Boxing Books I've Recently Bought.

Me neither. I had a friend ask Duran to sign his copy at and Duran told him he couldn’t because the book was full of **** but he’d sign anything else and pose for photos and everything.

 

His book on Arguello is similarly awful. He doesn’t seem to ‘get’ boxing and only writes about his subject. Every opponent he hasn’t heard of might as well be a nobody, and every loss for the subject is explained away.

 

I've been considering buying Four Kings, glad to hear it's great. Definitely gonna pick it up now.

 

I thought it was excellent.

 

That's very good to hear, I'll add it to my list.

 

Likewise.

I also remember sorcery at Caesars on the Leonard-Hagler book being a good read too.

 

Reading Lords of the Ring by Harry Lansdown and Alex Spillius. It is the story of Terry Marsh and Frank Warren, their relationship and eventual business breakdown.

Seems pretty good so far.

 

Here's one coming soon that you just have to read..."The Irish Heavyweight Book" an encyclopedia of Irish Heavyweights, Volume 1, 1880-1925 by Matt Donnellon

 

I finished the Greb book “live fast, die young” and it really is one of the most detailed and enjoyable books I’ve ever read. If you haven’t purchased it or read it yet please do so.

Is it worth getting “the fearless Harry’s greb” now that I’ve read this?

I’m in the middle of Clay Moyles book on Sam Langford and I’m thoroughly enjoying this one so far too.

After this I’ve got Joe Gans “the longest fight”. I really enjoyed the other Gans book.

 

Just read a nice book " Babyface goes to Hollywood" by Andrew Gallimore. It is the story of Jimmy McLarnin.

Gallimore is a good writer who has written two other boxing books biographies (on Mike McTigue and Freddie Welsh). I enjoyed the McLarnin book, a fighter I knew very little of, seems to have been one of the best fighters of the 1920's and early 30's.

 

Barry McGuigan put out a good book a couple yrs back.
Nigel Benns book is good as is Eubanks. Hes pretty humble actually.
Durans autobiography was good.
These are ones I've actually read twice.
Fraziers new bio by Kramm jr was interesting.
Bought a bio on Azumah I haven't gotten too amongst many others.
Tysons book was also good
Still back and forth with Moyles book on Zale..
Moves a bit slow for me but detailed.
One of my favorites is still Prizefighter about Fitz. Just really like this book

 

Just finished The Good Son about Ray Mancini. I’d seen the documentary and that is pretty faithful to the book, but the book is obviously able to flesh out some more of the detail.

It’s not a hagiography but Mancini comes across well in it. He is obviously a fundamentally decent man who had to deal with tragedy, first in his own family when his brother was murdered and then more famously when Duk-Koo Kim died, and he paid a heavy price. But thankfully it’s a boxing biography with a relatively happy ending with the reconciliation between Ray and Kim’s son.

Definitely worth a read.

 

Could you name few boxers which are in question? Thinking about to buy

 

Jimmy Young
James Scott
Gene fullmer
Buster Douglas
George Chuvalo
Mathew sadd muhammud
Micky ward
Ernie Terrell
Arron Pryor.
Marvin johnson

 

Been bought Pollack's Jack Dempsey book but for xmas so will not see it until then. Just arrived yesterday is One punch from the promised land about the Spinks brothers.

Got a few to read including Clompton's, all Pollack's, and Moyle's Langford plus others. Just getting around to reading as i have numerous books on cold war and espionage which is one of my other interests as well as a few baseball books. Be reading for another ten years with books accumulated.