best boxing books

[Silkster]

Honestly I tried to post this in general boxing section, but the 400 new pac and marquez topics made it impossible to get replies.

So what are some quality boxing related books. Wether they are stories, bios, or about training, etc.

[Pacroid]

What do wanna learn exactly?

[I-M-E]

i put a thread about boxing book suggestions also in the suggestions section i htink ahah, mine was just anything boxing though.

the irish thunder book is awesome, book on braddeck i have is bomb, de la hoyas isnt bad minus all the bussiness stuff, i have a real cool book basically just great black and white photos and quotes of like tonnes of fighters past and present its jsut called "BOX"

[Sock Monkey]

Jake La Motta's book was a good read.

[Sugarj]

Not many boxers biographies delve much into the training side of things. They might tell you the odd training routine.

As for good boxing books, I'm yet to read a bad biography. My most recent reads have been

Norman Mailer:- The fight
The Ron Lyle Story
The Ken Norton biography
Calzaghe
Hands of Stone (The Roberto Duran Biography)
Bad Intentions: The Mike Tyson Story



The Joe Frazier, both Ali biographies, Larry Holmes, George Foreman, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Michael Watson biographies deserve mention.

[BOXEO626SGV]

Jack Dempsey's Championship Fighting

[KissTheCanvas]

I have the one the guy above was talking about called "BOX", black & white photos and quotes, very deep book. Pretty cool.

Another photo book I have is called "100 Years of Boxing", it has a lot of cool pics that are hard to find in the boxing community. ie, you won't find a the picture of Ali standing over Liston in it.

As for training books, the only one I can think of off the top of my head that I have is called "The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Boxing", which is pretty good for that subject, minus the odd spelling errors, which is strange.

Good Luck.

[johnm is...]

Jack Dempsey's Championship Fighting

This.....

It's outrageous to try and buy, but you can download the pdf online.

[I-M-E]

haha ^^^^^ i was gonna say wheres the best site to buy it and how much lol

[Goddard]

HI Sugarj,
Thanks for sharing those boxing books here. I was looking for some boxing books for my son who has recently joined boxing club. I am sure they will be of great help for him. Keep sharing.