Your Favorite Boxing Book

[physiker]

The Professional is a great book

I really enjoyed Unforgivable Blackness by Geoffrey C. Ward. I've read tons of books about America in the early 1900s but this book really makes that era come to life. Even if I wasn't huge into boxing, one of the best books I've ever read

Thank you.

I should have added if there was also a movie or film doc made from the book, how do you also rate the film compared to the book??

So let us know if you saw the film, and your thoughts.

[S.G.]

Thanks for oyurother reply.

A few more Q's.

Since you read the book, I wonder how you rate the movie--Million$ Baby in comparisonto the short story?

Is the Pete Hamill book really what is implied in what I found about mother and son?

I looked up you rother books listed if I didn't know them.

Actually I've never seen the movie. It's one of those films that's been on my to-watch list for years but I just never got around to it.

And, yeah, an Oedipal complex is a major theme in Flesh and Blood. Boxing and ******, what more could you want in a book?

[physiker]

This Bloody Mary is The Last Thing I own was a cool book.

I liked The Power of One aswell...............Rockin'

Thank you.

I should have added if there was also a movie or film doc made from the book, how do you also rate the film compared to the book??

I saw the film, Power of One, what are your thoughts on the comparison of hte two?

[physiker]

Actually I've never seen the movie. It's one of those films that's been on my to-watch list for years but I just never got around to it.

And, yeah, an Oedipal complex is a major theme in Flesh and Blood. Boxing and ******, what more could you want in a book?

Well that's amazing in some ways. I thought this was a pretty taboo subject.

I liked Million$ baby a lot. I just wondered if much of it was invented for the movie?? The whole Mo Cuishle thing?

[S.G.]

The whole Mo Cuishle thing?

Yeah, it's in there, and it's also incorrectly spelled (it should be "Mo Chuisle").

[physiker]

Yeah, it's in there, and it's also incorrectly spelled (it should be "Mo Chuisle").

Thanks again.

Well is that just my misspelling, or are you saying it is incorrect in the book as well?

You must be Irish then?

Erin go Bragh!

[MonsieurGeorges]

Thank you.

I should have added if there was also a movie or film doc made from the book, how do you also rate the film compared to the book??

So let us know if you saw the film, and your thoughts.

I did see the film on the internet after I had read the book. The thing is that the book has so much depth it makes the film just so-so. Sadly not everyone enjoys laboring through a long and detailed book, and the film is good in that way. If you watch the documentary and it catches your interest, I can promise you that if you invest in the book it will really open your mind.

so excellent book, real top shelf material but the little film is just OK

I just learned so much about REAL raw american history, not the sop****ric bull**** you are used to that makes white people feel a vague sense of guilt and makes black people feel angry and uncomfortable. A wonderfully researched book is really just something to treasure and behold, and this is just such an intriguing subject for me. It makes you feel like you know Jack Johnson and Sig Hart and all the guys that he spent time with, and they were all such controversial figures both back then and today. You find out he basically just a normal dude who wanted to live and love on his own terms

[Forza]

wish i had the time to read

[physiker]

I did see the film on the internet after I had read the book. The thing is that the book has so much depth it makes the film just so-so. Sadly not everyone enjoys laboring through a long and detailed book, and the film is good in that way. If you watch the documentary and it catches your interest, I can promise you that if you invest in the book it will really open your mind.

so excellent book, real top shelf material but the little film is just OK

I just learned so much about REAL raw american history, not the sop****ric bull**** you are used to that makes white people feel a vague sense of guilt and makes black people feel angry and uncomfortable. A wonderfully researched book is really just something to treasure and behold, and this is just such an intriguing subject for me. It makes you feel like you know Jack Johnson and Sig Hart and all the guys that he spent time with, and they were all such controversial figures both back then and today. You find out he basically just a normal dude who wanted to live and love on his own terms

Thanks for all that.
Of course, the JJ saga goes on, as the movement for pardon or such I believe failed a couple of years ago, yes?

Was it ***** who wouldn't sign on, or what?