whats your favorite boxing book?

lol i respect Atlas, but there are things i know and believe

 

I don't wholeheartedly agree with him either. :good

 

Randy Roberts - Papa Jack

A really good insight into a challenging character in challenging times.

 

I enjoyed the Nipper Daly book as well. But four kings and hands of stone are my favourites

 

surely some1 has read johnny Tapia's book, i couldnt put it down:yep

Teddy Atlas's book was good aswell although i agree some parts should be taken with a pinch of salt. Not boxing but my favourite part was when he was talking about his brother

 

Nice picks in terms of not being the usual suspects, although I thought Richard Baks Louis book was much better, Roberts' is too short for my liking, also Mitchells book was padded out with stuff about the mob and fighters that I'd read a dozens times before, but I loved all the stuff about Jacobs

Shelbys Folly is a cracking read, I see theres another book about one of Dempseys title fights coming out this year, this time about the Carpentier fight

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My choices would be 'In this corner' and the autobiographies of Mickey Walker and Barney Ross and the biography of Tex Rickard

 

I fancy 'Boxings Brainiest Champion' about Tunney; has anyone read it, and if so is it recommended?

 

u read this Flea

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Yeah, I've got it mate. I thought it was absolutely quality, though Klompton over on the Classic feels it's not as comprehensive as it could be. It's a big book (in size rather than length) with loads of pictures throughout, and tries to break down some of the myths surrounding Greb (him being a womaniser, his post-fight brawl with Mickey Walker etc etc) and I couldn't put it down.

But as a good summary of Greb, with a lot of his fights covered in insane detail, I'd say it's essential. Really shows you just why he's the greatest fighter that ever lived.

 

And just about everybody else.
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Boxing Confidential by Jim Brady is my favourite by far

 

Yeah, I recommended it earlier in the thread.

 

Cheers, I'm a big admirer of Tunney, I think I'd find it easy to lose patience with a sub-standard affair about him :good

 

In The Red Corner......


Cuban book........tasty.



Good few have been mentioned already.


Anyways.