Best Boxing Books?

[TwoBadMice]

Appologies if this is in the wrong section...

Going away and need some reading material

Whats the best Boxing Autobiography's?

Want a few books something gritty to get my teeth into

Cheers

[Gunpowdergreg]

Appologies if this is in the wrong section...

Going away and need some reading material

Whats the best Boxing Autobiography's?

Want a few books something gritty to get my teeth into

Cheers

The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science by Mike Silver is a great book. It covers boxing's history and a lot of Greats, comments written by a lot of boxers, writers and boxing experts.

[BG_Knocc_Out]

I liked Angelo Dundees. The name escapes me, but it was great to see how he got his beginnings, learning from the old age boxing minds in Arcel and all the other NY figure heads. All things considered Angelo never boxed himself.

In This Corner is another great one.

Jack Dempseys book as well.

[OctoberRed]

Im a big fan of the Johnny Tapia book.

[Brandon121]

Some name of boxing books :
Rope Burns by FX Toole
The Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen
The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told by Jeff Silverman
The Professional by WC Heinz
Fat City by Leonard Gardner
Boxing – the Complete Illustrated Guide by Harry Mullan
On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates
The Fight by Norman Mailer
The Sweet Science by AJ Liebling
The Greatest by Walter Dean Myers

[OctoberRed]

Some name of boxing books :
Rope Burns by FX Toole
The Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen
The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told by Jeff Silverman
The Professional by WC Heinz
Fat City by Leonard Gardner
Boxing – the Complete Illustrated Guide by Harry Mullan
On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates
The Fight by Norman Mailer
The Sweet Science by AJ Liebling
The Greatest by Walter Dean Myers

There are a few must reads in that list, especially The Sweet Science

[STEELHEAD]

Rope Burns by FX Toole is a favorite of mine

[Chrismart]

Im a big fan of the Johnny Tapia book.

Agree mate, that's a great read :ANYWORD:

[Eddy Current]

I read one called "A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson" that was really good. It obviously focused on Tyson's post-prison career, but had some good stuff about boxing in general, too.

[KidDinamita]

Give Him To The Angels - Harry Greb's story, great book with interviews from Gene Tunney and family members of Greb (forgot if Jack Dempsey as well).