What Boxing books are must haves?

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  1. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Fire away with your choices...
     
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  2. mcvey

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    In This Corner .Peter Heller
     
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  3. red cobra

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    AMEN!!! This is the book that I'm looking for at the used book stores...it's the best. The actual words of these great champs is what fascinates me the most.
     
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  4. Brutal_Art

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    Four Kings by George Kimball is brilliant
     
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  5. heerko koois

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    The dutch windmill by Juuls Deelder
     
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  6. aj415

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    Teddy Atlas a fathers son
     
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  7. Nighttrain

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    The Ghost of Manila,Mark Kram an excellent writer gives an eye opening view into the Ali Frazier rivalry . I highly recommend it.

    A Flame of Pure Fire,Roger Kahndoes a great job of putting Jack Dempsey into historical perspective.

    Hands of 5tone the definitive Roberto Duran biography.
     
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    Teddy gives insight and his unique point of view into the fighting heart and mind,
     
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  9. LXEX55

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    Raging Bull and IN THIS CORNER. If you like fiction, Fat City by Leonard Gardner.
     
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  10. Smokin Bert

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    "The Professional" by W.C. Heinz. Still totally relevant almost 60 years later.

    "Pound for Pound" by F.X. Toole. A very gritty, newer novel with great insight into the seedier side of boxing.
     
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  11. emallini

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    Dark Trade
     
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  12. fists of fury

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    I've been looking for this but with no success. Back in the 90's, this was listed by either The Ring or KO as THE best fictional book on boxing.

    I enjoyed A Stone For Danny Fisher a lot. Fiction though. But a really good read. Not entirely about boxing but more about a boxer that gets involved with the mob.
    Brilliant book though.
     
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  13. red cobra

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    :goodThe other excellent choice f of f!
     
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  14. Nighttrain

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    Hard Luck, is well written, detailed story of the Jerry Quarry, it is at times heartbreaking.
     
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  15. Sangria

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    Mike Tyson Tried To Kill My Daddy by Mitchell Rose (the man who beat Butterbean)
     
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