Boxing Books you should DEFINITELY check out...

[sugarshanenas]

Raging Bull by Jake LaMotta
By George by George Foreman
they're both pretty good

[Mr. Ryan]

I just finished reading Larry Holmes' autobiogaphy, which I loved. Full of insight, honestly, intruiging revelations and observations...gave me alot of respect for the man, and made me revisit his fights and career with a new perspective.

I read Atlas' book recently too. It was...OK, I guess- the stuff about him and Moorer was decent, but I took to skimming over parts of it. I dunno, it just seemed that if he did something kind, like go see a dying kid in hospital or repay the loyalty of a friend, he would go into great depth to describe every single example of it. We get it Teddy, you're a good guy. But, you know, can you talk about boxing a bit more, please?

Even his wild ways during his younger years are described with a sort of romanticism, and yet he derides a 13/14/15/16 year old Tyson for lacking character and moral fibre for getting into trouble.

I loved Larry Holmes' autobiography! You can tell that he didn't really write it because Phil Berger keeps taking over and interjecting third party journalistic notes and accounts that distract from the first-person charm of Holmes' unique story-telling.

I remember reading about how Mike Marley agreed before the Norton fight that if Holmes won, he would jump with all of his clothes on into the pool. I called him up to ask him about that and he said that Jet Magazine was racist in their account of that story for describing him as an "unnamed white journalist" or something.

Holmes' cynical humor makes it worth every second of the read. That and the large print.

I couldn't read Graziano's "Somebody Up There Likes Me" because, it was unreadable. It looks like a bunch of forum posts strung together. People with elementary school educations should not write books.

[Mr. Ryan]

i'm currently on chapter 2 of "about a boy : chronicles of a scribe" by ryan ********

Actually, the book is titled "That Dude: The Life and Times of Ryan ********, Volume 2". The forward is by Puff Daddy, he calls me the wind beneath his wings. It's weird.

[rizkybizness]

Actually, the book is titled "That Dude: The Life and Times of Ryan ********, Volume 2". The forward is by Puff Daddy, he calls me the wind beneath his wings. It's weird.

i'm the air when you can't breath

[Mr. Ryan]

i'm the air when you can't breath

Also, check out my other literary collections, "Confessions of a Mid-Level Mack Daddy" and "YoungStar, King of the Wild Frontier". All are rated M for mature.

[Mr. Ryan]

i'm the air when you can't breath

Isn't that from Metallica's Sad But True?

[rizkybizness]

Also, check out my other literary collections, "Confessions of a Mid-Level Mack Daddy" and "YoungStar, King of the Wild Frontier". All are rated M for mature.

anything that is actually rated is pretty softcore

Isn't that from Metallica's Sad But True?

perhaps. i remember that line from a puffy song (i believe from "satisfy you") lol

[JAB5239]

Raging Bull by Jake LaMotta
By George by George Foreman
they're both pretty good

I wasn't that impressed with "Raging Bull", though it was ok. Thomas Hauser's book on Ali is excellent so far. Joe Louis' autobiography was pretty good. I thought Larry Holmes autobiography was a good read. "Unforgivable blackness" was and excellent book, and "Don King: his life and crimes" was an excellent book. Im looking forward to reading about Mickey Ward and Roberto Duran when I am done with the Ali book.

[Mr. Ryan]

anything that is actually rated is pretty softcore



perhaps. i remember that line from a puffy song (i believe from "satisfy you") lol

I wouldn't know, I don't listen to Puff Daddy. You can imagine my surprise when I found out that he was a fan of mine.

Has anyone read Cut Time by Carlo Rotelli?

[rizkybizness]

I wouldn't know, I don't listen to Puff Daddy. You can imagine my surprise when I found out that he was a fan of mine.
Has anyone read Cut Time by Carlo Rotelli?

what ?