Boxing Books you should DEFINITELY check out...

[Hagler★]

I recently just finished "Four Kings" by George Kimball, the stories bhind the rivalry between Hagler, Hearns, Leonard and Duran, A GREAT READ!

And I also just got "My View From The Corner" by Angelo Dundee w/ Bert Sugar in the mail, starting it soon.

Got 4 kings was ****ing great bought the Dundee book for my pal at christmas he reads like a snail dances sloppy and slow so ile let you know how it is sometime in december

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

I read war baby John you got a mention in there talking about after McClelland and Jones' amateur fight

WAR BABY? Who wrote that? I was quoted in it? I never heard of it.

[starjammer]

WAR BABY? Who wrote that? I was quoted in it? I never heard of it.

Kevin Mitchell, an English Journalist. Its about the Benn-McLellan fight.

I cant remember he said about you, I'll try find it, I have the book here

[starjammer]

Took a while to find the paragraph. Was a small mention, Ice.

He refers to Roy Jones -

'He had always admired McClellan, ever since their memorable contest as amateurs in 1988. Jones had lost, and both had suffered. A contemporary, John 'Iceman' Scully, said he saw Gerald a month later and the winner's ribs were still aching.'

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Took a while to find the paragraph. Was a small mention, Ice.

He refers to Roy Jones -

'He had always admired McClellan, ever since their memorable contest as amateurs in 1988. Jones had lost, and both had suffered. A contemporary, John 'Iceman' Scully, said he saw Gerald a month later and the winner's ribs were still aching.'

Oh, OK, thanks...the REAL story though is that I saw Gerald in camp a month later and his JAW was sore from that fight, not his ribs. He was the only one there who wasn't sparring as a result of that. He told me himself that it was from the fight with Roy

[Chrismart]

I recently just finished "Four Kings" by George Kimball, the stories bhind the rivalry between Hagler, Hearns, Leonard and Duran, A GREAT READ!

And I also just got "My View From The Corner" by Angelo Dundee w/ Bert Sugar in the mail, starting it soon.

Yeah , i agree there.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Also "The Life And Times of Muhammad Ali" by Thomas Hauser. VERY GOOD READ

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Also "The Life And Times of Muhammad Ali" by Thomas Hauser. VERY GOOD READ

Another one. It's not exactly a boxing book but in TELLING IT LIKE IT IS by Howard Cosell he talks a lot about Ali and other boxers, etc..some real good insight that only he could have

[1SILVA]

I have read quite a few over the years... "The Black Lights" by Thomas Hauser is one of the best for sure. I would urge any boxing fan to find that one. VERY GOOD. Both "Reelin' In The Years" and "Boxing Is My Sanctuary" by Ted Sares are also very, very entertaining books on the sport. "The Greatest" by Muhammad Ali, "Sugar Ray" by Sugar Ray Robinson and "Fridays Heroes" by Willie Pep are the other ones that I have read more than once for a reason.

Four Kings by George Kimball, Ali by Hauser, and Teddy Atlas' biography are must reads for boxing fans. Also, King of the World, another Ali bio

[starjammer]

Oh, OK, thanks...the REAL story though is that I saw Gerald in camp a month later and his JAW was sore from that fight, not his ribs. He was the only one there who wasn't sparring as a result of that. He told me himself that it was from the fight with Roy

Oh right wow. Thats a great little moment.

War Baby is a decent enough book, the writer visits Gerald and his sister at their home. You get a sense from the book, though I don't think its mentioned specifically, that Manny Steward never donated anything to Gerald. I guess nobody has to, and considering they broke up, but I find it strange if he hasn't.