The Best and worst boxing autobiographyies books?

Best was easily Johnny Tapias Mi Vida Loca

Any book written by the boxer himself, or with help from the boxer, is GENERALLY lame. here are exceptions, but there is just too much one-sidedness.

Calzaghe's was a total bore. Too much inane stuff about his family... I stopped reading before it got to the boxing stuff (thankfully it was a friend's). As for the best, I've yet to read many so maybe some recommendations.

Can't go wrong with LaMotta's "Raging Bull" I'd imagine. Jack Dempsey's "Championship Fighting" is the best boxing book overall though in my opinion.

Lennny MacLeans is great, and Roy Shaw's is exellent.. I started reading Bruno's but found it boring and couldnt get into it!

Battling Siki. It's like a plate with a great steak on it. But the sides are also incredible. Meaning, you get a lot about him, but the other facts/opinions in the book are interesting, historically. Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race and Murder In The 1920, by Peter Benson.

For me the best were jake la motta, teddy atlas, johnny nelson, arron pryor and larry holmes. The worst oscar de la hoya, it must of tuck him a couple of days to write, besides the early part of the book were he talks about growing up and his family the rest is garbage ye i agree with ya.calzaghe is a good read and michael watson is an inspiring story. he may never have been a professional but check out lenny mcleans book,its a great read

i have yet to read any bio's whats the best ones you guys recommend? you guys say oscars sucks so im probably going to read it just for fun teddy atlas or larry holmes both great reads

I want to have oscar dela hoya's...Do they have for Manny Pacquiao?...lol

i have yet to read any bio's whats the best ones you guys recommend? you guys say oscars sucks so im probably going to read it just for fun

Most of them are great IMO. Boxers usually lead incredible lives. But i agree, i found ODLH's to be boring and obvious. Hardly found out anything new really, i guess because his life has been so highly publicized. Maybe not his fault but it made the book painful for me

Nigel benn's was dire Eubank,Calzaghe,Tszyu,Tapia,Hatton Just some of the auto's i've read that turned out to be a good book