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Intentions-Mike-Tyson-Story/dp/030680669X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250259994&sr=1-1

I have just started Sonny Liston: His Life, Strife and the Phantom Punch and so far so good!.

hi

i am looking for biographys of boxers, when somebody has some scann them and upload them i would be very glad about this

peace, Caesar

Get the Four Kings by George Kimball, The Life and Times of Muhammad Ali by Thomas Hauser and teddy Atlas' autobiography.

thank you for the great stuff!! i am so interesting in boxing in the last time, thank you

hi

i am looking for biographys of boxers, when somebody has some scann them and upload them i would be very glad about this

peace, Caesar
Couple of books by Jim McNeil I highlighted were:
That Night in the Garden Which is a selection of fights from Madison Square Garden's long history. The selection is varied and the fights are well covered and the background information is well researched

They Could've Been Contenders This covers a number of fighters who for one reason or another didn't get their shot at a title. Covers such fighters as Jimmy Bivens, Joe Baksi, Burley etc etc.

Men of Steel is good its about the middleweights.
In this Corner is excellent.
Lightening Strikes by Gerald Suster covers the lightweights is worth a read.

Gun to my head on all time favourite I would say In This Corner by Peter Heller I believe.

thank you for the great stuff!! i am so interesting in boxing in the last time, thank you
[Hugh] McIlvanney On Boxing is also very good McIlvanney is as good a sports writer as Britain has produced. I believe he shows Bert Sugar how to write about boxing and that its about the fighters not about Sugar

Ignore boxing books in general.Their written by self serving boxing journalists who tell you nothing you already didn't know and who's point of history tends to crossover into the role of a story teller

Ignore boxing books in general.Their written by self serving boxing journalists who tell you nothing you already didn't know and who's point of history tends to crossover into the role of a story teller
Certainly true of Sugar but not in the books I quoted IMO. I would agree you are best watching the fights themselves but this isn't always possible is it?
In This Corner is interviews of the fighters themselves, whilst you have to take some of their opinions and views with a pinch of salt it is interesting to hear their views.

thank you for the informations, i will use them