Who else here reads boxing books?

"A Flame of Pure fire, Jack Dempsey and the Roaring 20's." Thats a great fucking book.

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The Manassa Mauler is a good read and,also The Sweet Science by A.J. Liebling is excellent.

"Ghosts of Manilla" a great read that takes a pro-Frazier angle on the Ali-Frazier rivalry. Tells some truths about Ali that mainstream media tries to ignore regarding his treatment of Frazier. People conveiniently forgot what an ass Ali was. I love him as a fighter and realize he has done so much in the world to help people....BUT...an adulterer, a traitor, a racist at times...doesn't exactly make him man of the year. Of course that stuff is old news and he was young and such...but it shouldn't be forgotten. I have that book but have yet to read it (got a lot on my list right now), but it sounds good so maybe I'll have a look at it soon. Thanks for the info :cool: .

"Ghosts of Manilla" a great read that takes a pro-Frazier angle on the Ali-Frazier rivalry. Tells some truths about Ali that mainstream media tries to ignore regarding his treatment of Frazier. People conveiniently forgot what an ass Ali was. I love him as a fighter and realize he has done so much in the world to help people....BUT...an adulterer, a traitor, a racist at times...doesn't exactly make him man of the year. Of course that stuff is old news and he was young and such...but it shouldn't be forgotten.

Jack Dempsey's autobiography is a great read. Gives a lot of background to the early 20th century. It really explains his place in history and how and why he captured the public's imagination.

Like a lot of guys have said the Sugar Ray Robinson autobio is a great read. You'll breeze through it because the writing is so casual and easygoing and you'll learn a lot in the process. I read "Champion Joe Louis" and is was pretty good. I've heard that it's probably the best Joe Louis book out there. A bit dry in places but it does the job in terms of describing Joe's life and career. "Papa Jack" about Jack Johnson is a decent bio as well, but be warned that it comes from a university press and is therefore written in a rather dry, academic tone. There's a lot of discussion about source material, for example. Still, it's rather short so if you're looking for the basics about Jack's life it's worth having a look at. I've heard that "Unforgivable Blackness", the book that went along with the documentary, is quite good, but it's a lot longer. If you want a great, great novel about boxing get "The Professional" by W. C. Heinz. It's from the 50s and it's about a middleweight contender training for his one big shot. Looking forward to picking up a copy of your book, Iceman :cool: .

good book called war, baby. its about mclellan vs benn. great book read it in about two days

The best boxing book I have read... comes down to four of them... "The Greatest" by Muhammad Ali..... "The autobiography of Sugar Ray Robinson"... "The Black Lights" by Thomas Hauser..... and "The Life and Times of Muhammad Ali," also by Thomas Hauser....I am also hearing that "The ICEMAN DIARIES" will blow them all away when it is released :) ICE

Hows the book on Joe Louis. Need something to read while school is out. Actually, it ain't that great, well not so far, get the one by Robinson! Best book EVER!

Hows the book on Joe Louis. Need something to read while school is out. What boxing books have you read? What is in your collection? I have -Sugar Ray -Joe Louis:The Great Black Hope -The Greatest Boxing Stories ever told -Bert Sugar on Boxing -The official boxing Hall of Fame book -Chaos, Corruption, Courage and Glory -Some like little book with tons of facts on Ali I have finished the one(s) in bold, reading the ones in blue, and red half of the ones in red.. I just bought Joe Frazier's book.. -Box like the pros I was at the library, looked through it, looked AWESOME!!! I'm going to finish ALL these books over the holidays..

Libraries rock f*kking HARD! Really. The net is a great source but once in a while you need to hit the library for sure. Ya man... I got sooo many boxing books, maybe I should spend more time reading them than being here.

Libraries rock f*kking HARD! Really. The net is a great source but once in a while you need to hit the library for sure.

I went to the library today for the first time(the one in my city that is) then I didn't know they had SO many boxing books there! I'm going to go there more often now!!! They had like 4 different books on Louis-Schmeling...BIG ones...

I have read and enjoyed a lot of those mentioned. Never read Bert Sugar however...can't stand him! I am looking forward to reading the new one by our own boardmember Iceman John Scully. The guy was a very good fighter, is smart and articulate and can actually WRITE! The excerpts he has sent me are great.

There's been too many to name, but I've read a whole bunch of boxing books during my lifetime. Books are great! same here i read Ken norton's old book how to box,i have the ring rec of hall of famers cant remember the name of it ,a ring book from 1970 it has rec for every big name fighter up to that point , a lot of books on ali ,mag's up the you know what ko ,ring ,boxing mag pick a year ect, i have an old Life mag that has a pic of Ali on the cover and an interview with him inside from around 1979 you see it all the time on tv when ever they do a show about him ,..just lots of mags and books on boxing

I've got halfway through Chaos, Corruption, Courage and Glory but just don't have the time at the moment, lovin it though.

There's been too many to name, but I've read a whole bunch of boxing books during my lifetime. Books are great!