Can somebody recommend me some books...

peter heller's " in this corner" has the most depth since 70% of it is interviews with champions from this period as old men looking back at their careers as they said it.

 

in two lines you've sold it to me...i'll try and find it now.

 

Two books I highly recommend..
Corner Men By Ronald k Fried
The Book Of Boxing-- by w.C. Heinz
Or anything written by W.C. Heinz {he was simply the best boxing writer ] !

 

"RINGSIDE" a treasury of boxing reportage by Budd schulberg is terrific though kinda off topic

 

clay moyle's book on sam langford is excellent and i'm halfway through unforgivable blackness about jack johnson and it is very interesting as well. i've heard "beyond glory" about the louis-schmeling fight is a good read. i have it on my bookshelf but haven't found time to get to it yet.

 

A statement with which I agree whole heartedly.:good

Hugh Mcillvanney is fine,Jimmy Cannon ,on the Louis era,Red Smith ,Bob Waters,and of course A J Leibling, but WC is the man!

 

hugh mcillvanneys book on benny lynch is surerb but so is john burrows

 

bought it from a book shop on ebay this morning...should have it next week.

fair play for mentioning it :good

 

Unforgivable Blackness is one no boxing fan should miss out on

 

King of the Canebrakes, the story of W.L. 'Young' Stribling

 

Great call, that is a sensational book .. 'McCilvanney on Boxing' is a sensational read too ..

'In This Corner' - Is a great book about all the old famous fighters giving their own personal account of their careers and lives, pretty tough to get hold of though ..

'Tunney' by Jack Cavanaugh, is a fantastic read about a very underrated fighter in Gene Tunney .. Tunney has always been derided for beating the nation's 'sweetheart' Jack Dempsey, as Holyfield was when he whipped Tyson .... Dempsey and Tyson had box office appeal, but if i needed fighters to fight for my life, i'd go with Tunney and Holyfield every time ..

 

You won’t regret it dougie; it’s the only book I ever bought two copies of. The first one wore out. It’s worth it for Gunboat smith alone who sparred Johnson, admitted loading his gloves against Willard and talks of fighting Langford and Dempsey. so funny in that you can almost hear them talking, the expresions they used from another world long, long ago. But they all tell a great story, a real insider’s view of each champion’s era, their hardest fights and personal lives.

Lots of the champions did not write their own books so it’s a great insight into the lives of Mickey walker, sharkey, ike Williams, billy conn, zivick, jenkins, giardello as well as more celebrated champs. Its also a great reference book in that I keep returning to it whenever I learn something new about an obscure opponent of an old champion to see if the guy got a mention. It’s also great in that each interview has an introduction including what the champion has been up to since retirement and where the interview took place. Just the best book, basically 40 odd autobiographies of famous champions in one binder.

 

excellent.