Boxing History Books: Reviews and Recommendations

[Debopam Roy]

You need to get Facing Ali. Its a wonderful read. For insights into the man's boxing techniques, read Jack Dempsey's Championship Fighting - Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense. And since I am a huge Ali fan, I'll suggest another one, Jack Rummel's Muhammad Ali - The Heavyweight Champ. This one is a plainly written biography, which reveals interesting facts about his mentality, lifestyle and of course, boxing.

[PureBoxingCEO]

I have Dempsey's book and it is wonderful. Truly teach how to make an explosion out of your fists.

[Debopam Roy]

Yes, and a very unorthodox way of looking at things too. He explains in the simplest words how to achieve maximum power, and, uses excellent analogies to get to his point as well.

[Daddy T]

You need to get Facing Ali. Its a wonderful read. For insights into the man's boxing techniques, read Jack Dempsey's Championship Fighting - Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense. And since I am a huge Ali fan, I'll suggest another one, Jack Rummel's Muhammad Ali - The Heavyweight Champ. This one is a plainly written biography, which reveals interesting facts about his mentality, lifestyle and of course, boxing.

excellent book

[SBleeder]

I have Dempsey's book and it is wonderful. Truly teach how to make an explosion out of your fists.

Pretty useless for an amateur boxer, though.

[jason100x]

It might just be profiles of the lineal heavyweight champs but I enjoyed going through them all an imo its a nice thing to have on the book shelf, its the kind of book at will lead to more reading on one of the fighters as it only has a 3-5 page profile on each. - Overall a good book for people getting into the history of the sport/heavyweights and a nice addition for the guys who have been interested in boxing for a while!

Apparently the Adam Pollack books are a great read but they are pretty pricey but I have heard they are top notch. - A search on amazon will bring up the ones he has written so far.

The Adam Pollack books are excellent. I've only read the Sullivan and the Corbett ones but I plan on completing the set in the near future. They are a tremendous source of knowledge on that era of heavyweight boxing.

[The Iron Man]

The Adam Pollack books are excellent. I've only read the Sullivan and the Corbett ones but I plan on completing the set in the near future. They are a tremendous source of knowledge on that era of heavyweight boxing.

Cheers for the review man, I very much want to buy one of his books. Just a little on the pricey side during hard times!!

[jason100x]

Cheers for the review man, I very much want to buy one of his books. Just a little on the pricey side during hard times!!

Oh, I get that! That's why I haven't picked them all up yet, but they are worth it if you can sc**** up the cash!

[Bodyshot3]

Dark Trade by Donald McRae is excellent.....discussed current boxing when it came out but is now a 'modern history book.' Very vivid and shocking, the author still writes for Boxing News in the UK and is a high-class.

[T.Horton]

try:

the gloves by robert anasi. well written book about a 30 something dude's dream to fight in the New York Golden gloves. he comes across a lot of great fighters, as amateurs, during his journey.