cheers for the recommendation Robbi thats just all the books i have read im about to get afew more from Amazon so ill add that to my list im also looking to get Willie Peps book and SRRs autobiography also does carmen Basilio have his own book
Not to worry, I thought something was wrong when you said Brian Hughes. Nice to hear he's doing one on Tommy though. Definitely one for the collection.
I think this is the one I'm most interested in reading next....unless someone here strongly suggests otherwise.
Yeah Tapia's book is a page turner, although Boxing is a sub-plot to the stories of his grim upbringing and lifelong drug addiction. When i finished it I was hoping that writing it would have had a cathartic affect on him and cured him of his woes but judging from the tales of his most recent arrest there's a few more chapters of drugs and comebacks to be written.
Being Sugar Ray The Devil and Sonny Liston Facing Ali Facing Tyson Iron Mike Hands of Stone Joe Louis Some others that I can't really place right now.
i bought that cheap off amazon, havnt read it yet, also bought mickey wards one too. i did read johnny tapia's book, i enjoyed, same as paul hurricane briggs book whioch i enjoyed
My Life Story by Joe Louis. It was written about 1942 and in it Louis summarizes most of his fights up to that time.
Muhammad Ali-His Life and Times Against the Odds-Larry Holmes Only in America,the Life and Crimes of Don King The Sixteenth Round-Hurricane Carter Facing Ali Facing Tyson The James "Quick" Tillis Story (don't remember exact title) I thought all of these were good reads, with the Ali book being the best
So many are good. My favorites are about these fighters. Duran Buchanan-both books Carter by Carter bit unbelievable at times. Nigel Bann Eubank Fenech Steve Collins McGuigan Graziano Holmes Frazier Tunney These were all among my favorites.
I read Moore's Ageless Warrior, Duran's Hands of Stone, some of McGuigan's 'Leave the fighting to Barry', my favourie is certainly Burley's 'Life and Hard Times of an Uncrowned Champion'. And then i've read shitloads of compilation type books like 'the greatest 100 fighters of the century', 'World Encyclopedia of Boxing' etc etc. Burley's is my clear favourite not because of the topic but the quality of the book itself in many aspects
yeh teeto i have read alot of them 100 greatest fighters and all that alot of them are bull**** i havent read that Burley book but i am intrested in it. As for Nelson i have heard his is a great book. also anyone read Benny Lynch his life and times its a great book about Scotland in the 20s/30s (The Gorbals in particular) and Benny Lynch